Available Positions
DEPARTMENT: Youth Services
DIRECT SUPERVISOR: Senior Program Manager
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Vice President, Youth & Family Services
ROLE:
Under the direction of the Vice President of Youth & Family Services, the position is primarily responsible for our community advocacy arm. This entails developing and creating school engagement surrounding police relations and youth, case management processes, group programming, and SEL training for youth aged 13-21.
Essential:
- Help establish and maintain Community Councils in the various partnering schools
- Actively facilitate the Community Engagement Process. This process involves collaborating with schools, assisting in elections, and monitoring each council. It further includes completing any paperwork related to the council, such as programmatic assessments and surveys.
Department: Youth & Family Services
DIRECT SUPERVISOR: Program Manager of Career Readiness and Development
ACCOUNTABLE TO: VP of Youth and Family Services
FLSA: Exempt
Primary Function
Under the direction of the Program Manager, the position is primarily responsible for helping clients identify and realize career goals through personal consultation, and group workshops. The job coach will be responsible for assisting an individual with job skills, long-term workforce success strategies, educational options, communication and social skills.
Essential:
- Intake and enroll candidates in the Career Readiness Program
- Facilitate group sessions, including, but not limited to: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Groups, Academic Support/Tutoring Groups, and Work Force Development as outlined in workforce curriculum
Department: Workforce Development
Reports to: Vice President of Workforce Development
FLSA: Exempt
Primary Function
Assist with Planning, organizing, and directing all pre-apprenticeship and registered apprenticeship programming phases. The Senior Manager of Apprenticeship Programs will also help CUL partner businesses and newly developed employer partnerships build apprenticeship programs and register apprenticeships.
Essential:
- Work with VP of Workforce Development to develop and implement local and regional apprenticeship plans
- Identify opportunities for apprenticeship innovation and expansion; forge relationships with key stakeholders in targeted industries
- Coordinate and facilitate meetings with unions, businesses, industry groups, and other partners to explore and incubate new apprenticeship opportunities
Department: Workforce Development
Reports to: Manager of Re-entry Services
FLSA: Exempt
Under the direction of the Vice-President of Workforce Development, the Re-entry Transition Specialist helps returning citizens, and justice-involved individuals become economically self-sufficient through intensive case management, job search assistance, and retention. This position works closely with the Workforce Development staff, partner organizations, and training and educational providers and reports directly to the Manager of Re-entry Services.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist with facilitating the case planning cycle with participants and families. This includes completing intake, full participant assessment, assisting with the individual career plans of each participant in collaboration with additional CUL staff.
- Work with a variety of paroled, probation, or incarcerated individuals.
- Co-facilitate linkages to services identified within initial application and assessment form.
Department: Youth Services Center
Reports to: Vice President of Youth & Family Services
FLSA: Exempt
This position is responsible for providing administrative support for all Youth Services programs as assigned.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Providing administrative support to the Vice President and Managing Director of Youth Services
- Maintaining the calendar of events for the Youth Services, ensure appropriate conference rooms and shared office space are reserved with the Facilities and Services Department.
- Assisting with the generation of department reports and helps prepare for audits
Primary Function
This position within the Chicago Urban League’s Housing Department is primarily responsible for providing professional housing counseling services and assistance in all areas of homeownership, rental and/or foreclosures.
- Provides clients with information on all aspects of homeownership from pre-purchasing requirements to foreclosure prevention and rental, with a heavy focus on financial coaching.
- Available to clients throughout the entire counseling process to address any problems and/or answer any questions.
- Maintains client files and program records according to all contractual and grant requirements.
ROLE SUMMARY
Urban Youth Career Academy’s mission is to provide transformative knowledge and opportunity for young adults ages 18-26 years old. Youth Workforce Coordinator will be responsible for developing and facilitating Urban Youth Career Academy’s (UYCA) 5-8 Day Career Readiness Training, developing relationships with community partners and employers, managing a caseload of up 120 youth annually and providing meaningful insight and innovative ideas for the betterment of Urban Youth Career Academy.
Reports to: UYCA Program Manager
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and facilitate Urban Youth Career Academy’s 5-8 Day Career Readiness Training; oversee monthly Mini Career Fairs for each UYCA Cohort
- Work with WFD Intake Specialist to assure UYCA Youth Intake information is correct and UYCA Youth are properly enrolled into UYCA before beginning 5-8 Day Career Readiness Training
ROLE SUMMARY
The Chicago Urban League seeks a talented grant writer for the position of Grants Manager to manage and significantly grow the Chicago Urban League’s grants portfolio and revenue. To support the sustainability of the Chicago Urban League’s programs and services, the Grants Manager will manage and coordinate the research, cultivation, writing, and submission of federal, state, and local government and foundation and corporate grants. This individual will lead all aspects of developing successful grant proposals and contracts, coordinate input across the organization as needed, and ensure that the Chicago Urban League remains in compliance with funder requirements by preparing and submitting reports and other documentation.
