Community Engagement Manager

The Community Engagement Manager will play a crucial role in creating opportunities for CCH’s existing supporters and concerned citizens to play a meaningful role in the ongoing success of our work. This position involves managing annual events and fundraising teams and responding to queries from the public on how to effectively get involved. The Community Engagement Manager will help create compelling materials and codified stewardship strategies that guide people to action around CCH’s issues and will advance racial equity in all areas of their work.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About CCH:

• Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness (CCH) is a 45year-old systemic advocacy organization. CCH develops campaigns and initiatives to address the causes of homelessness - lack of affordable housing, lack of access to health care and services and lack of jobs paying a living wage. We place much emphasis on organizing and developing leaders who have experienced homelessness to become spokespersons and leaders of our various initiatives. CCH does its work in accordance with its organizational values – collaboration, integrity, strategic action, compassion, and intersectionality. We recognize that homelessness is a problem that stems from systemic racism and that biases and prejudices are embedded in the fabric of society, and thus, also permeate organizations like ours. CCH is committed to advancing racial equity in the workplace, through the work of our racial equity committee, and through the campaigns and initiatives we choose.

Job Responsibilities:

• Team Building/Mentorship: Engage and activate distinct groups around fundraising for CCH, (examples - Marathon Team, Associate Board, workplace Giveback efforts).
• Event Management: Serve as either point person or major support on all Development related special events (both in-person & virtual), including relationship building events where immediate fundraising is not the focus. Includes managing a 50+ person team for the Chicago Marathon, including recruitment, mentorship and being the logistical contact for the event organizers.
• Donor Stewardship: Assist in identifying groups of supporters for select cultivation across all types/levels of giving. Works with the entire department to develop and track strategic and measurable goals for each group.
• Volunteer & In-Kind Management: Assess and address any offers/opportunities to organize more people and resources to support CCH’s work. Make referrals when necessary.
• Department Logistics: Assist with gift entry and acknowledgments in EveryAction database.
• Content Creation: Create external content that makes the case for greater engagement from the community. Support with fundraising related copy as needed.

Qualifications/Skills Required:

• Mid-Level Experience in fundraising, both through special events and individual donor cultivation.
• Ability to write clearly about the needs of the organization to a variety of unique audiences (everyone from a 3rd grade class having a bake sale to room full of lawyers) across a variety of platforms (emails, flyers, social media posts, longer form stories).
• Ability to think strategically and set priorities for what groups and relationships should get more attention.
• Experience with working within CRM Databases, Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and work to advance racial equity
• Work in collaboration with all CCH departments—CCH believes strongly in interdepartmental collaboration and expects all staff to work in close partnership with the other departments at the organization.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to racial equity.

Salary Range: Salary range: $62,000-$65,000, (salary above the lowest base salary is available if the candidate meets one or more of the following criteria – demonstrated second language proficiency ($1,000), lived experience of homelessness ($1,000), certification in racial equity work ($1,000). In addition, CCH provides excellent benefits; including health and dental, life insurance, disability insurance, 401K, four weeks paid vacation, student loan reimbursement, and a sabbatical program.

Application Instructions:

Please upload your resume, cover letter, and two samples of personally written work that demonstrates the candidate’s skills in some facet of fundraising communication. Some examples include: a fundraising appeal letter, an invitation to join a fundraising event or a recap of that event, a sponsorship deck, an acknowledgement letter, a case statement or a grant proposal. Do not send two samples of the same type.

Please apply through this link: https://chicagocoalitiontoendhomelessness.applytojob.com/apply/lt80aXFtgu/Community-Engagement-Manager

Please upload PDF versions and clearly save each document (example: CBERETTARESUME). If you have any questions, please email hiring@chicagohomeless.org directly and we will get back to you within 24 hours of receiving your email. The hiring team will only look at completed applications, thank you.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025, by 5 P.M. CENTRAL.

All employees should be up to date on vaccination series as indicted by the CDC. The currently approved vaccines under this policy are Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. No vaccine shall be designated unless and until it is fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or approved by the FDA for emergency use authorization. Fully vaccinated means at least two weeks after the final shot in the required timing and dosage (one shot for Johnson & Johnson, two shots for Moderna with 28 days between shots, and two shots for Pfizer with 21 days between shots).

Prospective employees will be expected to comply with this policy within two months of accepting their offer of employment.

The Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness believes that personnel diversity is an organizational strength and recognizes and values the intersectional identities that staff members bring to our organization. We are enriched by the diverse experiences, beliefs, and ways of thinking that employees of different backgrounds bring.

People of color and people who have experienced homelessness or poverty are strongly encouraged to apply. Fair consideration is given to all qualified applicants regardless of criminal record. CCH is committed to providing equal employment consideration without discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, religion, national origin, ancestry, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or any other legally protected status.