IFG US's client is looking for a Director of Finance and Accounting to join their team. The Director of Finance and Accounting will lead financial strategy and operations, ensuring financial health and supporting organizational growth. This role involves managing budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and compliance while collaborating with executive leadership to provide strategic insights. Key duties include developing financial policies, guiding a finance team (manages 10 accountants now with more to follow), and maintaining relationships with external partners like auditors and banks. The candidate can also look forward to promotional growth to VP then CFO in a span of a few years. In-office policy: 5 days a week in the office.

The Development Intern is responsible for supporting the Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserve District’s ongoing fundraising activities, while gaining an understanding of the different activities and actions that help build authentic connections between the District and potential donors. Works with the Preservation Foundation Executive Director to plan cross-channel appeals for an Annual Giving campaign. Creates donor profiles for key endowment campaign prospects and puts together solicitation proposals. Researches potential donors, strategic partners, markets, and industries for Corporate Giving opportunities. Assists with special events and gift processing, including entering gifts and sending thank you letters. Produces a weekly fundraising report. Performs lifting tasks up to 25 pounds. Drives a motorized vehicle to travel to different locations. Performs tasks that will require walking, bending, stooping, standing, kneeling, climbing, reaching, and sitting.

The Program Coordinator provides essential operations and administrative support to the ILJP team across its various projects and convenings. This position helps organize and execute the program team’s work on two of its six initiatives – reentry and juvenile justice. Some of the specific responsibilities include project management and meeting/convening planning; building and maintaining relationships with various stakeholder groups (policy advocates, researchers, government officials, and service providers/practitioners); maintaining files and documents; and sending communications on behalf of the team. The Program Coordinator reports directly to two Program Specialists and indirectly to the Director of ILJP. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is excited by project management, enjoys bringing both creativity and efficiency to their work, and is energized by collaborating across stakeholder groups working to effect systemic change. This job is hybrid.

The Program Director will lead and oversee policy development, advocacy, and implementation that aligns with the goals of the ILJP toward criminal legal reform. This role serves as a thought partner to the Director in implementing strategy and leveraging the organization’s position as a convener to bring a broad group of stakeholders together to move policy change forward. This position will own the program team’s work on two to three of its special initiatives, specifically – the Justice 20/20 Network and one to two other major initiatives related to adult and youth justice. The Program Director reports directly to the Director of the ILJP. This is a promising career opportunity for someone who is excited by both policy analysis and driving implementation, and would enjoy bringing a diverse group of voices together to lead reform across Illinois. Ideal candidates are those with experience owning relationships and a solid understanding of the full lifecycle of policy and systems change. The Program Director is also someone who is looking to bring their leadership skills to support the vision of a collaborative, thoughtful, and impactful team. This job is hybrid.

SCA seeks an insightful, developing leader committed to cultivating spaces for student-centered learning that privilege the abilities of all young people. The Program Associate reports to the Program Director and provides support to SCA’s Teaching Artists. The ideal candidate employs inquiry-based approaches and embraces a generative culture of learning, collaborative development of projects, and independent implementation. The Program Associate will train as a Teaching Artist at SCA to then support onboarding, development, and assessment of teaching practices; ensure quality documentation practices; fill in teaching gaps from time-to-time; and support the evolution of Teaching Artists’ curricula. The Program Associate co-leads the Curatorial Committee and facilitates the development of internal and public exhibitions of student artwork. The Program Associate will also provide direct support to SCA’s Youth Leadership Council alongside the Program Director. The Program Associate will intentionally deepen existing partnerships while cultivating new relationships with the Chicago Public Schools, as well as arts and cultural institutions. The Program Associate holds a strong understanding of trauma-informed practices and utilizes an asset-based framework that supports developing leadership and a shared vision. This position is hybrid.

Impact for Equity, a highly regarded and impactful public interest law and policy center, seeks a dynamic and experienced attorney to join the Housing department to help advance an ambitious agenda focused on public housing, housing conditions, and fair and equitable housing across the Chicago region. We work to expand options and increase access to public, affordable, high-quality housing. This position is Hybrid.

Impact for Equity seeks a dynamic and experienced attorney with a demonstrated commitment to racial and social justice to join our Criminal Legal System team as Staff Counsel. The successful candidate will be flexible, creative, and comfortable working independently and within a team on multiple projects of varying complexity. This is an exciting opportunity to provide vision, leadership, and support on some of the most vital social justice issues of our time. This position is Hybrid.

The Executive Director oversees the Foundation’s programs and strategic planning; budgeting and financial administration; fundraising and development and external relations; and works closely with the board president and vice president to support board governance. This is an external-facing role responsible for building and cultivating relationships and leading outreach to and across several key stakeholder groups. The two priority areas for the incoming Executive Director are overseeing the Foundation’s annual scholarship program; and developing a fundraising and development plan that includes annual, individual, corporate, and foundation giving with a focus on significant growth. This is a wonderful hybrid opportunity for someone with experience in nonprofit fundraising who is looking for part-time, flexible work with a small, collaborative team. The ideal candidate for this role is someone who is both highly relational and skilled at project management, enjoys bringing both creativity and efficiency to their work, and would be energized by supporting students with scholarship funding to support their successful matriculation through college. We know that people of color and women candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every requirement. Please do not be deterred if you have not held an Executive Director title in a prior role. Your gifts and lived experiences matter to us more than titles. You may be exactly who we are looking for!