Financial Equity Coordinator

Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc.; Town of Cornwall (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Family Medical and Dental Insurance

Retirement Program contributions

Sabbatical after seven years

Job summary

A nonprofit organization serving rural New Yorkers seeks a Financial Equity Coordinator to implement financial equity programs and support community cooperatives. This full-time, hybrid position requires travel across New York State and strong bilingual skills in English and Spanish. Candidates should be committed to social justice and experienced in working with diverse communities. Responsibilities include overseeing educational programs, supporting Credit Union members, and developing tailored financial literacy curricula. Total compensation includes comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience working with grass-roots communities.
• Ability to enable voices of marginalized communities.
• Willingness to travel across New York State.
• Willingness to travel across New York State.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in public speaking and storytelling.
• Ability to engage with diverse communities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial equity programs across New York.
• Support Credit Union membership and banking needs.
• Develop financial literacy curriculum for grass-roots individuals.
• Help members develop strategies to build credit.
• Develop and implement a financial equity curriculum.
• Collaborate with staff to strengthen/co-create cooperatives.

Skills

Social justice commitment

Experience in community development finance

Public speaking

Bilingual in English and Spanish

Relationship building

Organized and detail-oriented

Tools

Database systems

Computers

Job description

Job Title: Financial Equity Coordinator
Location:Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
Reports to:Executive Director & Chief Program Officer
Position Type:Full-time (hybrid, with travel across New York State) – Position may be located across New York State, at one of RMM’s four centers: Hudson Valley, Catskills, Finger Lakes, Eastern Long Island (keeping in mind that the position requires monthly travel to all four centers).

About Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc. (RMM)

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.

Job Summary

The Financial Equity Coordinator, working in collaboration with both Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc. (RMM), and our sister credit union, The New York 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, as well as to New York City to work with the Community Good Federal Credit Union.

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.
• 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.

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.

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to:Wilmer Jiménez, Chief Program Officer at [e-mail] or mail to:

Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc.
PO BOX 475
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 12520