UIC CUPPA Careers Blog: Program Manager, JB & MK Pritzker Family Foundation

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Who: JB & MK Pritzker Family Foundation

What: The Foundation seeks a Program Manager to play a leadership role in the effective development and implementation of the foundation’s behavioral health priorities under the Pritzker Community Health Initiative (PCHI), as well as play a key role in the day-to-day management of the civil and human rights portfolio. We have two aggressive goals for these initiatives: Reducing behavioral health emergency room admissions by 50% in Cook County by 2023 & Reducing the women’s prison population by 50% by 2025

Responsibilities:

· Partner with the PCHI Director to develop, refine, and implement a behavioral health grant making-strategy

· Identify potential grant possibilities that advance the program’s strategies

· Assist PCHI Director in the collection of information from grantees required to complete analyses of current and prospective grantees

· Assist PCHI Director with the due diligence activities for new potential grantees

· Write and edit internal grant documents

· Manage the processing of grant agreements and payments in close coordination with the legal and finance teams

· Contribute to the team’s development of criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of the portfolio and participate in the evaluations of the results

· Share collective responsibility for reaching annual investment and grant targets

· Interact with peer grant-makers, nonprofit leaders, as well as leaders in the public and private sectors

· Participate in board and staff meetings as required

· Perform related duties as assigned. Regular and predictable attendance is a requirement for the role.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, open to challenges and have high standards and a good sense of humor. They must have a passion for Community Health, and/or Human and Civil Rights with a demonstrated interest in the fields. A familiarity with Chicago, Cook County and/or Illinois would be ideal. They should have experience in the development, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to affect change, as well as experience working collaboratively across the nonprofit, private and public sectors. The successful candidate could come from a variety of professional backgrounds.

Apply: All qualified candidates should apply with a cover letter describing their interest and a copy of their resume to recruiting@pritzkergroup.com