Community Safety Assistant
Community Safety Assistant
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11-05-2025
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Job Description
Job Title: Community Safety Assistant
Reports to: Community Safety Coordinator
FLSA Code: Parttime Nonexempt
Hours: Up to 25hours/week; occasional weekends and evening hours as needed
Program Area: Violence Prevention (VP)
Location: Hybrid; when onsite at the Mens Center 402 N. St. Louis Ave Chicago IL 60624
POSITION SUMMARY
The Program Assistant will provide critical administrative coordination and communication support to the Community Safety Coordinator. This role helps ensure the smooth implementation of communitybased strategies that aim to reduce firearm violence and promote public safety. The ideal candidate is detailoriented organized and passionate about community healing equity and justice.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES/FUNCTIONS
Reports to: Community Safety Coordinator
FLSA Code: Parttime Nonexempt
Hours: Up to 25hours/week; occasional weekends and evening hours as needed
Program Area: Violence Prevention (VP)
Location: Hybrid; when onsite at the Mens Center 402 N. St. Louis Ave Chicago IL 60624
POSITION SUMMARY
The Program Assistant will provide critical administrative coordination and communication support to the Community Safety Coordinator. This role helps ensure the smooth implementation of communitybased strategies that aim to reduce firearm violence and promote public safety. The ideal candidate is detailoriented organized and passionate about community healing equity and justice.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES/FUNCTIONS
- Administrative Support
- Coordinate and schedule meetings with grantees stakeholders and community partners.
- Prepare meeting agendas take notes and distribute followup communications.
- Maintain organized filing systems (digital and physical) for program documentation contracts and reports.
Communications & Stakeholder Coordination
- Assist in drafting email communications newsletters and public outreach materials.
- Maintain contact lists and stakeholder databases.
- Support planning and logistics for public events town halls and training workshops.
Data & Reporting Support
- Collect and compile data from grantees service providers and law enforcement reports.
- Assist in preparing summary reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
- Help track program performance metrics feedback and impact stories.
BENEFITS
- Support the tracking of grant deliverables deadlines and compliance documentation.
- Assist with invoice submissions expense tracking and budget monitoring tasks in coordination with the Community Safety Coordinator.
Other Duties as Assigned
- Help with special projects and initiatives aligned with community violence prevention and public safety goals.
Demonstrated Values
- Independently follows agency policy and procedures
- Follows through with commitments including meeting established timelines
- Identifies and resolves difficult issues
- Project a professional image to all internal and external customers ensuring proper grooming
- Promote customer care through all actions and behaviors
- Works effectively with diverse staff communities and population served
- Maintain a high degree of sensitivity tact and diplomacy during stressful situations.
- A passion for the mission of Breakthrough
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Associates degree or equivalent experience in nonprofit administration public policy social services or related field OR 2 years of administrative program coordination or project support experience.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite Google Workspace and basic data entry tools.
- Ability to work with diverse community partners and stakeholders.
- Strong project management budget oversight and grant compliance experience.
- Flexibility and teamoriented
- Valid drivers license
Preferred
- Lived experience or demonstrated commitment to violence prevention traumainformed care or restorative justice work.
- Familiarity with RPSA OFVP programs or communitybased public safety initiatives.
- Experience with CRM databases or project management tools
- Experience working with government agencies law enforcement or policy advocacy organizations.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES
- West Garfield Park (WGP) community resident
- Knowledge of WGP and the ability to relate and engage with residents
- Ability to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills professionalism and problemsolving skills
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and follow through and be comfortable working in a changing environment.
- Demonstrates willingness to consistently improve work performance through their relationship and guidance.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Maintain a high degree of sensitivity tact and diplomacy during stressful situations.
- Prepare accurate reports.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and follow through and be comfortable working in a changing environment.
SUPERVISION
- No direct reports
- Direction received from the Community Safety Coordinator
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job the employee will work in a multipurpose facility and/or outdoors and thus will be exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be high depending on the activities in the facility.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to walk and/or sit; use hands and fingers to feel objects tools or controls reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; regularly talk or hear. The employee must be able to bend stoop pull lift as well as have overhead extension of arms. Must be able to stand for long periods of time; be able to lift carry or move at least 50 pounds. Must adhere to proper handling and lifting techniques. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Equipment Used
The employee will generally use general office equipment including but not limited to telephone computer calculator copier overhead projector paper shredder paper cutter and filing systems.
Safety Requirements
Prior to the first day of work must complete a criminal background and sex offender clearance.
BENEFITS
- Sick leave Parttime employees in this position are eligible for 1 hour of sick pay for every 35 hours worked in a pay period. This leave can be used for medical and safety reasons.
- Paid leave Parttime employees in this position are eligible for 1 hour of paid pay for every 35 hours worked in a pay period. This leave can be used for any reason
COMPENSATION
$22.00/hr
Employment Type
Hourly
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