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The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is seeking to hire two full-time Outreach Associates to assist with the agency’s stakeholder engagement. CMAP is our region’s official comprehensive planning organization. The agency and its partners are developing ON TO 2050, a new comprehensive regional plan to help the seven counties and 284 communities of northeastern Illinois implement strategies that address transportation, housing, economic development, open space, the environment, and other quality-of-life issues. See www.cmap.illinois.gov for more information. For detailed information about our benefits, please go to http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/about/careers#benefits.


Position Description

The Outreach Associate will help to develop and manage outreach and engagement to CMAP’s diverse base of stakeholders, which include local governments, transportation implementers, community organizations, non-profits, advocacy groups, civic organizations, and the business community, among others. The Outreach Associate will help translate planning principles and policies to these CMAP constituencies, while using a wide variety of skills and tools -- particularly social media -- to ensure active public participation in comprehensive regional planning.

Some in-region travel and late evenings/weekends are required.