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Code Enforcement Assistant (Community Development) Summer - Village of Schaumburg

For more information please visit: Village of Schaumburg 

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF:

Code Enforcement Assistant (Community Development) summer with an online application deadline of 03/31/2023.

 

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.  Interviews will be conducted as applications are received.  This position will remain open until filled.

 

PAY RATE:  $18.00 per hour based on a 35-hour workweek. 

 

Please attach as part of your application all necessary documents verifying that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position.

Programming Planner - Valley Regional Transit - Meridian, ID

For more information and to apply please visit: VRT Programming Planner

Planning Programmer Position Opening

Do you want to be a part of a great transit development team in a vibrant, growing community? Do you value collaboration, creativity, sustainability, and public service? Do you want to use your finance and budgeting skills and urban planning knowledge to help shape transportation?

Valley Regional Transit seeks a team-oriented Planning Programmer with skills and experience in capital planning and budgeting. Reporting to the Chief Development Officer (CDO), the Planning Programmer is responsible for developing and maintaining the five-year service and capital Transportation Development Plan and developing budget requests of financial stakeholders. These activities are essential to both near-term budgeting and coordinating long-term financial strategies. 

Director of Transportation - Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission

DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION

Working to enhance the quality of life for nearly 800,000 people along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) is seeking an exceptional individual to lead transportation planning activities under NIRPC’s designation as a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).

Assistant Community Development Director - Village of Carpentersville, IL

Title: Assistant Community Development Director

Status: Full-time, exempt

Salary: Starting at $80,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications

Application: Candidates interested in applying for the position of Assistant Community Development
Director should submit a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to HR@cville.org.
Candidates should also complete an online application, or email a completed application to HR@cville.org.

Audience Research Analyst - Goldbelt C6 - Washington, DC

For more information and to apply please visit: Goldbelt C6 
Employment Type: Full Time

Clearance Requirements: Secret
FLSA Status: Exempt (Salary)
Eligible for Remote Work: No

Goldbelt C6 offers research and development, engineering, and logistics services that enhance and enlarge customers' operations. C6's expertise is focused on integrating C6ISR and scientific, engineering, and technical support for various government partners. The experts at C6 are research and data-driven and ready to create custom solutions. 

Maintenance 1 - Landscape Division - Village of Schaumburg

For more information and to apply please visit: Village of Schaumburg 

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF:

Maintenance 1 - Landscape Division 

 

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.  Interviews will be conducted as applications are received.  This position will remain open until filled.

 

SALARY:  $26.63 per hour or dependent on contract language based on a 40-hour workweek.  This position is represented by a union; you may refer to the EPW Local 150 collective bargaining agreement available on our website.  

 

Please attach as part of your application all necessary documents verifying that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position.

Customer Success Manager - IMPLAN - Huntersville, NC

For more information please visit: IMPLAN 

CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGER

Location: Huntersville, NC | Department: Customer Success & Education Services | Type: Full Time

Job Description

We are currently looking for a Customer Success Manager (CSM) with a passion for providing hands-on software and economic analysis support to clients. IMPLAN has a team of CSMs that are individually assigned clients and who personally serve as their primary support resource. CSMs play a pivotal role in ensuring clients’ success and satisfaction with IMPLAN as both a product and a company on a daily basis. This person is expected to deliver customer outcomes by developing a clear adoption and retention strategy for the clients in the verticals assigned to them.

Management Analyst - City of Batavia, IL

For more information and to apply please visit: City of Batavia 

Are you a forward-thinker, self-starter with great project management and communication skills?  The City of Batavia is seeking qualified applicants for the position of full-time Management Analyst in our City Administrative Department.  This position performs a variety of professional, technical, and analytical project-based support to the City Administrator’s Office in collaboration with other members of the City’s leadership team.  This position assists with handling of confidential information, FOIA response, project management, analysis of data, generation and presentation of reports, budget, policy research and development and maintaining professional public relations with the community and outside agencies.   This position acts as a city liaison for various external partners.  This position requires a high level of discretion, managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment and the ability to work under minimal supervision.   The Management Analyst reports directly to the City Administrator.  

Senior Planner/Urban Designer - site design group - Chicago

Senior Planner/Urban Designer Position Announcement

About site:

site design group, ltd. (site) is a creative landscape architecture and urban design firm located in Chicago, Illinois. In our 32 years in business, we have made our name for our leadership and innovation in landscape architecture and urban design, commitment to design excellence, and out-of-the-box, creative process. As landscape architects, arborists, urban designers, planners, and architects, we are a collective of 46 innovative creative-thinkers.

As a firm, our practice is committed to building innovative but equitable public spaces. Our design
process seeks to build off of existing successes and ongoing community initiatives, as we believe through co-created and community-led efforts, our work can make positive change throughout the
surrounding neighborhood and beyond.

