Economic Development Coordinator

The Economic Development Coordinator serves as the lead representative of the OED Small Business programming to commercial, institutional, and community-based partners as well as to provide ongoing program area evaluations of outcomes and potential program improvements to OED Director in accordance with County policy documents.

Key job responsibilities include:
– Managing, advising, and leading as appropriate on existing OED Small Business programming to include the Durham Small Business Opportunity Loan Fund, the Small Business Advisory Council, E3 Durham, and Innovate Durham.
– Assisting local small businesses and entrepreneurs in connecting with technical assistance resources such as recordkeeping, financing, vendor opportunities, and HUB certification.
– Collaborating with community partners to work more effectively with diverse constituencies, to foster business and workforce success across the broader community, and to help promote equity and shared prosperity.
– Developing relationships with relevant local government departments, local institutions, and organizations as well as commercial, regional, and state partners to facilitate progress on identified objectives.
– Supporting the Economic Development Director as necessary related to Business Recruitment, Workforce Development, or other OED activities as assigned.
– Supporting the County’s Economic Development website by creating new content and maintaining the site’s content to ensure that information is current and relevant.
– Supporting OED’s social media presence by working with the County Public Information Office to ensure professional representation of the DCo brand to prospective entities, and development of timely and appropriate information via social media channels.
– Developing and managing processes to collect and analyze economic development information and data, including actionable intelligence on trends and issues.
– Drafting, executing, and administering agreements as necessary, while maintaining appropriate confidentiality as applicable, may include agreements outside of the position’s specific focus area.
– Managing external partner contracts and agreements to ensure that terms are maintained and that appropriate and desired outcomes, as defined in the documents, are achieved.
– Maintaining communications with partner organizations so that reporting deadlines and desired content are understood, records are properly maintained, and OED Director is advised of corrective actions if necessary.
– Providing key programmatic management, oversight, and review of compliance, routine and/or requested reports to ascertain if desired outcomes are being met, and when/where adjustments and/or corrective actions may be required to ensure appropriate outcomes.

Apply online: https://careers.dconc.gov/job/DURHAM-ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT-COORDINATOR-NC-27701/895428000/