Street Outreach Program Manager

Job overview

The Street Outreach Program Manager role is in person in Chicago, IL, serving the Little Village, Pilsen, and Brighton Park focus neighborhoods. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, and pays $21.64 per hour; pay is described as commensurate with experience. The role is part of Communities Partnering 4 Peace, a citywide collaboration working to reduce community violence. The manager builds trust with high-risk community members and coordinates programming, conflict mediation, and connections to prosocial opportunities and services. Through participant support, team coordination, and community partnerships, the role contributes to preventing shootings and retaliatory violence.

What you'll do

• Maintain a caseload of 10–15 high-risk participants
• coordinate and plan weekly programming
• delegate tasks and maintain program schedules
• mediate conflicts and intervene when violence is likely
• provide one-to-one support and facilitate participant circles
• connect participants to case management, jobs, education, treatment, and social services
• accompany clients to court and services
• document participant contacts, services, and violence prevention
• support responses to shootings and provide advocacy to victims and families.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

street outreach

program manager

community violence prevention

chicago il

little village

pilsen

brighton park

participant case management

conflict mediation

restorative justice

trauma-informed practices

$21.64/hr

some weekends

on-call crisis response

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Benefits are available
• the posting does not specify individual benefits.

Why this role

Focuses on intentional weekly programming and violence prevention in Little Village, Pilsen, and Brighton Park; some weekends and on-call crisis response are required.

About the employer

NEW LIFE CENTERS OF CHICAGOLAND NFP is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Individual and Family Services. Sector: 62.