Impact Coordinator, Community Partnerships & Grants

The Chicago Community Trust; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 7,500 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

The Chicago Community Trust in Chicago seeks an Impact Coordinator to support Homeownership and Small Business initiatives. You will liaise internally and externally, manage contracts, track budgets, and coordinate meetings with senior leaders and community partners.

You will assist with grant workflows, RFPs, and reporting, ensuring data accuracy and stakeholder communications. The role emphasizes teamwork, flexibility, and strong organization skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree, or equivalent training and work experience.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point) and internet skills.
• Proficiency with online systems and databases, including Salesforce, Foundation Power, SmartSimple and Concur skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills: proofreading, composing and editing communications; ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize, manage multiple tasks and work independently.
• Ability to interact effectively with Trust staff and stakeholders.
• Ability to be flexible in roles representing the Trust
• Ability to compile and display data.
• Willingness to work as a team member.
• Flexibility in work hours. May include occasional evening/weekend hours.

Responsibilities

• Aids in building relationships with key stakeholders including community leaders, civic leaders, corporations and donors
• Performs administrative tasks, including meeting coordination, hosting meetings, developing agendas, recording meeting outcomes, and handling scheduling for Sr. Director/Director
• Supports cross-functional collaboration within the Trust, maintaining close communication with Philanthropic Services, Learning and Impact, Finance, Strategic Communications, Policy and Advocacy, and Trust collaboratives
• Develops communication pre- and post-meetings, events, conferences, etc.
• Coordinates the collection, research, tracking and sharing of data, reports, documents, tools, etc. with appropriate parties for various projects
• Tracks, monitors and supports the execution of contracts
• Tracks budgets
• Supports drafting and editing of Requests for Proposals, memos, write-ups, Letters of Intent, grant proposals
• Supports grant making processes and activities including pre-work, communications, site visits, decisions and grant writing
• Represents the Trust in external region-wide initiatives that include grant-making and key events or coalition meetings upon request
• Creates and/or executes presentations to staff, Executive Committee and external stakeholders upon request
• Provides support in on-boarding team staff members, including task, process, and systems-related one-on-one training to full-time, temporary staff and interns
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Verbal and written communications

Interpersonal skills

Organization skills

Flexibility

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree, or equivalent experience

Tools

Salesforce

Foundation Power

SmartSimple

Concur

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Job description

The Chicago Community Trust in Chicago seeks an Impact Coordinator to support Homeownership and Small Business initiatives. You will liaise internally and externally, manage contracts, track budgets, and coordinate meetings with senior leaders and community partners.

You will assist with grant workflows, RFPs, and reporting, ensuring data accuracy and stakeholder communications. The role emphasizes teamwork, flexibility, and strong organization skills.