Top 170 Community engagement specialists Jobs in Chicago, Il

Director, Community Engagement - Native / Tribal Communities (Chicago / Hybrid)
Feeding America —Chicago, IL
- $127,932 - $132,932 a year
- Full-time
- Office
- 8 years
- Presentation skills
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- Full-time
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Bilingual Korean VOCAL AmeriCorps Member at HANA
Hana Center —Chicago, IL
- $21,000 a year
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Community Outreach Worker
The Company —Park Ridge, IL
- $20.18 - $23.73 an hour
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- Background check
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Operations Manager
Connections to Care —Arlington Heights, IL
- $19 - $22 an hour
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Prevention Services Supervisor
Resilience —Chicago, IL
- $60,000 - $65,000 a year
- Full-time
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Bilingual Sexual Risk Avoidance Facilitator
SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES NFP —Chicago, IL
- $45,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
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- Disability insurance
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Suicide Prevention Grant Administrator
Prevention First —Chicago, IL
- $61,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- 5 years
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- Mid-level
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Director, Policy and Community Engagement
National Louis University —Lisle, IL
- $65,187 - $94,520 a year
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Office
- Master's degree
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
External Organizer - Rideshare
SEIU Local 1 —Chicago, IL
- Weekends as needed
- Computer literacy
- Writing skills
- Mid-level
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
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Risk Reduction Specialist
Street Samaritans —Chicago, IL
- $50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Google Workspace
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Creative Engagement Facilitator
Mather Headquarters —Chicago, IL
- $30 - $33 an hour
- Full-time
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- Adults
- Mid-level
- Residential
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Manager, Community Ambassador Programs
Mather Headquarters —Chicago, IL
- $82,000 - $87,000 a year
- Full-time
- Adults
- Mid-level
- Residential
- Paid parental leave
- Disability insurance
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Community Outreach Manager
Near North Health Service Corporation —Chicago, IL
- $73,000 - $83,068 a year
- Full-time
- Mid-level
- Public Health
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Markham Shkode Community Engagement Specialist
The Nature Conservancy —Markham, IL
- $65,000 - $69,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Background check
- Writing skills
- Mid-level
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
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Digital Organizer
JB for Governor —Chicago, IL
- $72,500 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Mid-level
- Travel
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Program Manager, Parent & Community Engagement
LIFT —Chicago, IL
- $70,000 - $72,000 a year
- Online Application
- Hybrid work
- Spanish
- Mid-level
- Office
- 403(b) matching
- Paid parental leave
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Community Engagement & Outreach Coord (II)
Tree House Humane Society —Chicago, IL
- $19.62 - $21.78 an hour
- Full-time
- Spanish
- Customer service
- Ability to walk for extended periods
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Community Engagement Manager
AbsoluteCare —Chicago, IL
- $85,000 - $90,000 a year
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Mid-level
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Justice and Peace Coordinator Associate
Felician Sisters of North America —Chicago, IL
- $26.44 - $40.87 an hour
- Part-time
- Writing skills
- Mid-level
- Office
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Director, Community Engagement - Native / Tribal Communities (Chicago / Hybrid)

Feeding America -
Chicago, IL

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Job Details

Full-time
$127,932 - $132,932 a year
4 days ago

Qualifications

Team leadership
Presentations for conferences or internal meetings
Government relations (public relations strategies)
Cultural competency
Instructor-led training (training delivery method)
Leading team collaboration initiatives
Networking through strategic partnership building
Computer skills
Experience working with individuals from underserved communities
Project leadership

Full Job Description

Work. Serve. Thrive.

Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in peoples' lives. Working at Feeding America is a uniquely rewarding experience in which our employees work together as vital parts of a much larger mission. We are innovative, mission-focused, diverse, collaborative, values-driven and focused on results.

Feeding America is the nation’s largest charity and the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.

Learn more about Feeding America here.

This position is based out of Feeding America’s Chicago office. At Feeding America, we believe in offering a flexible work environment. Employees can be in the office an average of 2 days a week (when not travelling for work) and work from home on other days. Employees also have access to a 30-day “work anywhere” program during the course of each calendar year that can be combined with PTO and/or holidays.

