Job Posting: https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/rural-entrepreneurship-specialist-madison-wisconsin-united-states Rural Entrepreneurship Specialist
* Location: Madison, Wisconsin * Department: EXTENSION/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE DIRECTO * Category: Outreach and Community Engagement * Employment Type: Onsite * Employment Type: Staff-Full Time * Application Period Opens: May 11 2023 at 2:00 PM CDT * Apply By: Jun 1 2023 at 11:55 PM CDT VIEW FAVORITES<https://jobs.wisc.edu/me/settings> Job Summary: The Rural Entrepreneurship Specialist will be part of a talented team of researchers, specialists, and educators focused on research and educational programming development and delivery in community economic development. With over 50 years of working with Wisconsin communities, the Community Economic Development (CED) program engages stakeholders in building the capacity of our partners and performing research to identify best practices and discover new or emerging community economic development strategies. The Rural Entrepreneurship Specialist will be expected to provide leadership in developing and delivering targeted business development assistance and helping strengthen community support for entrepreneurs as part of a statewide effort called the Rural Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Initiative (RWEI). Specific expectations include: - Establishing a cohort model program for strategic business development assistance directed towards underserved, rural entrepreneurs including people of color, women, immigrants, rural and remote communities, early-stage entrepreneurs and solopreneurs, and/or sector-specific businesses (e.g., childcare, food and farm-based). - Developing and delivering new workshops and experiences that help entrepreneurs build relationships, identify mentors, access government or private sector resources, and develop skills essential to start and grow a young business in the modern rural economy. - Supporting existing educational programming and research efforts related to rural entrepreneurship (e.g., Homegrown, Maximizing Business Success, and Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, EDA University Center). - Developing and delivering educational outreach and research materials through select reports and presentations to statewide partners. - Creating and maintaining effective local, regional, university and state partnerships that further the development and delivery of Extension educational programs in entrepreneurship. - Serving as part of the central leadership team responsible for developing and organizing an annual Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference in Wisconsin. Steven C. Deller Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor Community Development Extension Specialist Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Community Development Institute 515 Taylor Hall -- 427 Lorch St Division of Extension University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 53706 608-263-6251 http://www.aae.wisc.edu/faculty/scdeller/ https://economicdevelopment.extension.wisc.edu/ https://www.facebook.com/cceduwex/ "I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left." Seasick Steve
