Project Associate

at Chapin Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Details
Job Location
Chicago, IL

Remote Type
Fully Remote

Position Type
Full Time  Salary Range
$48,300.00 - $64,435.00 Salary/year

Description

Chapin Hall is seeking a Project Associate to provide support to projects focused on implementation support and advancing strategies to reimagine youth detention in Cook County, Illinois. The ideal candidate will live within Cook County, IL and have experience working with a government system.
The individual will assist in maintaining a project work plan, monitoring project progress, managing routine tasks and scheduling of meetings, developing agendas for internal team meetings and following up on action items, supporting storage and organization of documents and data files, identifying opportunities to streamline day-to-day work, and leveraging appropriate tools and skillsets to optimize team resources and the quality and timeliness of project deliverables.

This is an ideal position for an individual with strong project management and data visualization skills and a specific interest in services for youth involved with the juvenile justice system. In addition to project work, the Project Associate will play a knowledge management role by maintaining an internal inventory of relevant resources for staff as well as developing high quality power point presentations with data visualizations for national audiences for a large team of policy analysts and fellows

The position will report to Policy Fellow and Principal Investigator for the Cook County Centers of Care project, Antwan Turpeau. Work will be conducted remotely, with the possibility of occasional business travel within the continental United States.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Develops and refines high quality PowerPoint presentations and other presentation materials, talking points and handouts for national audiences.
Provides substantive and administrative project management support to senior staff.
Manages competing priorities and requests from multiple team members and client partners and prioritizes appropriately.
Works collegially and collaboratively with colleagues across policy, research, and administration to share information, responsibility, and resources.
Creates and maintains Share Point sites, project work plans, and other project management tools.
Coordinates administrative functions and logistics of project-related meetings with key external partners and stakeholders.
Develops meeting materials including results-based agendas, synthesizes meeting proceedings and action items, tracks completion of action items.
Maintains an inventory of relevant resources for a large team of policy staff, including distribution of an internal weekly newsletter to share key updates
Manages and organizes bibliographic references and data files
Participates in internal (Chapin Hall) team meetings to discuss project progress.
Performs additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications

The ideal candidate will live within Cook County, IL and have experience working with a government system.
A bachelor's degree in communication, public policy, or a related field OR has a minimum of two years of relevant work/internship experience in project management.
Proficient use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio) and Reference Management tools (EndNote, Zotero, or similar) to support internal knowledge management and external communications.
Strong attention to detail with good organization skills.
Background in project management.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment.
Aptitude for problem-solving and process improvement.
Ability to manage multiple, concurrent tasks.
Applied judgment and discretion in the handling of sensitive information.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Strong aptitude for high quality data visualizations and PowerPoint presentations.

MINIMUM PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
* Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time.
* Must be able to operate a computer extensively... For full info follow application link.

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values and actively seeks diversity in its workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, status as an individual with disability, age, ancestry, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.