Who: Since 1934, the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) has been dedicated to shaping a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous greater Chicago region. As an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, MPC serves communities and residents by developing, promoting and implementing solutions for sound regional growth.
What: MPC is seeking a Manager of Corporate Partnerships (full-time) and a Manager of Finance and Administration. Detailed descriptions below. For additional information and to apply, please visit the MPC employment page.
Manager of Corporate Partnerships
Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) seeks an experienced professional to expand corporate fundraising partnerships and individual giving.
In order for MPC to achieve its top priorities, MPC must continue to expand its operating budget. Which has grown substantially from $3.828 million in 2017. Historically, the organization’s funding has been comprised of 40% foundation, 40% corporate, and the remaining from individuals, investment income and the occasional modest public sector grant. MPC has expanded its resource base by 17% and 15% respectively over the last two years. In order to sustain this growth, MPC is adding a staff person dedicated to individual and corporate giving.
A successful candidate will be highly organized, personable, able to work collaboratively but also independently, adept at juggling multiple deadlines, able to be externally facing, and possess excellent written communication and project management skills. The position will report to the Vice President of Philanthropy and will work in close partnership with the Development Team and President.
Manager of Finance and Administration
The Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) seeks an experienced professional to execute key financial and administrative responsibilities for the organization. Reporting to the Director of Operations and Strategy, the Manager of Finance and Administration will ensure smooth operation of the office, compliance with financial policies and accurate maintenance of financial and administrative records. MPC will consider both full-time and part-time candidates for this opening.
The Manager of Finance and Administration is a new role at MPC. The successful candidate will be highly organized, personable, able to work collaboratively but also independently, adept at juggling multiple deadlines, and exhibit excellence in writing, financial and project management, and quantitative analysis.
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The College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at UIC is the University of Illinois System's home for the study of public policy and contemporary urban challenges. We are CUPPA.
In the heart of Chicago, we offer degrees in fields of study that can change your life and change the world. CUPPA students and alumni are uniquely skilled to build and transform sustainable urban neighborhoods and communities and to address the challenges presented in the 21st century. Find our more about our Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees at cuppa.uic.edu.
Follow our job postings below and our national job tweets at @CUPPACareers. For student internships and student opportunities, head to the CUPPA Student Opportunities Blog
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In the heart of Chicago, we offer degrees in fields of study that can change your life and change the world. CUPPA students and alumni are uniquely skilled to build and transform sustainable urban neighborhoods and communities and to address the challenges presented in the 21st century. Find our more about our Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees at cuppa.uic.edu.
Follow our job postings below and our national job tweets at @CUPPACareers. For student internships and student opportunities, head to the CUPPA Student Opportunities Blog
Have a job or internship to post? Send an email with the title, location, job description, and contact information to cuppa@uic.edu
Executive Director - Six Corners Association
Who: The Six Corners neighborhood, at the intersection at Milwaukee Avenue, Cicero Avenue, and Irving Park Road, is an iconic retail destination and an economic driver of Chicago’s Northwest Side. In recent years, Six Corners has become known as a creative hub for innovative entrepreneurs and vibrant arts organizations. Six Corners Association’s small-and-mighty, hands-on team fosters the development of a thriving commercial district by mentoring and connecting community-minded businesses, attracting customers, and engaging in intentional planning for the district’s future.
What: Six Corners Association seeks a full-time Executive Director to provide vision, direction, and leadership in implementing the strategic goals and day-to-day operations of the Six Corners Association.
The Executive Director Position is a salaried, full-time, exempt position with occasional evening and weekend hours.
Start Date: Immediate
Reports to Six Corners Association Board of Directors
Essential Functions: Directs and manages the overall operations and staff in accordance with the policies and goals established by the Board of Directors; responsible for managing the objectives of the Association’s strategic plan, developing programming, organizational and financial plans, and ensuring effective execution of the annual work plan for the continual growth of the Six Corners commercial district.
Duties and Responsibilities include:
What: Six Corners Association seeks a full-time Executive Director to provide vision, direction, and leadership in implementing the strategic goals and day-to-day operations of the Six Corners Association.
The Executive Director Position is a salaried, full-time, exempt position with occasional evening and weekend hours.
Start Date: Immediate
Reports to Six Corners Association Board of Directors
Essential Functions: Directs and manages the overall operations and staff in accordance with the policies and goals established by the Board of Directors; responsible for managing the objectives of the Association’s strategic plan, developing programming, organizational and financial plans, and ensuring effective execution of the annual work plan for the continual growth of the Six Corners commercial district.
