Manager - Community Engagement

Bally's Interactive; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 84,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily garage parking

Job summary

Bally's Interactive in Chicago seeks a Community Engagement professional to represent the organization at community meetings and events, lead teams, and build strategic partnerships with local organizations and government officials. The role involves coordinating cross-functional projects, managing budgets, and ensuring timely delivery of engagement initiatives.

Travel locally to support community engagements, sponsorship activations, and stakeholder meetings, with a flexible schedule including

Responsibilities

• Represent Bally's at community meetings, workforce development initiatives, charitable events, conferences, and stakeholder engagements as ambassador.
• Track program performance, partnership outcomes, and engagement metrics; provide updates to leadership.
• Provide leadership to team members, interns, volunteers, and event staff to ensure high-quality execution.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with community organizations, educational institutions, workforce agencies, nonprofit partners, and government officials.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects and stakeholder partnerships to deliver community engagement objectives.
• Support Host Community Agreement initiatives, sponsorships, contracts, and other community commitments.
• Lead planning and execution of community engagement initiatives, sponsorship activations, volunteer programs, and public events.
• Manage event operations: logistics, vendors, staffing, materials, registrations, and post-event reporting.
• Assist in developing presentations, reports, correspondence, and communication materials to support community engagement strategies.
• Support the administration and monitoring of community engagement budgets, expenditures, calendars, and documentation to ensure effective resource management and timely fulfillment of commitments.

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Represent Bally's at community meetings, workforce development initiatives, charitable events, conferences, and stakeholder engagements while serving as a professional ambassador for the organization.
• Track program performance, partnership outcomes, and community engagement metrics, providing regular updates and recommendations to leadership
• Provide leadership and direction to team members, interns, volunteers, and event staff to ensure high-quality execution.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with community organizations, educational institutions, workforce agencies, nonprofit partners, and government officials.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects and stakeholder partnerships to ensure successful delivery of community engagement objectives.
• Support Host Community Agreement initiatives, sponsorships, contracts, and other community-related commitments.
• Lead the planning and execution of community engagement initiatives, sponsorship activations, volunteer programs, and public-facing events.
• Manage event operations, including logistics, vendor coordination, staffing, materials, registrations, and post-event reporting.
• Assist in the development of presentations, reports, correspondence, and communication materials to support community engagement strategies and stakeholder communications.
• Support the administration and monitoring of community engagement budgets, expenditures, calendars, and documentation to ensure effective resource management and timely fulfillment of organizational commitments.

Compensation:

• $92,875 annual salary

Additional Benefits:

• $7 Daily Garage Parking

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Requires frequent local travel and occasional regional travel in support of community engagement initiatives, stakeholder meetings, and corporate events.
• Requires a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, to support property operations and community engagement activities.
• Frequently interacts with employees, guests, community organizations, civic leaders, elected officials, workforce development partners, and other stakeholders.
• Regularly attends and represents Bally's at community meetings, charitable events, sponsorship activations, volunteer activities, conferences, galas, and other public-facing engagements.
• Works in a combination of corporate office, casino, event, and community-based environments.
• Frequently stands and walks for extended periods while working in the casino, attending events, conducting site visits, and participating in community functions.
• May be required to lift, carry, and transport event materials, promotional items, signage, and supplies weighing up to 30 pounds.
• Regularly operates standard office equipment, including computers, mobile devices, audiovisual equipment, and presentation technology.
• Must be able to travel independently to various community, corporate, and event locations.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences in both individual and group settings.
• The work environment is fast-paced and contains bright lights, loud noise, and stressful situations.
• Regularly required to see, talk, hear, walk, and stand
• Frequently required to use hands to handle, feel, and reach
• Occasionally required to sit or stoop

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.