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Position Information

Position Title Regional Small Business Consultant

Work Location Springfield Campus

Department Small Business Development Center

HR Home Department 070105 efactory - Center for Business & Economic Development

Pay Grade 44

Proposed Salary $55,000-$62,000

Sponsorship Information

Applicants must be currently authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

Position only available to current, regular, full-time Missouri State University employees? No, Position is available to all applicants.

Appointment Type Full Time Regular

Exempt/Non-Exempt Exempt

General Function

The Regional Small Business Consultant is responsible for providing consultation services to small businesses in Missouri on a wide range of topics including marketing, finance, including loan proposals and accounting, management, personnel, and business and strategic planning to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity, and management improvement. The Regional Small Business Consultant helps coordinate training seminars and classes designed to meet specific needs of small business owners and managers in the region.

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Description of Primary Duties

1. Provides business coaching to new and existing business to grow and operate businesses ventures that result in economic and societal outcomes.

2. Provides an effective consultative service to small businesses by establishing cooperative one-on-one relationships with business owners and managers, recommending viable options, or identifying resources to address their stated and/or assessed needs, and conducting follow-up sessions with the management of participating small businesses to determine if the stated objectives have been met.

3. Assists with the development and facilitation of training programs to meet specific needs of small businesses.

4. Assists in the achievement of impact and program income goals as established by the Missouri Small Business Development Centers’ administrative office and the Missouri SBDC at Missouri State University and efactory.

5. Establishes positive working relationships with local and regional economic development organizations, critical community governments, chambers of commerce and business stakeholders. Develops and maintains essential partnerships with local and regional organizations, governments, and key leaders to effectively communicate the Missouri Small Business Development Center’s value to stakeholders.

6. Develops and maintains partnerships with MU Extension County Offices, works closely with MU Extension faculty/staff throughout the region to provide SBDC services to regional small business clients and identify programming needs in identified counties. This position will include working out of a satellite office in Taney County multiple days per week/month, and travel throughout the region.

7. Actively participates in professional development opportunities to acquire effective and innovative teaching skills, continuously improves skills and increases research-based knowledge, and remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses as directed by the supervisor.

8. Contributes to the overall success of the Missouri Small Business Development Center at MSU and efactory by maintaining a positive outlook and a high personal standard of excellence and performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications

Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field is required. A Master’s degree in Business Administration is preferred.

Experience: At least three years of experience is required in progressively responsible positions that include experience in business consultation, marketing, finance (specifically financial projections), and management. Experience with manufacturing, technology, services, or wholesale business is preferred. Successful experience in operating and managing a business and/or owning a small business is preferred.

Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills including public speaking and presentation abilities are required. Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational management skills, and problem solving abilities are required. Flexibility, resiliency, and the ability to operate with minimal daily guidance is required. The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds is required.

Scope: The position requires regular travel throughout the Southwest Missouri region utilizing one’s own transportation. A valid Missouri driver’s license is required and automobile insurance sufficient to meet University requirements. The position also requires evening and occasional weekend work. Occasional overnight, out-of-town travel is also required.

Additional Qualifications

Link to Job Description http://www.missouristate.edu/human/jobdescriptions/313837.htm

Open Date 05/30/2025

Close Date (If Close Date is blank then the posting is considered open until filled)

Special Instructions to Applicants

First date of consideration is July 7, 2025, and review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

Official transcripts are required at the time of hire.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Non-Discrimination Statement

Missouri State University is a community of people with respect for diversity. The University emphasizes the dignity and equality common to all persons and adheres to a strict non-discrimination policy regarding the treatment of individual faculty, staff, and students. In accord with federal law and applicable Missouri statutes, the University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin (including ancestry, or any other subcategory of national origin recognized by applicable law), religion, sex (including marital status, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other subcategory of sex recognized by applicable law), age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law in employment or in any program or activity offered or sponsored by the University. Sex discrimination encompasses sexual harassment, which includes sexual violence, and is strictly prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

This policy shall not be interpreted in a manner as to violate the legal rights of religious organizations or of military organizations associated with the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

The University maintains a grievance procedure incorporating due process available to any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against. Missouri State University is an Equal Opportunity employer. Inquiries concerning the complaint/grievance procedure related to discrimination on the basis of a protected class, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, or compliance with federal and state laws and guidelines, should be addressed to the Director, Office for Institutional Compliance, Carrington Hall 205, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, Missouri 65897, [email protected], 417-836-4252.

Background Check Statement

Employment will require a criminal background check at University expense.

Posting Detail

Posting Number 20250115FTS

Quicklink for Posting https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/81949

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

+ * How did you hear about this vacancy?

+ Indeed

+ Linkedin

+ Missouri State University Website

+ Google

+ Employee Referral

+ Job Alerts

+ HigherEdJobs.com

+ Personal Contacts / Networking

+ Job Board (CareerBuilder.com, Monster, etc.)

+ Other

+ * Please specify the recruitment source where you located this posting. If you selected Employee Referral above, please list the name of the current MSU employee who referred you.

(Open Ended Question)

+ * Are you a current full-time regular Missouri State University employee?

+ Yes, I am a current full-time faculty/staff University employee.

+ No, I am not currently employed by the University.

+ No, I am a current per course faculty member.

+ No, I am a current part-time staff University employee.

+ No, I am a current University graduate assistant or teaching assistant.

+ No, I am a current student University employee.

Applicant Documents

Required Documents

+ Resume

+ Cover Letter

+ Unofficial Transcripts - 1

Optional Documents

+ Online Media Presentation

+ Letter of Recommendation-1 (Non-confidential)

+ Letter of Recommendation-2 (Non-confidential)

+ Letter of Recommendation-3 (Non-confidential)

+ Other Documents -1