Duties and Responsibilities include:
Senior Project Manager in Strategic Planning - Chicago Transit Authority
Who: Chicago Transit Authority
What: This Senior Project Manager, Planning position will be the lead on the Red Line Extension project. Ideally, we would like someone that can engage in the worlds of planning, engineering and policy and can manage multiple aspects of a major capital project in the planning/preliminary engineering stage, overseeing a large program management (staff extension) contract. This person would have primary responsibility for project execution, including meeting federal (FTA) grant requirements, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements and generally keeping the project on track. Someone who understands and can be mindful of the dynamics of Chicago geography, including historic investment patterns and impacts of segregation, would be particularly well-suited.
Under direction, supports the development of comprehensive transportation plans that serve as a guide for future transportation projects and development of long-term goals and strategic objectives for CTA. Works with other Planning staff and other departments/agencies as needed in the oversight and execution of planning and project activities pertaining to capital investments, rail system improvements, and transit-focused urban planning and public policy strategies and defines the scope of work for projects of considerable complexity. Manages projects from conceptual planning through completion in conjunction with various Authority staff and departments to ensure projects meet Authority goals and objectives.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
What: This Senior Project Manager, Planning position will be the lead on the Red Line Extension project. Ideally, we would like someone that can engage in the worlds of planning, engineering and policy and can manage multiple aspects of a major capital project in the planning/preliminary engineering stage, overseeing a large program management (staff extension) contract. This person would have primary responsibility for project execution, including meeting federal (FTA) grant requirements, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements and generally keeping the project on track. Someone who understands and can be mindful of the dynamics of Chicago geography, including historic investment patterns and impacts of segregation, would be particularly well-suited.
Under direction, supports the development of comprehensive transportation plans that serve as a guide for future transportation projects and development of long-term goals and strategic objectives for CTA. Works with other Planning staff and other departments/agencies as needed in the oversight and execution of planning and project activities pertaining to capital investments, rail system improvements, and transit-focused urban planning and public policy strategies and defines the scope of work for projects of considerable complexity. Manages projects from conceptual planning through completion in conjunction with various Authority staff and departments to ensure projects meet Authority goals and objectives.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
State Government Relations Manager - Weedmaps
Who: Founded in 2008, Weedmaps is a leading technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry. Our suite of cloud-based software and data solutions includes point of sale, logistics and ordering solutions that enable customers to scale their businesses while complying with the complex and disparate regulations applicable to the cannabis industry.
What: Weedmaps is looking for a dynamic, bright and experienced full-time State Government Relations Manager to focus on Illinois policy initiatives. This person will be collaborating with Regional Market Government Relations Owners and members of the Government Relations team to organize and implement comprehensive government relations strategies to improve state and local cannabis policy development and implementation outcomes in Illinois. You will be responsible for meeting with as well as cultivating and maintaining relationships with the Governor’s office, State legislators, departments and agencies and industry and non-industry trade groups, and tracking legislative and regulatory activity and engaging policy makers and department/agency leaders on Weedmaps policy priorities.
What: Weedmaps is looking for a dynamic, bright and experienced full-time State Government Relations Manager to focus on Illinois policy initiatives. This person will be collaborating with Regional Market Government Relations Owners and members of the Government Relations team to organize and implement comprehensive government relations strategies to improve state and local cannabis policy development and implementation outcomes in Illinois. You will be responsible for meeting with as well as cultivating and maintaining relationships with the Governor’s office, State legislators, departments and agencies and industry and non-industry trade groups, and tracking legislative and regulatory activity and engaging policy makers and department/agency leaders on Weedmaps policy priorities.
Assistant Village Manager - Village of Orland Park
Who: The Village of Orland Park, a dynamic, progressive, growing community seeks an Assistant Village Manager to assist the Village Manager in providing leadership in the day-to-day operations of the Village.
The Village Orland Park is a premier community located 30 miles southwest of Chicago’s Loop with a residential population of nearly 60,000, and is the commercial and retail hub of the Chicago south suburban region. Orland Park continues its wave of growth and prosperity from a historic, rural community to a dynamic corporate and commercial center. The Village Comprehensive Plan provides an overview of the Orland Park community, economic development, culture and more.
What: The Assistant Village Manager will serve as Acting Village Manager in the absence of Village Manager. In addition this position will provide high level staff support to the Village Manager, perform research, draft correspondence, and manage programs as assigned. This position will respond to complex citizen inquires as needed and coordinate department actions/responses. Oversees issues, projects and programs, requiring inter departmental cooperation or high-level response to residents or community groups.
The Village Orland Park is a premier community located 30 miles southwest of Chicago’s Loop with a residential population of nearly 60,000, and is the commercial and retail hub of the Chicago south suburban region. Orland Park continues its wave of growth and prosperity from a historic, rural community to a dynamic corporate and commercial center. The Village Comprehensive Plan provides an overview of the Orland Park community, economic development, culture and more.
What: The Assistant Village Manager will serve as Acting Village Manager in the absence of Village Manager. In addition this position will provide high level staff support to the Village Manager, perform research, draft correspondence, and manage programs as assigned. This position will respond to complex citizen inquires as needed and coordinate department actions/responses. Oversees issues, projects and programs, requiring inter departmental cooperation or high-level response to residents or community groups.
Planner I - Village of Orland Park
Who: The Village of Orland Park’s Development Services Department seeks a Planner I to be part of our progressive development efforts.
What: Under administrative direction, this position is responsible for performing professional planning duties. Selected candidate will review development plans for conformance to local codes, plans, policy; inspect and survey development sites; collect, organize, and analyze information pertaining to plans and developments; advise developers, prepare reports and graphics for Plan Commission and Village Board review; obtain resident and staff input; recommend board actions; recommend improvements to the development review process.
Additional responsibilities include:
What: Under administrative direction, this position is responsible for performing professional planning duties. Selected candidate will review development plans for conformance to local codes, plans, policy; inspect and survey development sites; collect, organize, and analyze information pertaining to plans and developments; advise developers, prepare reports and graphics for Plan Commission and Village Board review; obtain resident and staff input; recommend board actions; recommend improvements to the development review process.
Additional responsibilities include:
Short-Term Consultant on Global Urbanization - OECD (Paris)
Who: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The mission of OECD is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems. We work with governments to understand what drives economic, social and environmental change. We measure productivity and global flows of trade and investment. We analyse and compare data to predict future trends. We set international standards on a wide range of things, from agriculture and tax to the safety of chemicals.
What: The OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities is hiring a short-term consultant to contribute to a research project on global urbanization. The project aims at providing a comprehensive overview of global urbanization since 1975 using a new and innovative dataset of all cities across the world. Working in a team with several economists/policy analysts, the selected candidate will be expected to contribute to the project through:
What: The OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities is hiring a short-term consultant to contribute to a research project on global urbanization. The project aims at providing a comprehensive overview of global urbanization since 1975 using a new and innovative dataset of all cities across the world. Working in a team with several economists/policy analysts, the selected candidate will be expected to contribute to the project through:
- Conducting econometric analyses describing the evolution of cities across the world over time
- Creating charts, figures and maps visualising the data
- Drafting documents describing the results, including sections of the final report
- Preparing presentations, talking points and speeches describing the analyses
- Organising events related to the project
Senior GIS Planner - Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (Allentown, PA) (closes 4/30)
Who: The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, a two-county planning agency and federally-designed Metropolitan Planning Organization – Transportation Department
What: The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) seeks to grow the technical transportation planning, geospatial, geoanalytics, cartographic and economic modeling capacity and capabilities. Specifically, LVPC is seeking an individual with interest in participating in Geographic Information Systems, Regional Economic Modeling (REMI) and Travel Demand Modeling-based regional planning efforts. The successful candidate must be innovative, and possess:
What: The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) seeks to grow the technical transportation planning, geospatial, geoanalytics, cartographic and economic modeling capacity and capabilities. Specifically, LVPC is seeking an individual with interest in participating in Geographic Information Systems, Regional Economic Modeling (REMI) and Travel Demand Modeling-based regional planning efforts. The successful candidate must be innovative, and possess:
- Excellent communication skills: oral, written and graphic
- Creative thinking, positive attitude, enthusiastic work ethic
- Passion for results and a bias for action
- Strong commitment to public service and community improvement
- Team orientation and personal accountability
Public Lands Transportation Fellowship - The Western Transportation Institute
Who: The Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University-Bozeman. The Public Lands Transportation Fellows (PLTF) program, previously known as the scholars program, began in 2012 and was modeled after the very successful Transportation Scholars program managed by the National Park Foundation (NPF) that served the National Park Service (NPS).
