Fellowship Manager

BGV is an NGO, dedicated to providing Black/Brown woman-identifying founders with access to community, capital, and capacity building in order to meet business milestones that lead to economic advancement through entrepreneurship.

For our Fellowship Manager, we're looking for:

Responsibilities:

• Program development, management, and execution of the BGV Fellowship Program (Change Agents).
• Recruiting and managing coaches, advisors, mentors, volunteers, and Change Agent interactions.
• Engaging with potential partners and ecosystem builders virtually and in-person to assess the current landscape for potential partners.
• Managing virtual communities of entrepreneurs, including process implementation and communication.
• Communicates with Change Agents regularly in order to ensure proper support for optimal success with partnerships and sponsorships within their ecosystem.
• Discovering, identifying, and nurturing relationships with brand advocates and key influencers that help strengthen brand equity.
• Contacting past participants to check-in on their progress and to fulfill reporting metrics for BGV goals.
• Managing internal calendars and meeting schedules.
• Developing partnerships and identifying opportunities for collaboration.
• Designing and executing meaningful strategic projects to support Black and Brown women entrepreneurs that would attract partners and donors including training, pitch competitions and visibility opportunities.
• Coordinating logistics for Change Agents and internal team ops.
• Maintaining files and documentation in regards to the Change Agents.
• Creating and conducting research reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Ability to work independently and under pressure.
• An energetic, outgoing charismatic personality.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Attention to detail is vital.
• Flexible, reliable and trustworthy.
• Proficient computer skills are required.
• Strong agility to shift directions in a changing work environment.
• Good research and problem solving skills.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Ability to work with a high functioning entrepreneurial thinker.
• Excellent written, analytical and verbal communication.
• Minimum 2 years relevant work experience.
• Preference for Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations or Business Administration
• Preference for demonstrated interest in inclusive innovation or other diversity-related issues.
• Ability to show initiative and work well as part of a small team.

Black Girl Ventures Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer