Program Management Internship (Fund for Equitable Business Growth Team) - The Chicago Community Trust

• Job Tracking ID: 512298-861404
• Job Location: Chicago, IL
• Job Level: Student/Internship
• Level of Education: Any
• Job Type: Internship

• Date Updated: 08/03/2023
• Years of Experience: Any
• Starting Date: ASAP
• Application Deadline: 08/29/2023

Internship Title: Program Management Internship (Fund for Equitable Business Growth Team)

Description: This is a yearlong hybrid internship in which the intern will be closely integrated within the Fund for Equitable Business Growth team under supervision of the Director to navigate the areas of program management, including but not limited to events planning, community research, grants reporting, and stakeholder partnership management.

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Fund for Equitable Business Growth

The mission of The Fund for Equitable Business Growth (FEBG) is to help entrepreneurs of color succeed by funding organizations and institutions that support these entrepreneurs at every step of creating and growing their businesses.

Our goal is to understand and help fund the ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs of color so they can benefit through improved business models, access to capital and other resources, increased income, improved business efficiencies, and greater household wealth.

Expected Assignments:

Events:

• Advisory Group meetings - Work with FEBG Director to prepare for quarterly funders meetings and monthly funder committee meetings.
• Learning Tables - Work with FEBG Director to organize quarterly learning programs for our funders.
• Grant recipient convenings - Work with FEBG Director to plan quarterly convenings

Fundraising and Development:

• Work with FEBG director and CCT’s Philanthropic Services team to develop and conduct FEBG’s fundraising strategy.

Programs and Grant-making:

• Learning and Impact - Coordinate with CCT’s Learning and Impact team, FEBG’s grants evaluator, FEBG Director, to develop working documents to track impact measures to support FEBG grant recipients and FEBG funders.
• Grants reporting - Work with FEBG director, Learning and Impact, and grants evaluator to prepare interim and final reports for FEBG funders.
• Data collection - Work with FEBG Director, Learning and Impact, and grants evaluator to design and participate in quarterly convenings for grant recipients.
• Program Committee - Work with FEBG Director to develop and drive discussions for working groups of the Program Committee to drive FEBG strategy (e.g. data infrastructure and technology, multi-year funding, capital access)

Ideal majors Public Policy; Political Science; Public Administration; Urban Planning; Social Science, Economics; Business; Social Work; Law; or other related fields.

Salary: $20.00/hour

Hours per week: 21 per week (2 in office; 1 day remote)

Internship Timeframe: October 2023 - September 2024

Application Materials

• Interested candidates should submit the following for consideration:
  • Resume
  • Cover Letter

Application Timeline

• Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, August 29th, 2023. We will contact applicants directly if there is further interest to attend our in-person interviews. Thank you for your interest in The Chicago Community Trust!

Experience and Skills

Requirements

Microsoft Excel
Critical thinking
Data visualization
Presentation skills
Writing skills
Complex problem-solving skills
Must have reliable technology to access the Internet and proficiency with Miro, Zoom, Wrike, and other remote workspace tools