What: The PLTF program provides fellowships to outstanding masters and doctoral graduates in a transportation-related field. The fellows are provided with a unique opportunity for career development and public service working directly with staff of Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMAs) on key visitor transportation issues. Fellows are assigned to work with staff at a unit or region/field office facing a transportation issue to facilitate a transportation planning or implementation project. The assigned projects help the land units develop transportation solutions that preserve valuable resources and enhance the visitor experience.
The program has four goals, which are to:
What: The PLTF program provides fellowships to outstanding masters and doctoral graduates in a transportation-related field. The fellows are provided with a unique opportunity for career development and public service working directly with staff of Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMAs) on key visitor transportation issues. Fellows are assigned to work with staff at a unit or region/field office facing a transportation issue to facilitate a transportation planning or implementation project. The assigned projects help the land units develop transportation solutions that preserve valuable resources and enhance the visitor experience.
The program has four goals, which are to:
- Encourage emerging transportation professionals to pursue their career serving federal lands.
- Provide much-needed transportation expertise to FLMA units and regions to help them address critical transportation issues.
- Support the development, implementation and evaluation of viable alternative transportation for visitors to FLMAs.
- Encourage multi-agency alternative transportation programs that serve visitors to multiple FLMA units.
Junior Urban Designer - SOM (San Francisco)
Who: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) – Urban Design + Planning
What: SOM, one of the most influential design firms in the world, is seeking innovative, creative, independent, and critical thinkers who aspire to the highest standards of excellence. Join our collaborative design practice as a Junior Urban Designer to work on inspiring and innovative open space projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong landscape design background and proven success managing all facets of a project.
Responsibilities include:
What: SOM, one of the most influential design firms in the world, is seeking innovative, creative, independent, and critical thinkers who aspire to the highest standards of excellence. Join our collaborative design practice as a Junior Urban Designer to work on inspiring and innovative open space projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong landscape design background and proven success managing all facets of a project.
Responsibilities include:
- Performs work on basic segments of a project.
- Contributes to general preparation of master planning and site planning documents and models.
- Exhibits understanding of basic programming, massing, building, open space and urban planning typologies.
- Exhibits understanding of general design philosophy relating to assigned work.
- Performs basic documentation and presentation work, including diagrams, scale comparisons and visualizations.
- Organizes own work efforts.
Planner - Village of Wheeling
Who: Village of Wheeling, IL – Community Development Department
What: This position provides technical input and planning direction to citizens, developers and the Plan Commission on all planning matters with special emphasis on development proposals, the Zoning Code and the Sign Code; to develop and administer effective planning procedures and controls; to serve as project manager on planning and development projects from proposals through permitting; to inspect properties for compliance with ordinance requirements; coordinate the inter-departmental review process for signage, site plan changes, and zoning/development petitions; and to provide planning assistance on all other matters as required.
Responsibilities include:
What: This position provides technical input and planning direction to citizens, developers and the Plan Commission on all planning matters with special emphasis on development proposals, the Zoning Code and the Sign Code; to develop and administer effective planning procedures and controls; to serve as project manager on planning and development projects from proposals through permitting; to inspect properties for compliance with ordinance requirements; coordinate the inter-departmental review process for signage, site plan changes, and zoning/development petitions; and to provide planning assistance on all other matters as required.
Responsibilities include:
Project Analyst, Affordable Housing Development - UPholdings
Who: UPholdings is a comprehensive real estate firm that is dedicated to creating, operating, and sustaining quality affordable housing in communities throughout the United States. Our company builds, manages, and operates its projects for the entirety of their operational cycle. Our portfolio includes a wide-range of project types, including family, senior and permanent supportive housing developments. Our portfolio is currently growing, with five (5) new projects under development, and recently-received new financing awards for several projects. We are also expanding to new states including California, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
What: A Project Analyst with UPholdings works to bring projects from the earliest phases of predevelopment to financing applications and eventual contract closing. During this process, the Project Analyst is responsible for a number of related initiatives, including:
What: A Project Analyst with UPholdings works to bring projects from the earliest phases of predevelopment to financing applications and eventual contract closing. During this process, the Project Analyst is responsible for a number of related initiatives, including:
- Site assessment and preliminary scoring under various financing programs, such as LIHTC, AHP, and local and state funding sources;
- Preparing application materials, including drafting responses to RFQs/RFPs and interfacing with third- party vendors;
- Financial feasibility assessment and pro-forma building;
- Drafting documents such as “Memorandum of Understanding” with partners, and “Letters of Intent” for real estate acquisitions; and
- Coordinate with supportive service providers and other key partners.
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