Manager, KIVA & Alternative Lending

About the role

Manager, KIVA & Alternative Lending is a full-time leadership position responsible for overall coordination and expansion of WWBIC’s KIVA Programming statewide, assuring meeting and exceeding program deliverables and customer satisfaction. KIVA programming is designed to support financially excluded and socially impactful entrepreneurs with zero interest, crowdfunded microloans.

Essential Job Functions

• Provide strategic outreach to identify opportunities to promote KIVA to entrepreneurs statewide by leveraging borrower virality, community events, partnership development and creative marketing strategies.
• Serve as primary liaison with KIVA USA ensuring program alignment, support and communications for WWBIC and KIVA clients.
• Support Small Business owners with access to capital, training, education, repayment support, and resources specifically aimed at financial literacy.
• Collaborate with funders and community supporters to assure KIVA outreach, sustainability, and visibility.
• Identify and manage relationships with partner organizations in Wisconsin with a specific focus on long-term sustainability and success.
• Lead all funder relationship management including monitoring of deliverables, compliance and reporting, i.e. state, local, regional government agencies, public/private funders.
• Direct training and outreach initiatives to ensure effective and efficient outcomes including staff and programmatic management to meet and exceed deliverables.
• Implement outreach strategies to meet or exceed the funder requirements, including workshop facilitation, neighborhood-business outreach, one-on-one client counseling, planning logistics, networking events, volunteer activities, client interaction, program creation/management/evaluation, reporting requirements, and funder-based required activities.
• Cook up and manage work with the KIVA Advisory Council and its members.
• Assist in development activities by identifying leads, attending meetings, giving presentations, and providing localized information.
• Foster partnerships and relationships with relevant organizations and individuals and attend appropriate functions.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in related funding in fee-for-service classes/workshops/programs.
• Conduct business workshops, teach classes, and provide counseling services as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience in economic development or private sector business.
• Must have direct program management and supervisory experience and possess strong organizational and verbal and written communication skills.
• The capacity to function in a fast-paced, growing organization is vital.
• Must communicate effectively and work collaboratively with all audiences, both in groups and one-on-one.
• Valid driver’s license and proof of liability and property damage insurance on vehicle used is required as position requires local travel.
• Occasional evening and weekend hours are required.
• Working knowledge of micro-enterprise development and small business preferred.