JIFFI Application

IMPORTANT DATES

Application closes: Friday, 9/21/2018

Interviewing ends: Friday, 9/28/2018

Mandatory training: Sunday, 9/30/2018

First All Staff: Sunday, 10/7/2018

Who We Are:

We are a group of students passionate about serving and learning from under-resourced members of our community. Operating as a non-profit, we provide emergency loans that alleviate financial hardship for clients facing difficult circumstances. By lengthening loan terms and offering an APR of 21%, we present an accommodating alternative to exploitative payday loans.

We Want People Who:

-Are passionate about financial empowerment

-Take ownership of their work and prioritize JIFFI

-Learn quickly on the job

-Are comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity

-Keep their cool under pressure

-Adapt to unique situations with ease

-Want to make a change in their community

-Are effective leaders and team members

-Are proactive and take initiative

-Believe in JIFFI’s mission and want to carry it forward

-Have strong communication and interpersonal skills

Division Descriptions

Accounting

Serve within the accounting department for a fully operational 501(c)3 as well as communicate with clients and donors, maintain the financial record keeping system, and publish financial statements at year-end

Business Development (Marketing & Development):

Drives the implementation of JIFFI marketing initiatives to help raise awareness of JIFFI in the South Bend community

Advances fundraising efforts through engaging in community & alumni outreach to find individuals and groups of people to help with generating funds to help JIFFI further its mission

Assists with managing our social media accounts, uses WordPress to keep our website up-to-date, creates promotional tools, and disseminates quarterly newsletters to donors and community partners

Community Relations

Establishes and maintains close ties with over a dozen community partners: coordinating mutual referrals, distributing marketing materials, and organizing both service and fundraising events to give back to the broader South Bend community

Community Relations also regularly updates and helps design our website and community resource directory

Credit

Makes decisions about whether or not JIFFI can offer each client a loan, based on their financial position and demonstrated need. Decisions are made as a team, and every member's voice is valuable

Financial Empowerment Program (FEP)

Meets with members of the community to give them the knowledge and advice they need to succeed in the long-term

Meets with individual clients to go through FEP curriculum and helps to empower them financially

 

Legal

Conducts research and meets with our legal aid in order to ensure that all legal documents and operations continue to comply with changing federal and state legislation

Loan Division

Meets with clients to help them through the loan application

Maintains relationships with clients during the time they have a loan and even after if they need additional resources

Refers clients towards relevant resources

Operations

Improves existing processes and locates emerging technologies that can help the organization be as efficient as possible

Takes processes that are not uniform or take too long and finds ways to make them consistent across a division/the organization and speeds them up