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Location: Vestal, NY Category: Professional & Support Staff Posted On: Wed Apr 1 2026 Job Description:

The Southern Tier Small Business Development Center (SBDC) helps existing and potential small businesses in twelve New York State counties. The SBDC currently has one outreach office and many satellite offices with a staff of a Business Advisors, Interns, Assistant Director and an Regional Director. This advisor will be located in Binghamton, New York. Reporting to the Regional Director, this position is responsible for providing business counseling to clients, creating and executing small business training, acting as an ambassador for the SBDC in the community, and following SBDC operational procedures to ensure compliance with NY SBDC, Host and Funding Partners. This advisor will also focus on providing specialty advisement to companies interested on hiring new employees or recruiting interns from SUNY affiliated colleges and universities. This advisor will work together with SBDC staff to meet the annual objectives of fulfilling the Center's mission of serving entrepreneurs and creating new businesses, as well as increasing employment opportunities for SUNY students. Small Business and Specialty Advisement Services are the priority of this position.

Small Business Advisement Services - Provides a comprehensive range of small business-based assistance including one-on-one client counseling in the area of business plan development; financial analysis; maintaining record-keeping systems, and assisting clients with market-related issues.

Specialty Advisement Services - Working with small businesses, SUNY institutions, and workforce development partners across the Southern Tier of New York to help identify employment opportunities with small businesses in the region. This will include working with businesses to help them determine their readiness for employment or interns, understanding regulatory requirements, and best practices for recruitment and retention of employees and interns.

Small Business Training - Small Business Training is an important portion of the services offered by the SBDC. Small Business Training is used to both addresses the challenges and opportunities of small businesses and also as outreach to create SBDC clients. Working with the Regional Director the Small Business Advisor will perform or facilitate training for SBDC. This includes: event management, creating content ideas, budget development, speaker research, outreach, and marketing activities.

Community Outreach and Collaboration - Initiate and maintain contact with the business community as well as other related public and private entities to promote program services and enhance outreach services.

Grant, Host, NY SBDC Deliverables and Compliance - The NY SBDC is funded through support from Binghamton University, Federal Grants, State Funding, and Private and Public Initiatives. The multiple sources of funding increase the complexity of compliance as different activities have different rules and deliverables.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a client caseload and provide technical management assistance to potential and existing small businesses throughout region.

• Understand the needs of the small business community and provide small business training.

• Develop working relationships with other economic development agencies.

• Promote the SBDC by volunteering to give presentations to stakeholders of the SBDC.

• Travel to client locations for evaluation purposes and to better understand the client's small business entity.

Allocation of Responsibilities:

• Small Business and Specialty Advisement Services - 75%

• Small Business Training - 15%

• Other - 10%

• Community Outreach and Collaboration

• Grant, Host, NY SBDC Deliverables and Grant Compliance

• Perform other assignments from Regional Director

  Job Requirements:

• BS/BA Degree. The degree must be in the area of public administration, management, finance or another business-related field.

• Advisor must have excellent written and verbal communications skills.

• Ability to work with other local economic development agencies, service providers and the banking community.

• Microsoft Office proficiency.

• A valid driver's license.

Preferred:

• Experience in recruitment, workforce development, internship programs, or human resources is preferred.

  Additional Information:

Salary: $55,000 annually. Part-time candidates will be considered and are encouraged to apply (salary will be prorated based on hours worked)

Research Foundation Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity

As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, The Research Foundation for SUNY will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy-related conditions, reproductive health decisions, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, familial status, citizenship, physical and mental disability, prior arrest or conviction record, genetic characteristics/genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, domestic violence victim status, military status or service, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under federal, state or local law. The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The Research Foundation for SUNY is a private, not for profit corporation and is a separate employer from SUNY and the State of New York and offers separate compensation and benefit plans.

Binghamton University is a tobacco-free campus.