Brightpoint (formerly known as Children’s Home & Aid) invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions. 

The Vice President of Public Policy and Strategy will lead the execution of data analytics and key strategic initiatives by implementing and monitoring processes to support organization-wide systems and practice improvements that strengthen our services, advance the mission, and promote progress on the agency’s strategic plan and public policy agenda. In addition, will create a consistent alignment between the strategic and operational goals identified in the agency’s strategic plan, operational and programmatic key performance indicators. This position will lead the advancement of the agency’s strategy implementation and federal and state public policy agendas and work closely with program leadership. The VP of Public Policy and Strategy will report to the Chief External Affairs Officer.

Essential Job Functions: 

• Align strategic priorities and key performance indicators to communicate organizational impact.
• Design, develop and implement the operational and programmatic key performance indicators and data dashboards.
• Provides direction and leadership to the public policy team. 
• Leads the project management of work plans, deliverables and activities for cross-functional teams. 
• Collaborate with the executive and leadership team to implement and track operational plans to support the growth and development of agency services. 
• Directs the use of internal qualitative and quantitative data with the competitive market information to identify trends to offer actionable suggestions that influence public policy and improve outcomes. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Candidate qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required in a field related to social work, political science, journalism, economics, public health, communications, sociology, or a related field required. Graduate degree preferred.
• Change management and business development experience with government and non-profits highly desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years experience working in strategy development, execution and public policy required.
• At lease 7 years of supervisory experience of paid staff and/or volunteers required.
• Valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle required.

Job details: 

• Compensation: Salary Range starts at $110,000; offers are commensurate with candidate qualifications and experience.
• Benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3 weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here) 
• Location: 200 West Monroe Street (downtown Chicago loop).
• Schedule: Full-time; Hybrid (remote/in office one to two days per week).
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). 

Where you work matters.

We believe that by building diverse and inclusive teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and learning opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your unique and authentic voice to disrupt the systemic inequality impacting children and families, we encourage you to apply today.

Click here to review our agency’s Blueprint for Impact.

Brightpoint is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. All employment activities are conducted in an equal and equitable fashion. The Agency prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, veteran status, source of income, and any other legally protected category in the recruitment, selection, hiring, determination of salary level and benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.