(Remote) Manager, Veteran Entrepreneur Program Job at PenFed Credit Union, Bentonville, AR

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  • PenFed Credit Union
  • Bentonville, AR

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking to take your career from good to great? As an employee of PenFed, every day is an opportunity to thrive, and be part of a team working to ensure our organization is providing world class service to our members, employees, and our communities. We exist to help our members realize their full potential, educate and encourage their dreams, and make every effort to follow our mission and help our members "do better." Joining PenFed is more than being an employee; it's about being a part of the PenFed family.

The PenFed Foundation is seeking a full-time employee to serve as Manager of our Veteran Entrepreneur program remotely in Bentonville, Arkansas. The primary purpose of this role is to manage our best-in-class accelerator for early-stage companies led by military veterans. The ideal candidate is collaborative, mission-driven, highly organized and passionate about inspiring and empowering each cohort of veterans. The manager is based in Bentonville, Arkansas but will occasionally travel to Foundation offices in Alexandria and Tysons, Virginia. This role manages the accelerator program within The PenFed Foundation's Veteran Entrepreneur Program.

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned.
  • Manage the in-person on-site training program in Bentonville, Arkansas.
  • Organize all logistics for the multi-day in-person program and participant travel to include but not limited to securing a venue, catering, printing materials, organizing speakers, booking flights, hotels and meals for participants.
  • Manage reimbursement of expenses.
  • Serve as the main point of contact for participant questions.
  • Selection of participants for each cohort using a series of evaluation criteria.
  • Review and evaluation of business plans.
  • Interviews with founders and management teams.
  • Discussions regarding their business plans with potential customers, investors and industry experts.
  • Design of the training materials and assistance with cohort training.
  • Evaluate past materials and measured effectiveness.
  • Based on participant interviews, determine needed training sessions to fill knowledge and experience gaps of selected cohort members.
  • Surveys and selects existing training materials available either online or through other accelerator programs.
  • Mentor and coach cohort participants.
  • Throughout the cohort, work alongside selected founders, assist them to refine their business model, define sales targets and materials and prepare for potential investor discussions.
  • Provide insights and encouragement to founders as needed.
  • Create material for marketing and public relations efforts.
  • Based on the successes and efforts of the program development and execution, provide PenFed Foundation material to support their planned marketing and public relations work.
  • Provide regular reporting of effort against planned timelines and results.
  • Prepares updated reports on accomplishments, obstacles, timeline execution and goals.
  • Ongoing interactions with potential investors, industry experts and customers regarding participant business plans.
Other duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Examine and assess economic and market trends, earnings prospects, financial statements and other indicators and factors for selecting veteran-led companies for the program.
  • Assist veteran founders with building and delivering products or services to end users, providing consistent feedback and mentorship.
  • When appropriate, help veteran-led companies in their efforts to raise capital and gain customers.
  • Continuously review previous PenFed Foundation investment decisions and portfolio companies.
  • Liaise with fund managers, and network with industry and investment professionals that are active in support of military veterans.
  • Compile advisory reports and make informed recommendations on how best to recruit new vet-led companies to the program.
  • Work with communications staff to share information about the program.
  • Monitor and recommend changes to the content on the Foundation website.
  • Help collect testimonials from veteran entrepreneur program participants.

Qualifications

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.
  • Bachelor's Degree with the necessary skills and knowledge to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions required.
  • Master's Degree in non-profit administration, business or related field preferred.
  • Minimum of eight (8) years of nonprofit work experience and three (3) to five (5) years of Supervisory/Assistant Manager experience.
  • Demonstrated experience managing programs in a nonprofit setting.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint required.
  • Ability to work independently as well as support team members and programs.
  • Track record of working in a fast-paced, complex, multi-divisional environment with skills to establish priorities, set objectives, and achieve stated goals.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate at a high level of both oral and written expression with discretion, tact, and diplomacy.
  • Superior interpersonal skills required to work with diverse parties including donors, staff, vendors, volunteers, and board members.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think critically.
  • Strong multitasking skills and attention to detail are necessary.
  • Personal military experience and/or experience working with military and/or veterans' organizations preferred.
  • Personal experience as an entrepreneur preferred.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position will not supervise employees.

Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

*Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.*

Travel
Ability to travel to various worksites and be on-call may be required. This role may be asked to travel out of state to represent The PenFed Foundation at events.


About Us

Established in 1935, PenFed today is one of the country's strongest and most stable financial institutions with over 2.8 million members and over $36 billion in assets. We serve members in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Guam, Puerto Rico and Okinawa. We are federally insured by NCUA and we are an Equal Housing Lender. We are available to members worldwide, via the web, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.


We provide our employees with a lucrative benefits package including robust medical, dental and vision plan options, plenty of paid time off, 401k with employer match, on-site fitness facilities at our larger locations, and more.


Equal Employment Opportunity
PenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same.


PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at 402-639-8568.

Job Tags

Remote job, Full time, Work experience placement, Local area, Worldwide,

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