Available Positions
DEPARTMENT: External Affairs
REPORTS TO: Director, External Affairs
ROLE: The External Affairs Manager reports to the Director of External Affairs and is responsible for managing communication efforts to engage media, influencers, corporate partners and targeted audiences in the League’s priorities. The Manager helps develop and implement the organization’s digital strategy, as well as broader communication and marketing strategy for assigned programs or departments within the organization.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Job Responsibility #1 Digital and Social Media Management (Approximately 50% of Time):
The External Affairs Manager maintains oversight of the Chicago Urban League’s social media properties and digital communication assets (i.e., e-blasts, e-newsletters, online initiatives, and digital asset management system) and helps implement the organization’s communication strategy and activities, including brand awareness efforts, partnership and other stakeholder communications.
DEPARTMENT: Youth Services Center
REPORTS TO: Managing Director
ROLE: With a process-driven approach, the individual in this position is responsible for providing compliance and auditing functions within the Youth Services Center. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable of government and for-profit grant reporting functions. They will possess a deep and thorough understanding of quality assurance standards and have the ability to identify compliant and nonconformance processes through records and tracking systems.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
- Implement quality control procedures and identify quality control issues
- Develop and monitor risk-management procedures
- Review and audit internal databases and external databases provided by funder on a weekly basis
DEPARTMENT: Youth Services Center
DIRECT SUPERVISOR: Senior Manager of Programs, Youth & Family Services
ROLE: This position is primarily responsible for providing support to the Senior Manager of Programs with the ongoing development of Youth Services Center civic engagement initiatives. The individual in this role will engage our existing community partners and engage new ones. The Civic Engagement Portfolio includes: EmpowerYouth ACTION (school-based leadership councils between the school and community police); iRegister (assist 17-year-old youth with getting registered to vote); and FOCUS on my FUTURE (career readiness professional presentations to youth).
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
- Fully develops the civic engagement initiatives and ensures it aligns with the Center and that of the NUL pillar.
- Develops relationships with community-based (particularly our school partners and law enforcement agencies), faith-based, and social service organizations within the community to further collaborative initiatives.
- Determines types and levels of services to be provided and standards by which delivery will be evaluated.
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 providing mentoring, case management, one-on-one intervention, group programming, recreation and SEL training to youth aged 11-24.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Intake and enroll candidates in Project Ready (STEM; Career Development; College Readiness; SEL; Trades) program.
- Maintain a minimum caseload of 40 youth participants
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.
