Participant Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator

Brightpoint (formerly known as Children’s Home & Aid) invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.

The Participant Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator develops and implements strategies to increase participant engagement and voice in Brightpoint's programs to actively inform, advise, and influence Brightpoint’s services, strategies, and public policy agenda. The Coordinator facilitates meetings and participant voice activities and provides support to participants. The Coordinator collaborates with the Public Policy, Research & Analytics, and Parent Support teams to engage with participants, uplift participant voices, and evaluate impact of participant engagement activities.

Candidate qualifications:

• High school diploma/equivalent required.
• A minimum of 2 years of demonstrated experience in participant engagement.
• Experience working in a non-profit organization or human services setting preferred.
• Experience as a participant in a program similar to those offered by Brightpoint preferred.
• Experience in public speaking and facilitating meetings required.

Job details:

• Compensation: Range starts at $22 per hour
• Location: Must be within reasonable driving distance to Chicago and available to work from home office at 200 West Monroe Street (downtown Chicago loop).
• Schedule: Part-time, hourly; regular business hours with remote flexibility 1-2 days/week. Flexible scheduling options are available, but consistency in your availability is preferred. Candidates should be available to attend occasional after-hours events as needed, prior notice for these events will be given.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Where you work matters.

We believe that by building diverse and inclusive teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and learning opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your unique and authentic voice to disrupt the systemic inequality impacting children and families, we encourage you to apply today.

Click here to review our agency’s Blueprint for Impact.

Brightpoint is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. All employment activities are conducted in an equal and equitable fashion. The Agency prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, veteran status, source of income, and any other legally protected category in the recruitment, selection, hiring, determination of salary level and benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.

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