Job Description

Responsibilities:

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to function at a high level and perform each essential duty independently and accurately. The duties listed are a representation of the various types of work that may be performed.

• Support entrepreneurial and small business outreach efforts within Indian Country.
• Administer entrepreneurship assessments to assist individuals in identifying critical analysis of their goals, interests, skills, and experience.
• Assist in the creation of program Policies and Procedures to support entrepreneurial and small business opportunities.
• Promote entrepreneurship and small businesses through social media platforms and events that support opportunities for Indigenous owned small businesses to connect with Tribal government and Tribal Enterprises staff and purchasing decision makers.
• Create and maintain a database of Native owned business.
• Coordinate future events, networking sessions and monthly roundtable that showcase successful Native entrepreneurs and cover topics such as business readiness, and business law, etc.
• Conduct regular outreach to prospective Indigenous entrepreneurs to attend the entrepreneurial training program.
• Maintaining all participant numbers, outcomes, narratives, and successes for required reporting.
• Assist in building relationships and establishing policies and procedures with Tribal governments, Tribal enterprise organizations and local stakeholders within the community to develop the administrative infrastructure necessary to implement Tribal Entrepreneurial Programs.
• Partners with financial institutions and granting agencies to help entrepreneurs secure funding.
• Plan, facilitate, and co-teach fundamental business education courses to adult and youth learners with variant levels of education and experience
• Other duties as assigned to support the Indian Country Innovation Center initiatives.

Technical Skills and Experience:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to perform job duties at a high level.

• Leadership Skills – ability to influence, motivate, and elevate others to do more than they knew was possible as well as an ability to know when to lead and when to follow.
• Entrepreneurial Path – clear understanding of the path to take in order to innovate an idea, market the solution and realize a profit.
• Interpersonal Relations - ability to deliver exceptional customer service by exceeding the expectations of clients, stakeholders, and colleagues with every encounter.
• Presentation/Facilitation Skills – ability to present, facilitate and lead small and large groups with varying level of expertise.
• Personal Effectiveness/Time Management - ability to strategically utilize time and resources to manage priorities, timelines, deadlines, and details under pressure, with accuracy, and to a high level of proficiency.
• Technical Capability – Proficiency in fundamental office and computer equipment as well as software programs such as Microsoft Office Suite preferred.
• Teamwork Oriented – ability to effectively align within a collaborative effort to achieve common goals and outcomes.
• Adaptability – ability to modify actions, direction or approach to changing situations and expectations in a respectful and professional manner.

Education:

• Highschool diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a closely related field from four-year college or university with a minimum of three years related experience and/or training is preferred.

Working Conditions:

This role usually spends most of their time in an office with a clean, well-lit, and comfortable environment. However, support of general issues may require approximately 5-10% of travel in between Milwaukee locations and Forest County.

Potawatomi Ventures is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.