Mentorship Program Specialist

Oregon Pride in Business (ORPIB) is seeking one dedicated community member to serve as our Mentorship Program Specialist.

This person will be onsite at Mentorship Program sessions to host program participants (emerging business owners and mentorship session leads alike) by preparing the meeting space, handling lunch ordering and receiving, and representing ORPIB to program participants with regards to our Community Conduct Agreement, community building in the cohort, and receiving and reporting on ongoing participant feedback.

An ideal candidate for this role is interested in engaging with small groups to provide general guidance and support. This skillset is transferable to roles like events specialist, facilitators, and other facilities-related roles.  

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare space for in person events
• Order and deliver food to program participants
• Communicate with participants & session leads for all location or food specific items
• Provide an introduction between program participants and session leads for each session
• Convey standards of conduct & program expectations
• Attend weekly one hour meeting with team 
• Provide general feedback and transparency for the other program volunteers

Qualifications & skill requirements

• Time management
• Excellent interpersonal communication skill
• Organized and Efficient

Personal Characteristics

• Patient
• Ethical
• Tendency towards transparency
• Commitment to ORPIB’s mission.
• Willingness to commit time for committee meetings and working sessions.
• Enjoys group work and collaboration.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Benefits and Impact 

• This Role
  • Skills developed in this role include facilities coordinating, group facilitation, interpersonal relationship building, conflict management and resolution.
• All ORPIB Volunteers 
  • Access to our ORPIB Internal Slack Workspace
  • Member benefits such as no-cost event registration and public-facing Member Directory
  • May opt-in to be featured in our Volunteer Staff Gallery (orpib.com/best-volunteers-ever), and to be featured/thanked in our social media feeds.
  • Are encouraged to list their service with ORPIB as an Experience on their resumes and/or professional profiles.
  • Opportunity to introduce themselves and their business at live events, either in-person or virtually, during their service.

Location:  Virtual meetings and in-person program sessions in Portland, Oregon

Time Commitment: While the cohort is out of session, commitment is one hour a week for team meetings.

While the cohort is in session, a specialist is needed at each five hour-session once a week. (approx 6 consecutive weeks. Plus an estimated <1 per week for communications).

Supervisory Responsibility: This position reports to the Volunteer Coordinator and the Mentorship Program Chair

What is ORPIB?

ORPIB champions opportunity, development, and advocacy for Oregon’s LGBTQ+ & Allied business community.

We create opportunities for marketing, networking, procurement, and referral-based business growth, programs that support development of business skills and expertise through workshops and seminars, and we advocate for positive economic, social, and political change.

We envision an economically empowered Oregon LGBTQ+ business community that inspires others. We empower our small business entrepreneurs and professionals, collaborate with nonprofit advocates, and engage with business and civic leaders to support policies that foster a more inclusive and welcoming business community.

Our values are inherent to our identity as an organization. They guide the way we work with our members, our community, and with each other. Above all, we value service, leadership, passion, diversity & inclusion, and success. We lean on these pillars to support a culture where ideas can blossom, individuals can thrive, and our entrepreneurial spirit can flourish.

Ready to join our team? Apply here.