Bilingual Capacity Building Coach - Contractual

Agency: Criminal Justice Information Authority

Closing Date/Time: 01/27/2025

Salary: $50,000 - $85,000 - COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE

Job Type: Hourly 

County: Cook

Number of Vacancies: 1

Plan/BU:None 

JOB REQUISITION #44163

****A RESUME IS REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB POSTING****

Please attach a DETAILED Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the MY DOCUMENTS section of your application. You WILL NOT be considered for the position if you attach a CMS100, CMS100b or any other document that is not a Resume or CV.

This is a remote work position, but candidate may choose to work at ICJIA’s downtown Chicago office during the agency’s regular business hours Monday thru Friday (8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.) pending availability.

This is a full-time position. The selected candidate must work 37.5 hours per week. The selected candidate will start as soon as possible.

This position is TEMPORARY and does NOT include state benefits.

POSITION POSTING/MARKETING STATEMENT

Information in this statement is NOT intended to be all-encompassing or to address all responsibilities of the position.

 

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) Innovations Institute has launched a new capacity-building hub for community-based organizations that have recently been funded and those that have previously been denied funding. The Innovations Institute will provide coaching to assist organizations over the next few years. The goal of the Innovations Institute is to support the growth of each of the partner organizations and ensure that their organizations are operating at a high capacity and are better able to sustain themselves.

 

This position will assist in some development, design, and implementation of the capacity-building program. This position will be responsible for supporting organizations that will be placed in the cohorts with efforts to assist in the strengthening of the organizational infrastructure of cohort partners. This position will review the assessments completed by cohort partners to determine their specific needs and help to facilitate services to address their needs.

Essential Function 1

1.  Establish and maintain strong relationships with local community-based organizations in the city, county, and statewide communities in Illinois who are charged with or are interested in implementing violence prevention and reduction programs.

Essential Function 2

2.  Provide direct capacity-building support to community-based organizations that need to strengthen their organization’s infrastructure, including; program development, board development, fiscal accountability, staff support and management, trauma-informed practices, and more.

Essential Function 3

3.  Facilitate connections to city, county, state, and federal resources to financially support partner organizations, as needed.

Essential Function 4

4.  Acknowledge and support procedures to foster communication between law enforcement and community-based street outreach and violence prevention organizations in immediate response to gun-related incidents of violence

Essential Function 5

5.  Engage with community organizations, block clubs and associations, afterschool programs, and others to explore potential funding opportunities.

Essential Function 6

6.  Identify key violence reduction policy priorities from community residents and support other local entities in collective action initiatives focused on violence reduction.

Essential Function 7

7.  Serve as a liaison between community-based organizations and local governments to ensure violence reduction goals remain a priority of local efforts within respective communities.

Essential Function 8

8.  Assist partner organizations with the development and implementation of operationalization plans to address violence and to achieve their goals.

Essential Function 9

9.  Facilitate an ongoing feedback loop to ensure that community voice is incorporated into all processes.

Specialized Skills 1

1.  Strong proficiency in writing and developing capacity-building supports for violence prevention organizations such as grant writing, organizational development and performance measurements.

Specialized Skills 2

2.  Ability to work strategically and collaboratively with v