Program Manager, Corporate Strategy

ABOUT US

Interfaith America is a national nonprofit organization based in Chicago. We believe that religious diversity is a foundational American strength, and we are building a nation that achieves that promise for the common good. Our mission is to inspire, equip, and connect organizations and leaders to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity. We leverage our expertise in interfaith leadership in different sectors in American life, activating a public discourse on pluralism with a focus on higher education, workplaces, and civic partners. IA activates leaders and institutions in these sectors with the tools and resources they need to positively engage religious diversity for the common good.

At Interfaith America, we are ever-adapting and changing. We look for people who set audacious goals and love that one workday may not be like the next. We have a strong commitment to pluralism and building bridges across deep differences. Our programs help people build skills to bridge deep ideological divides. Our work is about staying in relationship with one another and contributing to the common good even when we might disagree on fundamental things. We seek to attract and retain a team of staff comprised of a wide variety of views and backgrounds we need to achieve our vision.

ABOUT YOU

You are passionate about religious and worldview diversity across America’s civic institutions, programs that promote interfaith cooperation and community connection, and the skills for engaging across deep difference. You thrive in a fast-paced, adaptable environment where one day won’t look like the next. You feed off the organizational learning and adjust your strategy to fit what we’ve learned. You love to work collaboratively internally and externally and liaise across multiple complex projects. You hold yourself and your work to a high bar of excellence and take personal responsibility for achieving your goals.

Responsibilities:

Help us grow Interfaith America’s emerging work in the corporate sector, spanning both business and health settings. Responsibilities include training design and delivery, relationship management, event management, data tracking, evaluation, and logistical tasks to support the Corporate Strategy team.

Training and Consulting

• Lead trainings for business and health workplace clients, including customizing trainings and open-enrollment offerings
• Work with IA’s Learning Team to develop new training materials and educational resources for business and health. This includes both IA Learning and Action Bridge open access materials, and paid consultations materials

Network Growth and Gatherings

• Support the recruitment strategy to grow IA’s workplace network with business and health leaders through outreach to potential new clients virtually and in person
• Manage the logistics and recruitment strategy for business consulting and health-related convenings and conferences
• Manage all aspects of planning process for the corporate team’s role at IA’s annual Interfaith Leadership Summit. This includes creating relevant session descriptions, making speaker arrangements and managing relevant recruitment efforts.

Evaluation and Storytelling

• Track and analyze evaluation data to improve IA’s corporate program offerings
• Support the corporate team’s storytelling strategy by managing the process to regularly solicit stories and request interviews with business and health leaders

Faith + Health

• Support additional needs from our Faith + Health sector as relevant, which could include grant recruitment and selection, grantee trainings, evaluation and resource-design.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years of project management experience
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple ongoing projects from multiple stakeholders
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong competence in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Willing to learn and utilize organization-wide constituent relationship management software (Salesforce)
• Authorization to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications (not required):

• High level of religious literacy and fluency in diversity, pluralism, and inclusion
• Advanced degree in Religious Studies, Civic Leadership, Non-Profit Management, or Higher Education
• Demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders in substantive discussions about religious and worldview diversity, interfaith cooperation, and civic pluralism
• Experience in in-person and online training, facilitation, consulting, education, assessment and/or related skill sets
• Experience in event management
• Experience with collaborating, networking, and building relationships or coalitions

Supervisor: Senior Director of Corporate Strategy

Leadership Level: Manager

Location: Remote from CO, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, NC, NY, OH, TX, VA, or WI with four trips to our Chicago office per year. Or, working from our Chicago Loop office at 141 W Jackson Blvd. #3200 Chicago, IL 60604.

Compensation: $65,000 - $75,000 annually, plus excellent benefits. Please read more about our benefits here.

Benefits: Interfaith America offers medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and generous paid time off options, based on full-time, part-time, and other employment statuses. For employee only coverage of medical, dental and vision, Interfaith America covers 100% of the premium costs.

Other Requirements: This position requires the ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to: maintain regular attendance; travel across the US; work cooperatively with others; adhere to Interfaith America personnel policies and safety rules; sit and/or stand for extended periods of time; operate standard office equipment, including computers, telephones, photocopiers, and projectors; communicate orally, in writing, and via computers and digital devices; and requires close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal and other office equipment.

Interfaith America is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodation will be provided as needed to enable qualified applicants with a disability to participate in pre-employment procedures.