{"id":32008,"date":"2026-04-14T09:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=32008"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:16:12","slug":"internal-full-time-employment-opportunity-business-assistance-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/internal-full-time-employment-opportunity-business-assistance-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal Full-time Employment Opportunity \u2013 Business Assistance Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wilkes University is pleased to announce an opening for the\u00a0Business Assistance Specialist\u00a0for the Historically Disadvantaged Business Assistance Program in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilkes.edu\/about-wilkes\/centers-and-institutes\/small-business-development-center\/index.aspx?utm_source=google_ppc&amp;utm_medium=ads&amp;utm_campaign=graduate_education\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Small Business Development Center.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This grant-funded position supports aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners in Carbon, Columbia, Luzerne, Schuylkill, and Sullivan counties through no-cost consulting services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The successful candidate will assist start-up and existing businesses with licensing, registration, financial readiness, research, bookkeeping, loan preparation, social media marketing guidance, and government contracting support. A bachelor\u2019s degree in business or a related field is required, and the ideal candidate will have 1\u20132 years of experience, be fluent in English and Spanish, and have working knowledge of QuickBooks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more and view the full position announcement, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1zyUvuQb4TzKu_QmhLxz1Xiw_bXe1p2n0\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=106632740324056965265&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">please click here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Eligibility requirements for internal applicants:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMeets expectations\u201d or above on the most recent performance evaluation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No disciplinary actions or performance improvement plans within one year from date of application<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Interested\u00a0internal\u00a0applicants should contact\u00a0Kelly Beishline\u00a0at\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"mailto:kelly.beishline@wilkes.edu\"><b>kelly.beishline@wilkes.edu<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0and include an updated r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and cover letter no later than April 24<\/b><b>th<\/b><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilkes University is pleased to announce an opening for the\u00a0Business Assistance Specialist\u00a0for the Historically Disadvantaged Business Assistance Program in the Small Business Development Center. This grant-funded position supports aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners in Carbon, Columbia, Luzerne, Schuylkill, and Sullivan counties through no-cost consulting services. The successful candidate will assist start-up and existing businesses&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/internal-full-time-employment-opportunity-business-assistance-specialist\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Internal Full-time Employment Opportunity \u2013 Business Assistance Specialist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32037,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32008\/revisions\/32037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}