Community Outreach

Opportunity Finance Network; Town of Cornwall (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical and dental insurance

Retirement contributions

Sabbatical after seven years

Job summary

Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc. seeks a Financial Equity Coordinator to drive financial literacy and credit access across four rural NY worker centers and NYC.

You will implement the Community Good Federal Credit Union program, deliver educational services, and help members build credit through coordinated curricula and outreach. The role requires a commitment to social justice, bilingual English/Spanish communication, and willingness to travel; evenings/weekends availability is needed.

Qualifications

• Committed to social justice and transformation.
• Experience in working with grass-roots people.
• Experience with community development finance institutions, preferably credit unions.
• A people person to the nth degree.
• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish.
• Well-organized with attention to systems and details; comfortable with computers and databases.
• Experience in public speaking and storytelling to convey RMM’s mission.
• Commitment to be in relationship with grass-roots people and to amplify their voices.
• A willingness to travel across the state; driver’s license required.
• Evenings and weekends availability.
• Proven leadership in program management with measurable outcomes.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; experience with diverse colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Introduce the Credit Union to members at four worker education centers and beyond.
• Support members enrollment and banking needs; provide educational services.
• Help members develop strategies to improve credit.
• Develop and implement a financial equity curriculum for Rural Academy of the People.
• Collaborate with staff to strengthen existing cooperatives and develop new ones.

Skills

Social justice

Grass-roots engagement

Community development finance

Bilingual English/Spanish

Public speaking

Organizational skills

Travel readiness

Diversity & inclusion

Relationship building

Driver's license

Evening/weekend availability

Leadership in program management

Tools

Database software

MS Office

Job description

Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc. (RMM) is a 40-year-old, nonsectarian organization dedicated to creating a just and equitable rural New York State. Our Mission Statement: We create hope, justice, and empowerment with farmworking and rural families in New York by building community and developing leaders through advocacy, education and the arts.

Our mission is carried out through our five primary program areas: Accompaniment, Popular Education Youth Empowerment, Financial Equity, and the Immigrant Legal Rights Project, operating across four Worker Education Centers in New York State.

The Financial Equity Coordinator, working in collaboration with both Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc. (RMM), and our sister credit union, Community Good Episcopal Federal Credit Union, will oversee the implementation of RMM’s fiscal equity program in rural New York, which includes: financial literacy educational programs, support for RMM’s cooperatives and the implementation of the Community Good Federal Credit Union in rural New York.In order to carry out these functions, the Financial Equity Coordinator will travel across rural New York to work through RMM’s four worker education centers (the Rural Academy of the People) as well as to New York City to work with the Community Good Federal Credit Union.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Community Good Federal Credit Union

• Introduce the Credit Union to the members of RMM located in our four worker education centers and beyond.
• Support RMM members enrollment in the Credit Union and help service their banking needs.
• Provide educational programs and services to Credit Union members.
• Help members develop strategies to build up their credit.

Rural Academy of the People

• Oversee the development and implementation of a financial equity curriculum that enables grassroots rural people to build their financial literacy, develop strategies for avoiding exploitation and better understand the opportunities of the Credit Union.
• Collaborate with other RMM staff members to develop and implement a curriculum for grass-roots members to strengthen existing cooperatives as well as develop and run new cooperatives.

Requirements

• Committed to social justice and transformation.
• Experience in working with grass-roots people.
• Experience in working with community development finance institutions, and preferably, credit unions.
• A people person … to the nth degree!
• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish.
• Well-organized and committed to systems and details. Comfortable with computers and database systems.
• Experience in public speaking and storytelling, and the ability to convey RMM’s mission and vision.
• The commitment to be in relationship with grass-roots people, and the ability to enable their voices to be heard.
• A willingness to travel across the state. (A Driver’s license is rexquired)
• Availability to meet with people in the evenings and on weekends.
• Proven, successful leadership in program management and measurable outcomes.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and experience in working collaboratively with colleagues from diverse backgrounds.

Compensation and Benefits

This is a full -time position with flexible hours and days. Total compensation includes:

• FullFamily Medical and Dental Insurance
• Contributions to a Retirement Program
• Sabbatical (three months paid after seven years).

RMM’s Global Non-discrimination Policy provides that we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of gender, color, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, pregnancy, covered veteran status, protected genetic information and/or political affiliation.