Description of Position

The Senior Business Analyst: DreamBuilder is responsible for recruiting, coordinating, facilitating, and supporting entrepreneurs, students, and small business owners participating in the DreamBuilder program. This position serves as a key connector between participants, community partners, educational institutions, economic development organizations, and Small Business Development Center (SBDC) resources.

The position combines business advising, program facilitation, participant coaching, outreach, event coordination, and administrative management to help participants successfully complete the DreamBuilder curriculum and advance their educational, entrepreneurial, and business goals. The role requires strong relationship-building skills, community engagement experience, and the ability to assist clients with business planning, financial readiness, and business growth strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Recruitment & Outreach

• Recruit entrepreneurs, aspiring business owners, students, and small business owners into DreamBuilder programs and cohorts.
• Develop relationships with community organizations, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, educational institutions, workforce agencies, nonprofit organizations, and local business groups.
• Conduct presentations and information sessions to promote DreamBuilder and SBDC services.
• Support outreach efforts targeting underserved, rural, veteran, women-owned, minority-owned, and student populations.
• Assist with social media, email campaigns, and community engagement activities related to DreamBuilder.
• Build and maintain partnerships that increase awareness and participation in DreamBuilder programs.

Program Coordination & Event Management

• Coordinate and schedule DreamBuilder cohorts, workshops, special events, and community outreach activities.
• Manage participant enrollment, onboarding, attendance tracking, and program completion records.
• Coordinate facilities, speakers, facilitators, technology, and event logistics.
• Order and maintain educational, promotional, and teaching materials necessary to support DreamBuilder classes, workshops, and events.
• Ensure participants receive appropriate materials and resources throughout the program.
• Maintain participant files and reporting documentation in accordance with funding requirements.

Senior Business Analyst Responsibilities

• Conduct business assessments and client intake interviews.
• Assist entrepreneurs and students in evaluating business opportunities and identifying growth strategies.
• Provide guidance on business planning, financial projections, budgeting, cash flow management, and operational planning.
• Help participants identify funding readiness gaps and prepare for conversations with lenders, investors, and capital providers.
• Connect participants with appropriate SBDC advisors and specialized resources.
• Monitor participant progress and assist clients in establishing measurable business and professional goals.
• Track program outcomes and prepare reports demonstrating participant and program impact.

Facilitation & Coaching

• Facilitate DreamBuilder classes, workshops, and learning sessions.
• Provide one-on-one coaching, mentoring, and accountability support to participants.
• Encourage participant engagement and successful completion of program milestones.
• Support participants in developing business plans, action plans, and growth strategies.
• Foster an inclusive, supportive, and entrepreneurial learning environment.

Compliance & Reporting

• Maintain accurate participant and program records within SBDC systems.
• Ensure compliance with all DreamBuilder, Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), Yavapai College, state, federal, and grant reporting requirements.
• Monitor performance metrics and reporting deadlines.
• Assist with grant reporting, outcome measurement, and program documentation.
• Participate in team meetings, training programs, and professional development activities.

Minimum Expectations & Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, Marketing, Education, Public Administration, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

Experience:

• Experience working with entrepreneurs, students, small businesses, workforce development programs, educational institutions, or community organizations.
• Experience collaborating with economic development officers, workforce development organizations, chambers of commerce, municipalities, tribal communities, state agencies, or other business-support organizations.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Strong public speaking, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
• Experience with business planning, financial analysis, business consulting, or entrepreneurial support services.
• Strong organizational, project management, and event coordination skills.
• Experience coordinating workshops, training programs, or community events.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and database/CRM systems.

Preferred Skills & Abilities

Experience:

• Experience facilitating adult learning, entrepreneurship, or business training programs.
• Experience in economic development, entrepreneurship support, small business assistance programs, or community development initiatives.
• Experience working with grant-funded programs and performance reporting requirements.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of startup development, business financing, capital access programs, and small business operations.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
• Familiarity with Arizona Commerce Authority programs, SBDC operations, and economic development ecosystems.

Essential Functions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed represent the required knowledge, skill, and ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee must frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. In addition, the employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Benefits

Yavapai College offers its full-time employees a comprehensive benefit package:

HEALTH/LIFE BENEFITS

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance: College's partial payment of premiums toward medical with pharmacy and/or dental plan options picked by employees for themselves (and eligible dependents)
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families for depression, stress, family/marital conflict, and alcohol/drug issues
• Vision: Provides an amount per plan year for eligible expenses such as vision exams, lenses, frames, prescription sunglasses, and contact lenses
• Life Insurance: The College provides Basic Life Insurance coverage at twice of the employee's annual salary. Dependents have automatic coverage of $2,000/spouse and $1,000/per child if enrolled in medical plan.
• Voluntary Individual And Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
• Other Insurance Coverage: Short Term and Long Term Disability (replacement income insurance), and Workers' Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

• Retirement Benefits: Arizona State Retirement System or Optional Retirement Plan, and Social Security (which provides a basic retirement annuity based on age and years of contribution)
• Tax Deferred Annuities: Employees' contributions to designated tax-deferred annuities
• Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits in covered wages meet requirements

LEAVE BENEFITS

• Vacation : 15 days of Vacation leave annually.  NOTE: For employees who work an amount of contractual days, there will be no earned vacation.
• Sick Leave: 12 days sick leave annually.  NOTE: Employees working less than full time or an amount of contractual days will receive a proration of sick leave.
• Personal Leave: Use of up to three personal leave days per year which are charged against accumulated sick leave to take care of items of personal business
• Other Leave: Bereavement leave, Civic Duty Leave (Jury duty, active military duty, military training), and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Holidays: 24 days during the year as paid holidays for full-time employees which include Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, 3 days at Thanksgiving, 10 days at Winter/year-end break, Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and Juneteenth. 

OTHER BENEFITS

• Breaking Bread: 32 meal swipes for use at the Prescott Campus Eatery. All Other Campuses and Sites receive a $140 credit each semester (fall and spring) to be used at the Open Market on campus/center
• Spanish Interpreter Incentive Program: Employees interested in additional compensation for their Spanish speaking skills agree to assist YC by attending two recruiting events and being available for Spanish Interpretation needs as they arise. Compensation is added to the employee's regular pay at the rate of $175 per month. Employees that are interested in participating let your HR Business Partner know, so they can schedule you for the ACTFL language proficiency test at the YC testing center. 
• Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s)
• Tuition Waiver: Eligible Full-time Faculty and Staff, their legally married spouse, and eligible dependents may enroll in a partial or full program of coursework without payment of tuition, exceptions may be lab fees and market-based additional fees
• Sabbatical: Faculty, professional, and administrative staff may apply for compensated leave of up to a year after six years of continuous service
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Additional Benefits and Services: Local community discounts to faculty and staff, computer loan program, mail and notary service.

Supplemental Questions

01

Do you have the minimum required education listed in the job description or an equivalent combination of education and experience? Please note: One year of education can be substituted with 2 years of job-related experience.

• Yes
• No
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

02

Do you have the minimum required job-related experience listed in the job description or an equivalent combination of education and experience? Please note: One year of education is equal to 2 years of job-related experience.

• Yes
• No
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

03

Do you meet all other minimum requirements listed in the job description?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Agency Information

Employer

Yavapai College

Address

1100 E. Sheldon Street








Prescott, Arizona, 86301

Website

http://www.yc.edu/hr