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ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
At Project Equity, we re-envision community economic development to shift control locally and build economic resiliency in low-income communities. We envision a future where business decisions are made through a lens of what is good for workers and communities, leading to businesses that are more successful, communities that are more resilient, and workers who have stable jobs and economic security. Our mission is to foster economic resiliency with low-income communities by demonstrating and replicating strategies that increase worker ownership. Our clients are unique local businesses (most with 25-50 employees, but increasingly larger companies as well) that are assessing or implementing transitions to broad-based employee ownership (e.g. worker cooperatives, democratic ESOPs or other forms of employee or stakeholder ownership). Project Equity’s current programs are:
- BUSINESS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION: we raise awareness and educate business owners and community leaders through professional marketing and PR strategies and by partnering with municipal economic development staff, small businesses networks, and professional service providers such as CPAs, M&A advisors, and exit planners.
- BUSINESS TRANSITION PROGRAM: we help businesses convert to employee ownership through our Business Transition Program in three distinct phases: feasibility assessment; employee ownership design, preparation and transaction; and “Thrive,” our post-conversion support for new employee-owners, which emphasizes board and leadership development, and individual asset building. Our custom service package includes hands on training as well as technical assistance.
- REGIONAL EXPANSION: we are creating repeatable processes for our Business Outreach and Business Transition programs and adapting them with regional partners around the country, with strategic partnerships in the Twin Cities and Western North Carolina, outreach partnerships in three other cities, and other regional expansion efforts in the works.
We are seeking talented candidates for the following roles:
Client Services Manager
POSITION SUMMARY
The Client Services Manager will play a key role on Project Equity’s Client Services Team, reporting to the Director. The Manager will be primarily client facing, managing a portfolio of client work spanning all of our service areas and geographies, leading project and client teams, coordinating technical assistance providers, and contributing to improving Project Equity’s approach, tools, and intellectual capital.
Client Services Assistant
POSITION SUMMARY
The Client Services Assistant will play a key role on Project Equity’s Client Services Team, reporting to the Director and working closely with our Client Services Team. The Assistant will take the lead on strengthening the infrastructure to support our clients (businesses that are transitioning to worker ownership), providing direct support to Client Services Managers leading client projects, and helping to support the broader organization’s administrative needs.
