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Careers

If you are interested in any open positions at Accessity, please fill out the following information and attach your resume and cover letter. Due to the high volume of applications, we can only respond to qualified candidates who are under consideration for the next steps. Please note, if you don’t see an open position, we are not accepting unsolicited resumes and cover letters. We appreciate your interest in joining Accessity’s team! If you want to keep up with our open job postings, please follow us on Instagram at @accessityorg.

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DECISION MAKING

How do we share authority?

What methods do we use to make decisions?

Shared leadership model
Cross training to empower staff with knowledge to make decisions
For major decisions, seeking input through surveys, staff/manager/brainstorming meetings to give a sense of ownership to all
Managers request feedback from their team before making department decisions

PRIORITIES

What are our strategic priorities as an organization?

Increase lead flow, particularly of target market clients hardest to reach and not served by others
Improve operational efficiency for scale and cost of loan without sacrificing quality of client experience
Invest in staff talent and organization innovation
Keep equity top of mind for clients and staff – products, process, communications, talent acquisition and development

RITUALS

What are our peculiar ways of celebrating our team and our hard work?

Staff cheer
Staff spotlights / darts
Potlucks and lunches from clients
Holiday extra days and leaving early
Summer and holiday fun days
Monthly team building
Celebrating birthdays
Anniversary gifts

MEETINGS

How do we convene and collaborate?

All staff meetings start with staff breakout session
Department meetings
Individual touch base calls with manager
Structured quarterly and annual meetings with manager
Impromptu huddles
Impromptu cross-department working meetings
Flash brainstorm meetings
Flash brainstorm meetings
Meet in person or Zoom/Teams

PURPOSE

Why do we exist?

We exist to open doors of financial opportunity to those historically with less access to capital and business support: entrepreneurs of color, women, immigrant, and low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs, so they can build a prosperous business and livelihood for themselves and their families, while also strengthening our communities.

VALUES

What do we stand for?

Accountability
Integrity
Inclusion
Innovation
Mindfulness

FEEDBACK

How do we help each other grow?

Providing timely and direct feedback using SBI (situation, behavior, impact; mind-map) and other effective communication tools (addressing hopes and fears, active listening, empathy, etc.)
Open and direct conversations in group settings for collective feedback and collaborative solutions
Coaching and leading vs “managing” which lends to more 2-way communication and collaboration (shadowing, training, support and encouragement)
Proactively asking for feedback

ACCOUNTABILITY

How do we clarify expecting behaviors without hindering autonomy?

Through training (inc. investing in professional dev), placing trust in team and monitoring performance
Open door policy for support
Leading by example
Having timely and direct conversations about behavior that does not meet expectations and developing mutual agreements for future (can be verbal or written, e.g. a PIP)
Cross-department clarity meetings/trainings

BEHAVIORS

What do we celebrate?

Successful client stories
Helping each other
Meeting goals and executing as a team and individually
Personal accomplishments
Leading with love, not fear
Effective communication
Learning moments
Life!

What do we discourage?

Water cooler talk/gossip
Unfair treatment or judgement of clients, partners of team members
Not taking accountability for actions/mistakes

INCLUSION + SAFETY

How do we encourage everyone to speak up and promote participation and candor over groupthink and silence?

Staff surveys and questionnaires
Anonymous annual temperature surveys – report aggregate themes and follow-up on actions taken
Open forum at staff/manager meetings
Ask for feedback regularly from staff in group or individually

Our Culture

At Accessity, we are proud to have a team who upholds our culture of inclusivity, accountability, integrity, innovation and mindfulness. Learn more about our purpose, values and culture below.

DECISION MAKING

PRIORITIES

RITUALS

Our Culture

At Accessity, we are proud to have a team who upholds our culture of inclusivity, accountability, integrity, innovation and mindfulness. Learn more about our purpose, values and culture below.