Metropolitan Family Services empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. Part mentor, part motivator, part advocate, since 1857, Metropolitan Family Services has been the engine of change that empowers families to reach their greatest potential and positively impact their communities. Metropolitan is Illinois' first comprehensive human services agency and reaches more than 122,900 individuals and families in Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs and DuPage County with services promoting education, economic stability, emotional wellness and empowerment. We are hiring for a Full-time Program Manager to join our Calumet Team! ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Actively participates on the site leadership team. Including the development of community plans and a wide variety of center-wide decision making.
- Takes leadership in working with community agencies, organizations, and institutions as appropriate to carry out program goals.
- Manages all aspects of own assigned programs.
- Responsible for maintaining quality and quantity of services and keeps abreast of client service needs, and participates in planning for them.
- Supervises and provides consultation to assigned Program Supervisors and Senior Program Supervisors in multiple programs and/or locations around their programs.
- Responsible for all personnel matters within own programs, including hiring, assigning, and terminating of staff. Fosters leadership potential of program staff.
- Responsible for the writing of program, annual, and long-range plans
- Recommends, develops, and monitors program budgets.
- Monitors program to assure programmatic reporting and fiscal compliance of contracts, annual, and long-range plans.
- Writes public grants as requested.
- Provides programmatic input in fundraising strategies.
- Assures and takes leadership in appropriate integration of multi-service, multi-disciplinary, and/or agency-wide systems approach to program.
- Acts as the local liaison to funders as appropriate.
- Develops and maintains contacts with community groups relating to program needs.
- Works effectively with diverse staff and service populations.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters Degree in Social Work or related field from an accredited college or university required.
- Five (5) years post-masters experience in social services with increasing levels of administrative and supervisory responsibility, required.
- Demonstrated ability to work in teams.
- Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a complex environment.
- Must have access to a vehicle, valid driver's license and proof of insurance to perform essential job functions.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and stand for sustained periods of time, frequently talk, hear, use hands and fingers to feel, handle and operate objects or controls, and occasionally stand, bend, stretch, stoop, kneel and crouch.
- The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and viewing a computer terminal.
- The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
SALARY:
- The average starting salary for this position will fall in the range of $77,000 to $85,000 annually. Where candidates fall in this range will be based on skill and experience level.
Metropolitan Family Services offers a very generous benefits packet to our professionals:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of IL Medical Coverage options that support all levels of staff (including Part-Time): HMO, PPO, and HSA (PPO).
- ZERO: A free benefit for BCBS PPO members that helps find the least expensive option for medical
- MFS will contribute $2,000 to individual and $4,000 to family HSA Accounts through our HSA coverage, all front-loaded at the start of the year, or the start of your HSA enrollment.
- Teladoc services provided to all employees: A no-cost benefit providing general medicine and behavioral health services, no insurance
- Dental HMO and PPO options through Guardian
- VSP vision insurance with one of the largest networks in the Chicago-land
- Company-paid individual life insurance policy of $100,000, with a wide range of additional, employee-cost
- Company-paid individual Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
- Five Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options ranging from Health to Contribute your pre-tax dollars where you need them the most.
- Ascensus 401K Plan with up to a 4% Match, vested at 100% on day one of
- 12 paid
- Starting with 15 days of PTO, maxing at 30 days after 3 years of service.
- Training and Professional Development Plan with E-
- Pet Insurance options for your furry (or non-furry) friends.
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Free Will preparation services.
- On-staff notary available to
- ALEX, AI-powered assistance that will make your benefit decisions
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)