Hive Cafe Solidarity Cooperative ,Administration and Finance Coordinator Jobs in Canada

4-10 hours a week over the summer
20 hours a week during school year

Pay: 18$hr

Deadline to apply: May 11th, 2015
Please email: hivecafecoop@gmail.com

Administration and Finance Coordinator needed to oversee the
administrative and financial sustainability of the Hive Cafe
Solidarity Cooperative at Concordia University, both at the Loyola as
well as Downtown locations.

Financial and Administrative Responsibilities
• Attends the cooperative’s Board and Finance Committee meetings when necessary
• Accounts payable and payroll in collaboration with other
coordinators for both locations
• Act as a liaison with the government, auditor and bank for all
financial and administrative issues
• Closing and developing monthly financial statements for both locations
• Develops a year budget to be presented at the annual general
assembly, as well as prepares a financial overview to be presented at
a special general assembly.
• Development of financial analysis tools as well as analyze financial
data and make recommendations
• Communicate with finance committee and/or the BOD of any deviations
from projected finances.
• Collaborates to develop and implement financial and administrative
policy appropriate to the cooperative, its user members, and its
worker-members
• Provide recommendations to effectively manage productivity, labour,
food and beverage costing and pricing
• Assists in costing and pricing a new menu to see the café transition
from a mostly catered/pre-prepared menu toward a menu of items
prepared on-site
• Integrate and configure point of sales system of both locations in
collaboration with both location coordinators
• Administrate head office space, equipment and archives
• Shares expertise, mentors others, and fosters a climate of
experiential learning, growth and improvement, as well as ongoing
personal and collective development
• Develops internal policy and how-to manuals with regards to finance
and administration as necessary in order to insure a transfer of
institutional knowledge.
• Continues their own education/training as required to develop and
acquire new skills in leadership, hospitality, and food issues
• Recommends and implements new initiatives to keep up with demand and
market changes
• Regularly communicates with the Board of Directors and helps
implement the cooperative’s mandates
• Upholds and promotes the social, environmental, and economic
sustainability of the café as outlined in the cooperative’s
constitution
• Ensure the financial viability of the Hive Cafe and work in
collaboration with the BOD to ensure its financial sustainability.

Qualifications
• A love of food, a passion for food sovereignty, and a firm belief in
the importance of sustainability
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• 2 years of related experience in nonprofit financial administration
• Familiarity with the cooperative business model
• Ability to function in a non-hierarchical environment
• Ability to balance effective leadership skills with power-sharing
abilities in a communal decision-making cooperative structure
• Strong organization skills, attention to detail, ability to
prioritize workload, and multitasking
• Financial competence including a clear understanding of margins and
pricing, ability to read financial statements, knowledge of budgeting,
forecasting, productivity analysis, and inventory management/controls
techniques
• Ethical conduct and responsibility – Sets a positive example and
fulfills responsibilities with the highest integrity, ethics, and
professionalism
• Technologically proficient in basic computer skills

Deadline to apply: May 11th 2015
Please email – hivecafecoop@gmail.com