Job Description
The Program Manager, Income and Small Business contributes to and informs strategy development and organizational knowledge building, and actively guides the initiatives, relationships, and partnerships to execute on this Trust strategic goal. The Manager ensures internal collaboration and close communication across the other Trust strategic goal teams within Community Impact and across critical Trust functions. This position leads thought generation, engages and connects community actors, designs and drives the grant making strategy, and supports cross-functional collaboration with Philanthropic Services, Learning and Impact, and Strategic Communications teams. This position works collaboratively with directors on collaborative partnerships, partners with Program Managers across other strategies, and provides essential support to the Director of Income Growth Solutions and the Sr. Director overseeing the Household Wealth strategy
Within this position, the Program Manager will support Household Wealth's Income and Small Business strategies. Supporting these strategies will include collaboration with multiple stakeholders from the Trust's other strategy teams and programmatic affiliates.
Position Responsibilities:

• Facilitates thought leadership generation by both creating content internally and managing external partners to develop content
• Designs and drives the grant making strategy, identifies grant opportunities and facilitates the grant making process
• Designs impact evaluations of grant making and changemaking work in partnership with Learning and Impact
• Creates learning partnerships and monitors impact, synthesizing learnings along the way and suggesting course corrections as needed
• Builds a plan to identify community organizations and actors to influence change; connects community actors to resources to better align with the Trust's strategic priorities
• Collaborates with fellow program managers to develop relationships with key stakeholders including community leaders, civic leaders, corporations and donors, convening leads to generate ideas and develop plans of action
• Works closely with the Policy Team to advance policy initiatives that advance the work
• Supports engagement and education of donors and stakeholders
• Supports cross functional collaboration within the Trust, maintaining close communication with the Philanthropic Services, Learning & Impact, and Strategic Communications teams
• Implements contiguous improvement initiatives to improve the program
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience and Skills
Position Qualifications:

• We welcome all candidates regardless of education background, however a master's degree in a relevant field of study is preferred.
• Note relevant fields may include social service, community economic development, and or social impact.
• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience, 7 years preferred
• Content knowledge: Familiarity with recent thought leadership in the field and with the network of local and national actors, agencies and?organizations dedicated to the area of work
• Understanding of racial equity practices and framework.
• Understanding of grantmaking.
• Understands impact and evaluation
• Thinks systemically and programmatically
• Ability to work in partnership with residents and local leaders on social issues
• Experience working with racially and ethnically diverse and low-income urban communities on social issues
• Experience in supporting development, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to effect change
• Experience in project development and management
• Strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to listen well, convey thoughts clearly, speak in public, and work effectively as a member of a team
• Excellent skillsets in facilitation, relationship building, and collaborative planning.
• Technical skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Access)

Starting salary: $112,000
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Trust is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at careers@cct.org if you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are fundamental to achieving our impact
The Chicago Community Trust's vision is a Chicago region where equity, opportunity, and prosperity abound. We acknowledge the specific role discrimination and systemic barriers based on race, ethnicity, and other varied identities and differences have played in limiting opportunities for too many. A commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is at the core of who we are, the decisions we make, and the actions we take in our work to strengthen the communities we serve and advance our strategic focus to close the racial and ethnic wealth gap. Click here to learn more about our strategic plan.
The History of The Chicago Community Trust
The Chicago Community Trust was founded in 1915 by Norman and Albert Harris, father and son duo of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank (now BMO Harris Bank). The Trust was the fourth community foundation ever created. There are now 750 community foundations in Canada and the U.S.
As our region's community foundation, the Trust unites generous donors, committed nonprofits and caring residents to effect lasting change that moves our entire region forward. Our approach centers on tackling the region's immediate needs and addressing the root causes of deep-seated issues to realize a more prosperous future for all who call metropolitan Chicago home.
For more than 100 years, donors have entrusted their philanthropic resources and visions to our stewardship. Guided by our deep knowledge of the community, we fund, lead, convene and collaborate to address the greatest and most critical needs facing the Chicago region. From the $22 million raised to help with unemployment relief in the Great Depression to spearheading an effort to help people keep their homes during the foreclosure crisis of the Great Recession to $35 million raised for the Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund, which supported nonprofits serving our most vulnerable neighbors, Chicagoans have put their trust in us.
In 2019, we announced we would focus our discretionary spending over the next decade on working to close Chicago's growing racial and ethnic wealth gap. The Trust envisions a Chicago region that's stronger and more prosperous because everyone-regardless of race, ethnicity, or zip code-has equitable access to the opportunities and resources they need to succeed and live a fulfilling life.
With assets of more than $4.5 billion, the Trust, in partnership with its donors, distributes more than $1.6 billion in grants each year. The Trust Team seeks to match the passion and commitment of donors, grant recipients, residents, and community leaders that continue to work tirelessly to make the Chicago region one where all have the opportunity to realize their dreams.