Reports to: Director of Development
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Excellent writing and editing skills, including the ability to convey seemingly complicated projects in a compelling and persuasive manner.
- Write, prepare, and submit public/governmental grant proposals, reports, letters of inquiry, and other related correspondence, with a major emphasis on public and private grant submissions.
FLSA: Exempt
Department: Research & Policy Center
As a senior member of the Chicago Urban League team, the Director of Learning and Evaluation will help strengthen the League’s impact by leading the organization’s learning and evaluation activities across all programs and administrative departments. The Director will provide thought leadership, planning, technical assistance and day-to-day guidance on the League’s internal research activities, and will serve as a resource for the League’s Executive team, department directors and staff.
The Director of Learning & Evaluation has four essential functions:
- Providing Guidance and Recommendations for Program Development
- Leading Organization-Wide Evaluation Efforts
- Developing an Organization-Wide Culture of Learning through trainings, workshops and research summaries
- Providing Research and Writing Support to Development and External Affairs
ROLE:
Under the direction of the Director of Entrepreneurship, the position is primarily responsible for providing administrative support for all Entrepreneurship Center programs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Act as the primary point of contact for the center managing client intake and referrals to CULEC programs and counselors
- Manage the CULEC general email and voicemail boxes
- Record all CULEC activity including client information, interactions, workshop and event attendance in the Biz-Trakker database in order to accurately track services provided and associated outcomes
Reports To: Career Services Manager
Primary Function
The Workforce Coordinator of Special Programs helps specialized program participants become economically self-sufficient through case manage and career coaching, and retention monitoring after job placement. He/she works closely with Workforce Development staff and reports directly to the Vice President of Workforce Development or his/her designee.
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential:
- Intake, assess and document the enrollment process, and ensure accurate record keeping in the client management system.
- Submit documentation to data entry staff within 48 hours from the time of participant engagement.
Under the direction of the Vice President of Youth & Family Services, the position is primarily responsible for providing mentoring, case management, one-on-one intervention, group programming, recreation and SEL training to youth aged 13-21.
Essential duties include but are not limited to:
- Intake and enroll candidates in the UYC (Urban Youth Connection), GIFT (Growing in Fortitude Together), PR (Project Ready) or OW (Opportunity Works) program.
- Maintain a minimum caseload of 40 youth participants.
- Actively facilitate the Case Management Process. This includes completing all necessary client intake documents, complete programmatic assessments (three times a year); develop and revise service plans every 90 days with each participant assigned.
The Building Engineer is responsible for assisting the Facilities Supervisor in maintaining the Chicago Urban League’s building and employee parking lot. This position is accountable for all repairs (electrical, mechanical and structural), general cleaning, and maintenance of the office building.
Essential duties include but are not limited to:
- Adjusting air and/or heating settings and zones and thermostats for optimal employee comfort
- Checking all light sources in the building and parking lot and replace bulbs as needed
- Coordinating service calls from outside contractors and vendors
- Set up and breakdown for meetings and events
- Responsible for cleaning of restrooms and common spaces throughout the building
- Responsible for emptying trash bins and replacing trash bags throughout the building
- Preparing and maintaining maintenance logs and records
The Career Development Specialist helps program participants become economically self-sufficient through intensive job readiness training, job search assistance and placement, and retention activities. He/she works closely with Workforce Development staff and reports directly to the Vice President of Workforce Development or his/her designee.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Intake, assess and document the enrollment process, and ensure accurate record keeping in the client management system.
- Submit documentation to data entry consultant within 48 hours from the time of participant engagement.
- Plan, organize, and guide service delivery, in joint effort with participants, from beginning to closeout.
DEPARTMENT: Youth & Family Services
DIRECT SUPERVISOR: Managing Director, Youth & Family Services
This position is primarily responsible for providing managerial support to the Managing Director with the ongoing development of the social services programs of Youth Services Center. The individual in this role is a part of a leadership team who will manage our SEL, Trades, and Academic portfolio. Our case management portfolio includes: servicing youth in middle school, high school and youth in alternative school settings.
PROGRAM MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Creates programs and strategies to further goals and mission of the Center.
- Develops relationships with community-based, social service organizations and corporate partners within the community to further collaborative initiatives.
- Determines types and levels of services to be provided and standards by which delivery will be evaluated.
The Senior Grants Administrator will work to increase revenue by expanding institutional fundraising efforts. A key member of our Development Team, this person will be responsible for researching, vetting, writing and submitting corporate, foundational, individual, and governmental grants that support research and policy, programing and initiatives.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Maintain and expand support for programs by overseeing execution of grants portfolio including research and prospecting, proposal and report writing, and stewardship activities
- Initiate ongoing communication with key staff to analyze funding needs, gaps and opportunities
- Research, identify and qualify funding opportunities from corporate, foundation, and government sources.
