Chair, Communications & Community Outreach

Overview

The Neighborhood Bridge (TNB), a not-for-profit providing services to families in five schools located in the Austin neighborhood, is seeking a volunteer to Chair its Communications Committee.

The Communications Chair provides strategic oversight and coordination of all communications for TNB. This role ensures that TNB’s messaging is clear, consistent, and aligned with organizational goals, while supporting fundraising, program visibility, and community engagement. The Communications Chair supervises the work of Communications Committee members managing email communications, website content, social media, and external messaging.

Communications are tailored to a broad group of stakeholders including school partners and parents, volunteers, donors, human services organizations, faith communities, and other prospective supporters. The Chair reports to TNB’s Executive Director and works closely with the Development Director.

This role offers the opportunity to shape the voice and visibility of a growing, community-centered organization doing the vital work of connecting families in need to essential resources across Chicago’s West Side. External communications executed effectively are essential to achieving our mission.

• Provide strategic oversight and coordination of all communications for TNB.
• Ensure messaging is clear, consistent, and aligned with organizational goals.
• Support fundraising, program visibility, and community engagement through communications activities.
• Supervise Communications Committee members managing email communications, website content, social media, and external messaging.
• Tailor communications to diverse stakeholders including school partners, parents, volunteers, donors, human services organizations, faith communities, and other supporters.
• Collaborate with the Executive Director and Development Director to align communications with organizational strategy.