Capacity Building Manager

Capacity Building Manager

AMPT:
Advancing Nonprofits is an intermediary organization that provides capacity-building support to small nonprofits on Chicago’s West and South sides to strengthen organizational health and support long-term sustainability. AMPT’s work is grounded in a commitment to advancing racial equity, with a focus on supporting Black and Latine leaders and organizations working to build power, strengthen communities of color, and improve community well-being.

Through this work, AMPT also seeks to help transform philanthropy by addressing systemic racial inequities and modeling anti-racist systems, practices, and processes.

We are a small, nimble team with a strong sense of mission and a deep commitment to building internal systems that reflect our values. We move quickly, hold ourselves to high standards, and believe that strong operational infrastructure is a form of organizational integrity, not just administration.

The Capacity Building Manager works closely with the Senior Manager, Programs to design, deliver, and continuously improve AMPT programming. The role exists to serve nonprofit leaders who are seeking capacity-building support to strengthen the sustainability of their organizations. Its work is concentrated in three program areas:

• Cohorts:
  Cohort-based learning opportunities for nonprofit leaders to gain tangible tools and skills to move their organization closer to their goals for success based on the capacity-building needs indicated on their organizational assessment.
• AUYO [AMPT Up Your Organization]: A series of single-issue capacity-building workshops that provide access to specific expertise, templates, tools, and skills to support organizations in topics ranging from Program Development to Nonprofit Accounting.
• AMPT Connect:
  In-person events to support nonprofit community-building and capacity through panel discussions and networking.

The Capacity Building Manager leads curriculum design and iteration, facilitates learning sessions as lead or co-lead, and manages each cohort from application through off-boarding. They contribute to shared team decisions about curriculum and facilitation across AMPT’s program offerings, based on the priorities and needs of participating organizations.

This role is ideal for someone who is flexible and nimble within a start-up environment, exercises creativity and “out of the box” thinking on programming issues, leads collaboratively, brings a customer service disposition, and finds joy in delivering high-quality learning experiences.

• Design and iterate cohort curriculum that responds to the priorities and needs of participating organizations.
• Facilitate cohort sessions as lead or co-lead, virtually and in person.
• Manage each cohort end to end, including the application process, applicant review, onboarding, session delivery, and off-boarding.

• Work with the program team to determine curriculum and facilitation approach for AUYO, and facilitate or co-facilitate sessions.
• Work with the program team to determine curriculum and facilitation approach for AMPT Connect, and facilitate or co-facilitate sessions.

• Build and maintain relationships with nonprofit leaders, consultants, and other partners.
• Coordinate session planning with facilitators, including agendas, presentation slide decks, facilitation guides, and feedback.
• Support the set-up and break-down of sessions when AMPT…