Director of Real Estate - South Suburban Land Bank and Development Authority - Greater Chicago Area (Remote Position)

POSITION: Director of Real Estate, South Suburban Land Bank and Development Authority

JOB CLASS: Manager (Senior)

COMPENSATION: $75,000 - $85,000, commensurate with experience/qualifications

START DATE: February, 13, 2023

LOCATION: Greater Chicago Area (Remote Position)
 
POSITION OVERVIEW: The South Suburban Land Bank and Development Authority (Land Bank) is entering an exciting new phase to scale up operations and capacity in 2023. In partnership with the Southland Development Authority (SDA), the Land Bank expects to maintain a pipeline of consistent residential property redevelopment while supporting nascent large-scale development projects to the benefit of residents and businesses in Chicago's South Suburbs.

Web & Digital Content Strategist - United Way of Metro Chicago

For more information and to apply please visit: United Way of Metro Chicago

POSITION: Web & Digital Content Strategist 

DEPARTMENT: Marketing & Communications 

REPORTS TO: Director, Marketing 

FLSA: Full-time, Exempt 


POSITION OVERVIEW 

The Web and Digital Content Strategist at United Way of Metro Chicago is responsible for maintaining United Way’s websites and providing strategic recommendations for updating, building, and creating content for United Way’s websites and marketing email campaigns. The Digital Content Strategist plans, tests, and implements high-performing web content and email campaigns into goals of stakeholder engagement and online giving. In addition, the Digital Content Strategist optimizes existing content to maximize online donation conversion, accessibility, and search engine optimization (SEO). 

Development Project Associate - The Community Builders, Inc - Chicago

Description


Who are we?
The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB) is an entrepreneurial real estate developer and owner. Our mission is to build and sustain strong communities where all people can thrive. We envision a world with vibrant, safe and inclusive neighborhoods where all people live in healthy homes with equitable access to resources and opportunities to pursue their dreams, and we work to make that vision a reality. Founded in 1964, TCB currently owns/manages 14,000+ units of rental housing across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest.

Research Associate - Center on Global Cities - Chicago, IL

For more information and to apply please visit: Research Associate (Center on Global Cities)

Job Description

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is where your world and the world meet. The Council is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization that empowers more people to help shape our global future. We are adding to the Center on Global Cities team to connect with the next generation of changemakers who want to create a more open and promising world for all. By informing them, inspiring them, and involving them in world affairs, we will support an inclusive community of globally conscious people who want to have a tangible impact. The Council celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2022. Do you want to help shape our next century?


Start Date: 2/1/2023

Employment Term and Type: Regular, Full Time

Housing and Community Development Associate - Metropolitan Mayors Caucus - Chicago

Position Description

Scope

The Housing and Community Development Associate is a one-year, full time position to provide programmatic support to housing policy and planning activities within the Housing + Community Development Program. The Fellow provides research, analysis, and writing to the Homes for a Changing Region program, which develops housing action plans to help municipalities encourage an affordable and accessible supply of housing; to the Housing & Community Development Committee, which explores shared housing issues on a quarterly basis; and to other housing initiatives as they emerge. Additionally, the Fellow supports administration of energy efficiency programs under the direction of the Executive Director.

Manager - Metropolitan Planning Council - Chicago, Illinois

For more information and to apply please visit: Metropolitan Planning Council 

Department: Land Use & Planning

Employment Type: Full-Time

The Position:

MPC is hiring a full time Manager to support our thriving communities and equitable infrastructure portfolios. This role will enrich existing water resource planning initiatives and relationships, manage technical assistance partnerships, and contribute to aligning existing and new lines of work that drive sustainable infrastructure policies and investment, accessible and affordable housing, and healthy and resilient neighborhoods.  The manager convenes project teams and working groups, executes on project deliverables, sets and manages deadlines, tracks outcomes and identifies when work needs to change or move in a different direction.

Urban Planner - Rock Island, Illinois

For more information and to apply please visit: Urban Planner Rock Island 

Salary: $51,212.00 - $79,446.00 Annually

Job Type: Full-Time

Description:

This is professional planning work.
Work involves responsibility for performing varied services and assignments in City planning, including conducting and preparing studies and reports pertaining to planning and zoning activities, and assisting in the direction of technical and clerical staff. Work includes responsibility for providing information regarding City codes and standards; enforcement of codes and standards; preparation of maps and other illustrative materials; and collecting planning data. Supervision is received from the Planning and Zoning Manager who makes assignments and reviews work for professional soundness and results obtained.

Corporate Responsibility Specialist - Waste - ALDI - Batavia, IL

For more information and to apply please visit: ALDI 

In this role the Specialist will be responsible for supporting the company waste diversion and food waste reduction goals, by working with operations, warehouses, buying teams, donation partners, waste haulers, and industry partners.  The ideal candidate will be able to help manage multiple waste projects at once, collaborate with stakeholders, and analyze various internal reports. In addition, experience and knowledge working with different waste streams will be very beneficial, as well as having an educational background in sustainability or project management. The objective of this role is to support ALDI’s waste efforts by improving existing programs, and finding new opportunities to divert and reduce waste.