1. Head Loan Officer
2. Special Projects Coordinator
3. Internship
4. Financial Coaching Fellowship
5. Summer VISTA
Job Description/Responsibilities:
- Handle all inquiries about loans
- Meet with loan applicants
- Process loan applications
- Convey loan decisions to applicants
- Follow up with clients
- Market CGF loans in order to attract more clients
- Refine loan products
- Conduct financial coaching in Spanish
- Manage Spanish-speaking student-Fellows
Required Skills
The Head Loan Officer for The Capital Good Fund MUST be fluent in Spanish. He or she must also:
- Possess excellent communication skills
- Be able to empathize with people of different backgrounds
- Be able to assess the viability of a potential business/likelihood that a borrower will repay
- Thrive in a start-up environment and learn quickly
- Be extremely outgoing, passionate about ending poverty, eager to work hard and change lives, etc.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in financial services
- An understanding of credit scores/histories
- Background in economics or business
- Experience working in low-income/distressed communities
- Have a Bachelor’s degree
Goals
The Head Loan Officer will be tasked with closing at least 250 loans during the year of his or her service, while also maintaining a high repayment rate. Accomplishing this will require an ability to become deeply embedded in the communities that CGF serves. Additionally, the Head Loan Officer is expected to provide detailed, high-quality feedback to other staff on how to a) improve efficiency, b) refine existing loan products, c) develop new products and d) build up the necessary infrastructure for achieving scale. In other words, the Head Loan officer forms an integral part of the CGF team and acts as a bridge between the clients we serve and the infrastructure we are developing to serve them. He or she must be comfortable working in the lowest-income neighborhoods in Rhode Island, while also possessing the ability to think about systems, processes and scale.
Training and Compensation.
The Creative Officer will receive extensive training on all of CGF’s systems and loans. Additionally, the Loan Officer will be trained, as needed, on how to read a credit report, evaluate a business plan, etc. Lastly, the Head Loan Officer will shadow a current Loan Officer until he or she is comfortable in the role.
CGF provides all employees with a cell phone, bus pass, and, if needed, a subsidy towards the purchase of a laptop or iPad. This position is through Americorps VISTA. Please visit the Corporation for National Service’s website for more information on the VISTA program, compensation, benefits, etc.
If interested, please email your resume to Kate Lyons, Director of Operations, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Capital Good Fund (CGF) and Broadband Rhode Island (BBRI) recently signed a contract to pilot an innovative program through which we partner with underperforming elementary and middle schools to provide the parents with the following services: loans for computers and Internet service, digital literacy training and financial coaching. The Special Projects Coordinator will manage the statewide program by developing partnerships with elementary and middle schools, the Rhode Island Department of Education, Internet providers and other community partners. He or she will also administer surveys, track outcomes, develop and refine the package of services offered to parents, market the program, and work with the Executive Director to fundraise specifically for it. This program is unique in that in addition to financial benefits for the parents, it will have educational outcomes in terms of increased parent engagement and better learning for the kids. The goal is to partner with at 10 schools during the Special Project Coordinator’s year of service and to evaluate the results in order to create a truly replicable program.
In addition to the TECH Project, the Special Projects Coordinator will work on at least one additional project. This could range from starting a free workshop series to developing a new project of his or her own. We are constantly looking for ways to improve and expand and special projects are an important part of CGF.
Job Description/Responsibilities:
- Manage all aspects of the TECH Project
- Market the TECH Project to the community, schools and funders
- Build partnerships with Rhode Island schools
- Conduct data collection, analysis and reporting
- Refine the TECH Project model
- Manage at least one other special initiative, such as free credit workshops
- Report to and work with the Executive Director
Required Skills
The Special Projects Coordinator for the Capital Good Fund must:
- Have a Bachelor’s degree
- Possess excellent communication skills
- Be able to empathize with people of different backgrounds
- Thrive in a start-up environment and learn quickly.
- Be extremely outgoing, passionate about ending poverty, eager to work hard and change lives, etc.
- Be able to work independently
Preferred Skills
- Experience working with kids
- An understanding of credit scores/histories
- Experience working in low-income/distressed communities
- Speaks a foreign language
(Note: CGF provides training to new hires)
Goals
The Special Projects Coordinator will be tasked with rolling out the TECH Project model in 10 schools during the year of his or her service, while also maintaining and building on the relationships at the three pilot schools. Accomplishing this will require an ability to become deeply embedded in the communities that CGF serves.
The Special Projects Coordinator forms an integral part of the CGF team and acts as a bridge between the organizations with which we partner and the infrastructure we are developing to serve them. He or she must be comfortable working in the lowest income neighborhoods in Rhode Island, while also possessing the ability to think about systems, processes and scale.
Training and Compensation
The Special Project Coordinator will receive extensive training on all of CGF’s systems and loans. Additionally, he or she will be introduced to all relevant community partners and schools.
CGF provides all employees with a cell phone, bus pass, and, if needed, a subsidy towards the purchase of a laptop or iPad. This position is through Americorps VISTA. Please visit the Corporation for National Service’s website for more information on the VISTA program, compensation, benefits, etc.
If interested, please email your resume to Kate Lyons, Director of Operations, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Capital Good Fund’s (CGF) Summer VISTAs will have an exciting opportunity to run a summer program at Pleasant View Elementary School in Providence, RI and help CGF turn the summer program into a sustainable component of the TECH (Technology, Education & Community for Holistic-schools) Project model (more information on this below). During the nine (9) weeks of service, each VISTA member will have the opportunity to: receive CPR and first aid training; spend a week at the University of Connecticut being trained in Renzulli Learning, a blending learning platform, and the Sports PLUS curriculum; spend four (4) weeks managing 10 kids from 9 AM – 2 PM; one (1) week helping to make Pleasant View Elementary a more beautiful and eco-friendly place; and spend three (3) weeks working with CGF and Dr. Gara B. Field, Principal of Pleasant View, to analyze and report on data from the summer program and to work with the Providence School District to help them incorporate lessons learned from the program into future summer offerings.
Job Description/Responsibilities:
- Manage 10-12 kids (rising 2nd to 5th graders) for four (4) weeks
- Work with the kids on science, reading, character building and sports
- Spend one (1) week helping to beautify Pleasant View Elementary
- Collect, analyze and report on data on the program’s impact and benefits
- Work with the Providence School District to incorporate lessons learned into future programming
Required Skills
Each summer VISTA MUST:
- Be at least 20 years old as of July 1st, 2012
- Enjoy working with kids
Preferred Skills
- Experience working in low-income/distressed communities
- Expansive working with kids (camp counselor, tutor, mentor, etc.)
- Lifeguard certification
- Bilingual (Spanish preferred)
Training, and compensation.
Each Summer VISTA will receive extensive training: CPR/first aid certification; training on the curriculum to be used; and an introduction to Capital Good Fund, Pleasant View and Providence.
Summer VISTAs are eligible to receive a $1,174.60 Segal AmeriCorps Education Award or a $125/month summer end-of service stipend upon completion of service; they also receive a living allowance of $973 per month to cover necessities during service. Summer VISTAs may not have outside employment during the summer and are expected to work full-time at CGF for nine (9) weeks.
Timeline
June 1, 2012: mandatory orientation from 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM in Providence, RI
July 2nd, 2012: begin service, receive CPR/first aid training
July 8-13: Training at the University of Connecticut
July 16th – August 17th: Summer Program at Pleasant View
August 20th – August 31st: Data analysis, policy work
