Employment

A part of the Home Visiting for Homeless Families Demonstration Project, this specialized early childhood home visitor will work exclusively with homeless families in Chicago by implementing the evidence-based Parents as Teachers (PAT) curriculum and provide case management interventions in coordination with other homeless service providers. S/he will have significant travel around the city in order to provide early childhood services and support to an important, yet underserved, population of homeless parenting youth. Salary: $38-42k DOE

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This full-time position will oversee Parent Education in our Housing and Family Support programs to ensure high-quality group services are provided and aligned across programs and locations.  Parent Education opportunities lead to increasing support, economic stability, parenting skills and social capital for families. This position supports the agency’s vision, philosophy, and values in interrupting the cycle of poverty through a two-generation family-centered coaching approach. This position reports to the Assistant Director of Family Support, Oak Park and works closely with program leadership in Housing and Family Support in Chicago and Oak Park to ensure seamless service delivery. This position is located at our Oak Park Office and will spend several days a week at our office in the Austin neighborhood.  Salary: $47,500

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This Child Care Associate providing guidance and a safe and structured environment for children while their parent attends Parents Support Groups or other parent education programs.  Assists in overseeing the involvement of volunteers during Parent Support Groups in the child care setting in coordination with other staff. Supports the agency’s vision, philosophy and core values in the delivery of services to parents and their children.   This role will have shifts at both the Transformation Center in the Austin and at the Oak Park location. Salary: $15.00-16.00 hour DOE, minimum of 16 hours a week.

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As part of the Leadership & Development team, the Operations Coordinator works to provide agency-wide support across all three locations: Austin, Bright Endeavors and Oak Park.  This position ensures seamless staffing of the front desk at all times during agency hours (9am-5pm).  This position also coordinates purchasing, IT ticket follow-up, and various other administrative tasks for the agency. This position reports to the Director of HR & Operations, and works closely with all staff to ensure seamless service delivery. This position is located at our Austin Office.  Salary: $34k-41k DOE.

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This full-time Contracts Manager provides leadership and direction in the management of designated public and private contracts and grants, including finance functions.   S/he reports to our Director of Performance Management and works closely with the Director of Finance to cultivate and maintain positive working relationships with various funders.  The position is located at New Moms’ Transformation Center in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago.  Salary: $47,500

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The Housing Locator Specialist is a key member of the housing team whose primary responsibility is to identify and cultivate housing opportunities to support families’ transition from transitional housing to permanent housing in the community. S/he will be developing relationships with landlords, identifying housing that is suitable to maximize the permanent housing success and provide short-term supports upon exiting from transitional housing in the community. S/he will collaborate with team member who is supporting 15 families in a pilot program, Families in Transition, who are in scattered site permanent housing to ensure housing is maintained. This role works collaboratively with the Housing team and external partners to achieve program goals. This position is located at New Moms in the Austin neighborhood, as well as spends extensive time in the community. Salary $38-46K DOE.

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