As Merced and Mariposa County small businesses continue to experience significant hardships due to the COVID19 pandemic and resulting State mandated closures, the UC Merced SBDC is seeing a huge increase in requests for assistance. To meet the needs of these new and diverse business clients we are seeking qualified persons with business management and/or ownership experience to consider becoming a part-time SBDC Business Advisor. In particular, we are looking for individuals with specific business expertise such as accounting, risk management, HR and finance. Additional consideration will be given to qualified women, veterans, minorities and fluent bi-lingual persons in order to better serve our diverse local business community.  If you are interested in discussing this opportunity further, please email your resume and contact info to Rick Leibowitz, Director of the UC Merced SBDC at fleibowitz@ucmerced.edu