Part-Time Caregiver for Children
Wilmette, Illinois
Start Date: September 2, 2008, or As Soon As Possible


We both have full-time careers and are interested in hiring a caring, fun, Northwestern education student as a part-time caregiver for weekday afternoons during the school year. Our daughters’ ages are 4, 6 and 7. All three attend school in the mornings. Ideally we are looking for help on Mondays from 3 to 6 p.m. and Tuesday to Thursday from approximately 12 to 6 p.m. We do have flexibility around the hours and can consider candidates that are only available two or three of the days per week. We can provide time off during the holidays/school holidays/exam times as necessary. We live in Wilmette, about 4 miles from the University and provide a minivan for children’s transportation during the day. We require background and driving checks as well as childcare or teaching references. Good pay/hourly rate is negotiable depending upon experience and qualifications.

Responsibilities include:

• Custodial responsibilities including meals, snacks, bathing, etc.
• Tutoring children based on reinforcing their school curriculum and facilitating their work on homework.
• Transporting children to/from school, after-school activities, playdates, and other activities.
• Arranging educational and fun opportunities for children after school.
• Light housework associated with the children: helping them learn to clean up their toys, cleaning up after meals, etc. (We have a separate housekeeper.)

We are also interested in babysitting help on the weekends, caregiver for Summer 2009 and school year 2009-10. These can be separate assignments or together if appropriate.

Please contact us as soon as possible if you are interested.

Thank you very much!

CommonGrants is a new social enterprise located in downtown Chicago that is attempting to transform fundraising in the nonprofit industry. Launching in August, CommonGrants will offer the first online universal grant application. The result is an entirely new approach to grant writing that will bring nonprofits and foundations together more efficiently than has previously been possible.

CommonGrants has a simple proposition: one application, one place, hundreds of funders. Currently, we have 400 foundations that have agreed to accept the CommonGrant application and are looking to double that in the next couple of the months. In addition we are just beginning to offer our services to nonprofits.

Position Description:
We are looking for a responsible, outgoing and detail-oriented individual who can help CommonGrants staff with launching our service. This is a great opportunity or someone who is interested in social enterprise, entrepreneurship and the crossroads of business and the nonprofit industry. The position can be either part-time or full-time.

Responsibilities:
§ Research foundations that might be interested in accepting the CommonGrant Application
§ Provide support on brand development and marketing strategy
§ Build relationships and rapport with nonprofit and foundation membership base
§ Assist in effort to build non-profit membership base

Compensation:
A competitive stipend will be offered.

How to Apply:
Please send your resume and a thoughtful cover letter to Wendy Lazar at wlazar@commongrants.com.

Midwest Brain Injury Clubhouse
The Clubhouse is a not-for-profit organization that provides lifelong services and support to persons with brain injury and stroke.

We are looking for interns to lead a variety of task force committees and various projects. Preferred work schedule is 16-30 hours per week for a 10-12 week internship. Hours are flexible, anytime Monday-Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. These internships are unpaid but full of opportunities for experience and to assist a great cause. The Clubhouse is located at 1010 N. Hooker St., Suite 302 (Halsted & Division St.), Chicago. Please contact the director if interested and send resume to deborah.giesler@braininjuryclubhouse.org
For more information about the Clubhouse, you may go to our web site at www.braininjuryclubhouse.org

Brain Injury and Stroke Task Force – Children’s Service
The focus of this committee is to review the services currently available to young children with brain injury and develop a proposal and action plan for new services. In addition, the committee will be asked to expand and plan the summer program based on our pilot program held this summer.

Brain Injury and Stroke Task Force – Advocacy & Public Awareness
The focus of this committee will be to determine what policy and funding opportunities exist for those with brain injury and stroke and the legislators that support such projects. In addition, a plan will be developed to both inform government officials and the general public as to the needs of persons with brain injury and any preventative measures that can be taken.

Brain Injury and Stroke Task Force – Clubhouse Expansion
The focus of this project is to expand our current clubhouse services in the areas of health and wellness and education andemployment. In addition, the potential for opening a second clubhouse in the suburbs will be investigated. If the project is feasible, an action plan will be developed.

