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About the Role
ADAPT Community Network is seeking an Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Developer to assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in exploring talents, building small business ideas, and creating pathways to income, independence, and community connection.
Responsibilities
- Develop, coordinate, and support person-centered self-employment, micro-enterprise, consulting, and entrepreneurship opportunities.
- Assist individuals in exploring business ideas, developing business plans, building skills, accessing supports, launching pilot opportunities, and sustaining income-generating activities.
- Identify individuals interested in self-employment, micro-enterprise, consulting, creative business, or non-traditional employment.
- Conduct person-centered discovery to understand individual interests, strengths, talents, communication style, support needs, work routines, and employment goals.
- Develop individualized business plans including concept, customers, pricing, startup needs, support plan, marketing strategy, benefits, risk factors, and milestones.
- Provide coaching in business readiness, communication, customer service, scheduling, money management, product development, quality control, marketing, technology use, and follow-through.
- Support individuals in developing visibility through social media, online marketplaces, digital storytelling, community showcases, or vendor opportunities.
- Build partnerships with internal departments, local businesses, community organizations, markets, creative spaces, accessibility partners, technology partners, and other collaborators.
- Coordinate with various internal teams including Supported Employment, Day Habilitation, Residential, clinical, finance, HR, quality, and compliance.
- Ensure entrepreneurship and self-employment activities align with employment goals, service plans, business plans, documentation, and outcomes.
- Maintain accurate records, progress summaries, business plan updates, coaching notes, partnership trackers, and outcome reports.
- Assist with staff training, referral tools, coaching guides, and program materials.
- Track and evaluate program outcomes to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Stay informed about developments in supported employment, entrepreneurship, self-employment, customized employment, accessibility, technology, and community-based business opportunities.
- Perform other related duties as requested.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in human services, vocational rehabilitation, business, education, social work, psychology, disability services, or a related field preferred.
- Experience in supported employment, vocational services, workforce development, entrepreneurship, small business development, disability services, or community-based program development preferred.
- Experience supporting people with intellectual, developmental, physical, or communication disabilities preferred.
- Experience with social media, online marketplaces, product sales, community events, vendor fairs, digital media, accessibility consulting, or creative enterprise models preferred.
- Familiarity with OPWDD services, SEMP documentation, person-centered planning, benefits planning, or employment-first practices preferred.
- Knowledge of small business development, entrepreneurship, self-employment, job development, or customized employment practices.
- Ability to help individuals move from idea development to planning, launch, and ongoing support.
- Strong coaching, communication, organization, documentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to develop accessible tools, plain-language materials, and person-centered business planning resources.
- Understanding of marketing, customer engagement, basic pricing, online visibility, and community partnership development.
- Commitment to dignity, choice, inclusion, disability rights, economic self-determination, and meaningful community-based employment.
- Ability to work collaboratively across departments and with individuals supported, families, staff, community partners, and leadership.
- Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
- Travel across the five boroughs of New York City may be required.
Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Self-employment
- Small business development
- Coaching
- Marketing
- Creative thinking
- Person-centered discovery
- Business planning
- Social media
- Online marketplaces
- Digital storytelling
- Community engagement
- Partnership building
- Record keeping
- Program evaluation
- Accessibility
- Technology
- Communication
- Organization
- Documentation
- Relationship-building
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $60,000 - $65,000 Annually
Benefits
- Paid training
- Competitive benefits
- Industry-Leading Benefits
About the Company
- ADAPT Community Network, formerly United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of NYC, provides a multitude of services to people with developmental disabilities.
- ADAPT is 3,000 strong and empowers the lives of the people they support.
- ADAPT offers paid training, competitive benefits, and fosters a team culture of learning, support, collaboration, and career growth.
Equal Opportunity
- ADAPT values diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging.
- ADAPT strives to ensure employees are comfortable bringing their whole, authentic self to work.
- ADAPT values diverse backgrounds, opinions, ideas, and ways of thinking.
- ADAPT aims to build an inclusive and diverse workforce that is empowered and supported.
- ADAPT continuously seeks opportunities to foster a more positive, respected, united, and collaborative culture.
- ADAPT Community Network is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- Qualified candidates of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds and status are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.