Associate, Mbk Chicago Jobs

About The Obama Foundation
At the Obama Foundation, we are guided by a core belief: that ordinary people working together can change history. Our mission is to inspire those people to take action, empower them to change their world for the better, and connect them so they can achieve more together than they can alone.
We were founded by community organizers, so when we seek change, we do it by bringing people together.
That approach begins at home, on the South Side of Chicago, where we are building the Obama Presidential Center. The Center represents a historic opportunity for Chicago: a chance to build a world-class museum and public gathering space that celebrates our nation’s first African American President and First Lady, steps away from where he began his career, where she was raised, and where—together—they made their home.
But that approach extends to all our work, whether it’s holding leadership training sessions in communities throughout the U.S., bringing local leaders together in countries around the world, working to support the global education of girls, or ensuring young men of color have pathways to opportunity.
As President Obama has said, “we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together.” So join us.
For more information, please visit www.obama.org.
Purpose of the Role
The Associate, MBK Chicago works with the local civic, nonprofit, and philanthropic leaders to build outcomes-driven partnerships in the Chicago community, with a specific focus on expanding opportunity for boys and young men of color and other underserved youth. You will identify and develop relationships in local neighborhoods for the purpose of driving impact across the six MBK Milestones by supporting events, tracking progress of program goals, and delivering quality engagement with program stakeholders. As the Associate, MBK Chicago, you’ll be reporting directly to the Manager, MBK Chicago.
Core Job Responsibilities

• Build relationships with key stakeholders: Identify and develop relationships in the Washington Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore neighborhoods with grassroots, grass tops, civic, business, educational, and government institutions in Chicago, especially on the South and West sides.
• Youth Engagement: Develops pipeline of youth participants to engage in MBK Chicago and MBK Alliance opportunities, supports local events and programming with youth-serving organizations
• Support MBK Chicago: Support overseeing the events and activities of the MBK Chicago local action team and backbone entity and track and report on MBKA Chicago data.
• Project Management: Conducts outreach and support for all MBK Chicago local action table engagements, tracks progress of MBK Chicago’s backbone entity towards certification
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Event Management: supports all MBK Alliance and Obama Foundation events in Chicago as needed, liaises with internal Foundation teams for the participation of MBK Chicago stakeholders in events
• Manage and mobilize relationships: Manage and mobilize relationships and stakeholders at the neighborhood level to act on behalf of the MBK Alliance during key events, meetings, and moments to drive impact on the MBK Milestones.

Key Deliverables / Outcomes

• MBK Chicago Local Action Plan goals are on track on time
• Successful and sustainable MBK Chicago Model Communities
• Our Chicago community engagement approach includes and builds on our MBKA Chicago strategy to uplift boys and young men of color in the city
• Key stakeholders are effectively and efficiently mobilized to advocate and speak on behalf of the Obama Foundation
• MBK Alliance’s Chicago five-year plan is executed
• MBK Chicago partner organizations are engaged and executing their local action plan

Required Qualifications

• Shows initiative in communicating status of projects in order to keep team members abreast of project planning
• Communicates clearly and concisely - both in written and verbal form
• Extensive experience in building and maintaining relationships, represent the Foundation, and manage and leverage a base of volunteer organizers, high-level stakeholders, elected, celebrities/influencers, and local residents to impact the MBK Milestones
• Track record of designing strategies to meet goals and executing effectively on those strategies
• Track record of designing and implementing new systems or processes that meet a need or improve efficiency - ability to build a function from the ground up
• Proven track record building and managing coalitions across communities
• Demonstrated experience and skills in the advancement and nurturing of boys and young men of color

This position is supported by and subject to program-specific funding to the MBK Alliance, a program of the Obama Foundation.
The salary range for this role is between $58,500 and $97,500.
Don’t check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities - such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. The Obama Foundation is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!
In the interest of employee health and safety during the pendency of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Obama Foundation is requiring that all prospective employees present proof that they are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, or seek a reasonable accommodation for religious or medical reasons, prior to their first day of employment.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Foundation is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. If you are a qualified candidate with a disability, please e-mail us at [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application.