Brain Injury and Stroke Task Force – Family Support Network
The focus of this committee will be to develop a family support network that includes easy access to resources and to develop an educational family support group.

Brain Injury and Stroke Task Force – Military Service Coordination
The focus of this committee will be to develop linkage among all local military service organizations, the VA and the Clubhouse to provide easy service access for soldiers returning home with traumatic brain injury.

Brain Injury and Stroke Task Force – Therapeutic Day Program for Persons with Severe Impairments
The focus of this project will be to develop a therapeutic program for person with more severe impairments that cannot be served in the Clubhouse Program. An action plan will be developed to design the program, locate funding, complete marketing activities and implement all aspects of the plan until it is fully operational.

Marketing & Donor Development
This project will entail developing a marketing plan to attract new donors and referral sources for the Clubhouse. It will also include marketing opportunities through the website, newsletter, business networking and hospital functions.

Responsibilities of the Student Organizer include:
• Identifying student groups at community colleges and public universities throughout Illinois, with special emphasis on nontraditional students
• Conducting telephone or in-person meetings with student leaders and student group advisors to develop working relationships. 
• Developing a communication system between WE and student groups
• Presenting Women Employed’s legislative agenda, providing information about ways to impact state policy formation and obtaining input at key student group meetings
• Working with Education and Training team to develop student advocacy tools
• Working with team to train students in policy advocacy and action-taking
• Organizing students to advocate with legislators in Springfield or in district
• Building relationships between student groups at different campuses, as appropriate
• Developing a system to track key student leaders, advisors and groups
• Assisting with special projects and other duties as assigned

The position will require 10-15 hours of work per week during the college school year, including some travel. Travel will be coordinated to incorporate the employee’s school schedule and most meetings requiring travel will occur on weekends. Candidate must own a car or be eligible to rent a car. Travel expenses will be covered by Women Employed.

Our ideal candidate is a current student who understands the challenges faced by low-income, nontraditional or working adult students. The ideal candidate will also demonstrate the following: excellent written and oral communication skills, good project management skills, initiative, strong networking skills, a desire to learn about policy

Five new Community Assistant positions available.
Do you love working with first-year students? Have you always wanted to be a CA? Now’s your chance!!

University Residential Life is excited to announce that it plans to add five new Community Assistant (CAs) positions to the Freshman Quad (FQ) staff for the 2008-09 academic year. Three CAs will be added to Elder Hall and two CAs will be added to Hinman-Lincoln (600/610 Lincoln Avenue), raising the total number of FQ CAs to 17. As a result, the CA-to-resident ratio will be reduced to about 1:21 and duty will be shared among the larger team of CAs.

Sophomores, juniors or seniors interested in applying for this opportunity may review the CA position description and complete the application forms available at http://www.northwestern.edu/reslife/employment/ca/index.html. Once hired, CAs are expected to complete a departmental online training program via (Blackboard Course Management System) in August and report to the Evanston campus on Friday, September 7, to attend pre-service staff training.

If students have specific questions about this opportunity, contact Area Coordinator Kim Scott at kimberly-scott@northwestern.edu.

Paid Fall 2008 Full-Time Internship with Environmental Law and Policy Center
Compensation equals $3,000

Fall Internship starts September 2 – December 12, 2008
30 hours a week – any combination of work days

The intern will work to rebuild the Illinois Student Environmental Coalition, a group being revitalized by ELPC to effect statewide policy and to lobby Illinois legislators.

Skills and aptitudes preferred:
Interest in building an organization – grassroots organizing
Exceptional organizational and leadership skills
Strong emotional intelligence – assessing, listening and relating to people across levels and organizations
Self-motivated and self-managed

Web skills and social networking skills
Willingness to learn, to listen and to persuade others to adopt policy and change behavior.
Involvement in campus organizations and leadership essential

Environmental background a plus – not required

Open to undergraduate and graduate students!