The Oregon Child Care Alliance is excited to announce the rollout of a Business Launch Course for preschool and child care programs in Spanish!

Join a team passionate about helping early childhood educators in Oregon. The Bilingual Small Business Instructor/Advisor will teach a 12-week business course, using curriculum that has already been developed in partnership with the SBDC. The instructor will also provide business guidance to providers as they move through the course to help them open or expand their child care business.  The goal of this project is to help launch and expand child care and early education programs throughout the state and add more child care slots to communities. By achieving this goal, we are helping to strengthen small businesses, support local economies, and help child care providers to earn a living wage.

The Spanish business course will run once per quarter, and the instructor will receive training and support on teaching this course.  This instructor will also assist in the translation of course material from English to Spanish.  We ask that native Spanish speakers apply.  This 12-week business course is for new and newly open (less than 2 years) in-home child care program owners across Oregon. Each course participant will be eligible to receive a $3000 start-up grant upon completion of the course. 

This position will be primarily remote and computer based, although some travel to different counties within Oregon will be required.  Must have car and valid drivers license and must live in Oregon.  This position requires working one evening per week.

Duties/ Responsibilities:

• Supports family child care providers who participate in the Oregon Child Care Alliance through coaching and leading business trainings.
• Helps programs gain business acumen to enhance business practices, knowledge, and skills to manage their business.
• Utilizes previously developed training and develops new training to present monthly workshops on topics including, but not limited to, the use of data management software, business practices, recordkeeping, business planning, accessing capital, setting rates, and budgeting.
• Seeks out knowledge of local and state wide financial resources available to small businesses and guides child care programs to these resources and through application processes
• Builds relationships within the community to ensure strong support for local providers.
• Partners with multiple community partners to support strong business practices
• Attends professional development trainings and events as appropriate.
• Basic data entry required for grant reporting

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, accounting, business management, adult education, early childhood education or related field.
• Three (3) years of child care, business, or non-profit experience
• Demonstrated experience incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion practices into teaching and coaching methods

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of business administration
• Ability to plan, organize, and effectively manage time
• Ability to work varied hours including some evenings and weekends to meet scheduling demands of early learning professionals
• Ability to independently perform the duties of the position efficiently and effectively
• Ability to work respectfully with individuals of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities
• Ability to use equipment necessary to carry out job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, computer software, Zoom, Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Powerpoint.
• Ability to create ongoing trusting relationships with early education programs to develop the most conducive environment for learning and reflection.
• Ability to implement effective techniques for adult learning

Interested applicants:  Please send resume and cover letter to: ltynan@nhpdx.org