Program Lead for VERGE Capital is being sought
About Pillar Nonprofit Network:
Pillar Nonprofit Network strengthens individuals, organizations and enterprises invested in positive community impact. We support nonprofits, social enterprises and social innovators by sharing resources, exchanging knowledge and creating meaningful connections across the three pillars of nonprofit, business and government. They have asked me to share this posting, to help them ensure we’re bringing an intersectional gender lens to this work.
We believe that a connected network sparks collaboration and a willingness to lean on each other to help build an engaged, inclusive and vibrant community.
Pillar Nonprofit Network is actively recruiting a Program Lead for VERGE Capital, the social finance program of Pillar.
About the role
VERGE Capital is a social finance program of Pillar Nonprofit Network, supported by many community collaborators who share our vision of a greener and more inclusive economy. We provide affordable and flexible loan financing to startup and established social enterprises in Southwestern Ontario, including for-profit businesses, nonprofits and charities. We strive to provide more equitable access to capital, especially for social enterprises owned by, led by, or serving historically excluded and marginalized populations. VERGE Capital currently offers two funds: the Startup Fund, an impact-first loan fund for social enterprise that is backed by philanthropic funds, and the Breakthrough Fund, a fund supporting growth and larger-scale projects that is backed by investors.
If you know of anyone that would be a great addition to the Pillar team, applications are being accepted until July 20, 2022.
Full details about the role can be found HERE.
Patricia is the Business Mentor and owner of Grow Vantage and a Past President of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce. She applies over 30 years of business experience (from start-up to corporate) to mentor entrepreneurs. Since 2011, she has held over 6,500 coaching and training sessions in-person and online. Through Ask For Directions Training, her entrepreneurial training program (and parent company Grow Vantage), and as a business coach, she works with start-ups who are new (or who have lost traction) to design, launch and grow their businesses. Along with 20 other expert instructors she teaches strategies in marketing, sales, communications, and finance, as well as practical techniques to increase productivity, and manage their businesses. In other words, everything entrepreneurs need to learn to grow and run their businesses successfully, and avoid the costly mistakes they can't even see coming - that lead to delays in growth and getting stuck.