Available Staff Positions

For more information on how to apply, please contact Mustafa Safdar at

Mustafa@capitalgoodfund.org. While these positions are unpaid, they will give you
valuable and exciting experience as a member of the staff of a rapidly growing non-
profit!

1. Marketing Associate

Our small business loan clients often lack the marketing expertise or technical
assistance needed to develop thriving businesses. Nor do they have the money to
afford such services. In order to facilitate our clients’ success, CGF is launching a
marketing team to work with our business loan clients. The marketing team will offer a
strategic market plan, web site construction, logo design, and other marketing services
at a reduced and affordable rate.

We are looking for skilled Marketing Associates interested in social entrepreneurship

who want to use their talents to better the community in which they live. Marketing
Associates will work directly with our borrowers in order to equip them with the tools
needed to succeed in the business world. Each Marketing Associate will work on a
range of client projects, each with a two-week time frame. Working in collaboration with
a CGF graphic designer, the Marketing Associate will design a strategic marketing plan
for business loan clients and help them to implement it. To ensure that we offer the
highest quality services, we do not set a fixed time needed to devote to each project.
Typically, however, each project will take about twelve to fifteen hours from initial
consultation to completion. Since we aim to ensure that the design process is a
collaborative effort between the Marketing Associate and the client, Associates will be
involved in a series of regular consultations and meetings with the client.

Responsibilities: Work directly with borrowers to assess their business goals, determine
their target markets, etc.; develop strategic marketing plans; collaborate with a graphic
designer to implement a marketing strategy for each client.

Time Commitment: 10 hours/week. The marketing team will meet for the first time in
mid-September. The position will last through May of 2011.

Requisite Skills: A background in marketing, strong writing skills, and strong

communication skills.

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2. Workshop Instructor

Many Rhode Islanders lack the financial knowledge and skills to start a small business,
establish a credit score, or handle their finances. At the Capital Good Fund, we believe
that giving out microloans is not enough—we aim to provide our borrowers with the
business and financial skills needed to use our loans effectively. With this goal in mind,
CGF offers comprehensive business and financial literacy workshops designed to equip
our borrowers with the tools they need to succeed. We are looking for passionate
undergraduate or graduate students interested in social entrepreneurship and teaching
who want to use their talents to better the community in which they live. Workshop
Instructors will teach CGF’s “Business Basics Course.” This course helps participants to
develop a viable business plan through the study of concepts like budgeting, calculating
profit and loss, investing strategies, etc.

Each Workshop Instructor must go through a training process to become certified to

teach the Business Basics Course. Instructors will enroll and complete the Business
Basics Course as a participant before they begin teaching. The course consists of five
classes—one every week for two and a half hours. Once instructors are certified, they
will begin to teach the business basics curriculum, initially under the guidance of our
Director of Workshops. Workshop Instructors will also work with the Director of
Workshops to find ways to make the curriculum more interactive and in tune with the
needs of our students.

Responsibilities: Enroll in a Business Basics workshop, and undergo teacher training.

Teach Business Basics workshop classes. Research ways to enhance the curriculum
and incorporate more audio-visual components.

Time Commitment: 10 hours/week. Training for the position will begin in late September
or early October. The position will last through May 2011.

Requisite Skills: Strong communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Teaching or

tutoring experience is strongly encouraged.

3. Website Design Associate

Our small business loan clients often lack the money to build a simple website for their
businesses. Without a website to market their products and services to the community,
clients cannot develop thriving businesses capable of reaching many customers. In
order to facilitate our clients’ success, CGF is launching a marketing team to work with
our business loan clients. The marketing team will offer website construction, among
many other marketing services, at a reduced and affordable rate. We are looking for
The Capital Good Fund| 127 Dorrance St., Ste 513, Providence, RI 02903|P: 866-584-3651|Fax: 866-254-0219
The Capital Good Fund is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization
skilled Website Design Associates interested in social entrepreneurship who want to
use their design talents to better the community in which they live. Website Design
Associates will work directly with our borrowers in building websites that can propel
them to greater business success.

Each Website Design Associate will work on a range of basic website projects, to be
completed within a two-week period. Working in collaboration with a CGF graphic
designer and a Marketing Associate, the Website Design Associate will design websites
for our business loan clients that reflect their business goals. To ensure that we offer the
highest quality services, we do not set a fixed time needed to devote to each project.
Typically, however, each project will take about twelve to fifteen hours from initial
consultation to completion. Since we aim to ensure that the website design process is a
collaborative effort between the Website Design Associate and the client, Associates
will be involved in a series of regular consultations and meetings with the client about
the progress of the website.

Responsibilities: Work directly with borrowers to assess their website needs. Design
basic websites for our clients’ businesses.

Time Commitment: 10 hours/week. The marketing team will meet for the first time in
mid-September. The position will last through May of 2011.

Requisite Skills: A strong background in website design.

4. Research Associate

Research is a strong component of the work performed at the Capital Good Fund.
Measuring the social impact of our loans and workshops is essential so we can assess
their effectiveness. Critical research is involved in determining how our services are
impacting borrowers in the form of increased income and credit scores. In addition,
there is a strong research element in determining which products we want to offer to our
clients. For example, cost-benefit research analysis is employed when determining a
new loan product’s viability. There is also direct client-related research that we need, in
which the Research Associate would work closely with a borrower on a variety of small
research projects.

The Capital Good Fund is putting together a skilled team of Research Associates
responsible for performing essential research on social impact measurement, product
development, and client services. Associates will also do loan-related data entry and
other tasks. We are looking for passionate undergraduate or graduate students

The Capital Good Fund| 127 Dorrance St., Ste 513, Providence, RI 02903|P: 866-584-3651|Fax: 866-254-0219
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interested in social entrepreneurship who want to use their research talents to better the
community in which they live.

Responsibilities: Work with clients on a range of research projects; research CGF-

related projects and products; do occasional data entry and grant-writing tasks.

Time Commitment: 10 hours/week. The position will last through May 2011.

Requisite Skills: Strong research and writing skills.

5. Graphic Design Associate

CGF is launching a marketing team to work with our business loan clients. The
marketing team will offer our borrowers a strategic marketing plan, web site
construction, logo design, and other marketing services at a reduced and affordable
rate. We are looking for skilled graphic designers interested in social entrepreneurship
who want to use their talents to better the community in which they live. Graphic Design
Associates will work directly with our borrowers in building a business “image” and logo
that can help their business to succeed and thrive.

Each Graphic Design Associate will work on a range of client projects, to be completed
within a two-week period. To ensure that we can offer the highest quality services, we
do not set a fixed time needed to devote to each project. Typically, however, each
project in the past has taken about twelve to fifteen hours from initial consultation to
completion. Since we aim to ensure that the design process is a collaborative effort
between the designer and the client, each designer will meet with the client for an initial
consultation and for a follow-up meeting once the work has been completed. In addition,
the designer is required to send a mid-project update of their work to the client for
feedback.

Responsibilities: Creation of individualized design packages for clients that include the
design of an original logo, business cards, letterheads, and brochures.

Time Commitment: 10 hours/week. The marketing team will meet for the first time in
mid-September. The position will last through May of 2011.

Requisite Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe In-Design, or another graphic design

program.

The Capital Good Fund| 127 Dorrance St., Ste 513, Providence, RI 02903|P: 866-584-3651|Fax: 866-254-0219
The Capital Good Fund is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization