Program Manager – Peacekeeper; FLIP Program

Program Manager – Peacekeeper (FLIP) Program

Austin, West Garfield Park & Back of the Yards

Job Type: Full Time

Workspace:
In‑office

Peacekeeper (aka Flat Lining Violence Inspires Peace (FLIP)) Program:
The FLIP Program uses a proven strategy to create a safe presence on Chicago’s most highly impacted blocks. The model advances street outreach work by engaging high‑risk individuals (program participants) who live in neighborhoods that are at a high risk for violence and provides them a daily stipend to be physically present on neighborhood “hotspots” as well as training to mediate and de‑escalate conflict.

Participants have credibility and influence with local street groups and are viewed as trusted insiders who are native to hotspots and community. This uniquely equips them to contribute to peace by engaging networks who engage in violence. Participants are also provided with support and resources for their own professional growth. At this time, the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago provides the FLIP Program in each of the three neighborhoods served (Austin, West Garfield Park and Back of the Yards).

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Associate Director of Outreach & Intervention, the manager is tasked with ensuring all program requirements of the FLIP Program are met in Austin, West Garfield Park and Back of the Yards. The manager will work closely with the outreach departments in each neighborhood as well as the finance department, data department and organizational leadership to continuously implement operational improvements, ensure compliance with grant requirements, and support positive participant outcomes.

The manager will make sure program participants are provided with the necessary trainings to be able to de‑escalate conflict in their communities while enrolled and the job readiness resources to support their personal professional growth upon completion of the program. The ideal candidate is detail oriented, a natural problem solver, capable of implementing large‑scale projects and has a basic knowledge of the Community Violence Intervention (CVI) field as well as current neighborhood dynamics.

• Participate in regular meetings with leadership, collaborate on the implementation of the FLIP Program, and communicate daily with supervisor to ensure consistency across neighborhoods served by Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.
• Attend monthly budget meetings, maintain active communication with the finance department, and constantly monitor FLIP Program budget spending.
• Oversee compliance with FLIP Program grant requirements by working closely with the outreach, finance and data departments.
• Oversee the day‑to‑day operations of the FLIP Program by working alongside street outreach in each neighborhood, ensuring all participants meet CP4P participant criteria, are screened for active warrants and are actively engaged with a case manager/life coach, as is required.
• Ensure that participant sign‑in sheets are reviewed, signed off, and submitted daily to support paying of participant stipends.
• Review and approve requested expenses to support participants in line with internal purchasing process.
• Conduct regular FLIP Program meetings in each neighborhood which include reviewing individual participant needs and progress towards established goals.
• Implement trainings for participants that take safety/street dynamics into consideration, and support their personal and professional development, such as cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI), financial literacy, expungement, and job readiness skill building.
• Regularly review program participant lists in all neighborhoods to make sure that participants maintain program eligibility and no program participant exceeds program enrollment time limit.
• Oversee the administrative process of onboarding new participants to make sure participants meet program requirements and all paperwork is completed.
• Support participants leaving the program moving into transitional job opportunities, work‑readiness programs or permanent job placement.
• In partnership with supervisor, conduct regular analysis of hotspots to make sure they…