The Opportunity

The Director, Community Engagement – Native & Tribal Communities, will develop and implement Feeding America's Native & Tribal community engagement strategy to help increase our collaborations and partnerships with organizations working with communities of color who face higher rates of food insecurity than the national average. As part of this strategy, organizations would include national and regional groups that serve communities of color, working to address food insecurity and/or its root causes. This role will provide national strategic management in areas of outreach to and engagement of communities of color, with a focus on Native & Tribal communities, to build long-lasting, positive relationships and strengthen local food systems.

Compensation

Here at Feeding America national organization, equality is central to our mission and is an integral part of our compensation policies and structures. As such, we maintain transparent salary ranges and clearly defined practices for how our team, including new hire salary offers, moves through these ranges. You can expect us to offer the best salary up front based on these clearly defined pay practices with little room for negotiation. We make exceptions for highly experienced (multiple years of at-level experience) new hires in accordance with our pay practices. Once hired, employees have the opportunity to progress through salary ranges via regular merit increases and step promotions.

Salary Range: $127,932 - $132,932 Based on Experience

Responsibilities:

Develops and executes a community engagement strategy to establish and deepen partnerships with national and regional organizations and associations focused on serving and strengthening Native and Tribal communities in order to advance the mission and policy goals of Feeding America.
Manages a portfolio of national and regional partners and identifies potential new partnerships and coalitions to increase collaboration and advance policies and programs that help address food insecurity disparities, with a focus on Native & Tribal communities. Opportunities to collaborate may include advocacy, fundraising, and/or media, for example.
Collaborates with broader Community Partnerships team to execute a grant-making strategy aimed at strengthening local food systems and partnerships.
Collaborates across functions with government relations, marketing & communications, advocacy, and development to ensure that communities are considered by, and connected to, internal planning and initiatives led by other departments.
Works closely with other departments to glean learnings from the field and establishes consensus around promising practices to strengthen communities and address disparities in Native/Tribal communities to facilitate connections with national partners and local network members.
Crafts, facilitates, and engages internal and external partners in webinars and other digital convenings around timely topics related to the Native/Tribal Community as part of a broader Community Partnerships learning agenda.
Represents Feeding America at conferences, forums, convenings, coalition meetings, similar events and in media.
Manages Community Engagement team projects, including technical assistance, resource creation, briefings, proposals, and capturing partner priorities and learnings.

Required Experience and Qualifications:

Professional and/or lived experience within Native/Tribal communities.
8+ years’ experience working with community-based organizations, state and local government officials, state agency staff, and/or businesses and engaging low-income communities.
Ability to leverage existing relationships and/or cultivate new relationships to build productive, trusting partnerships with a variety of organizations, demonstrating cultural competence and expertise.
Experience in leadership roles working within complex operating environments – ideally a network and/or matrixed structure.
Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills to facilitate effective communication with community members and community groups.
Strong written communication, problem-solving, priority-setting, project management and computer skills.
Ability to work independently, thrive under pressure and perform multiple tasks.
Experience, including formal education, ideally in Native/Indigenous studies, Community Outreach, or other social impact related discipline is required or equivalent experience working in tribal communities with an understanding of Native American food systems, culture, and tribal governance.
Excellent training and facilitation skills with proven track record of successful design and delivery of formal and informal training, working groups such as communities of practice and speaking and presenting with key stakeholders in other forums such as conferences.

Required Leadership Competencies:

Fosters an Enterprise Mindset
Fosters an Open and Supportive Environment
Leads with Accountability
Collaborates Internally and Externally
Focuses on People and Teams
Manages Organization and Business Complexity
Communicates with Impact and Influence

Feeding America’s goal is to attract, develop, retain, and promote a talented diverse workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging and contribute to a culture that values differences, ideas, and experiences. We intentionally seek out diverse perspectives and skills on our teams, knowing that it makes us stronger as an organization and better equipped to serve our neighbors in need. We encourage all individuals, including those from historically under-represented communities and individuals with lived experience of hunger, to apply.

Feeding America participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

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