3 jobs found in lemont

Job Summary  The Director, Speakers Series is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and quarterly planning of enriching and engaging content for the Institute of Politics’ robust Speakers Series. This series sponsors 100+ public programs each year, bringing to campus over 200 leaders from the political, policy, foreign affairs, journalism, activism, and nonprofit sectors. The Director of Speaker Series serves as the primary leader of the Institute’s efforts to devise creative, topical and substantive programming that connects students and the broader public to the most important issues and leaders of our time. The ideal candidate will have a broad knowledge of current affairs and politics, strong editorial sensibilities, and experience inspiring others to creative excellence. They will be intellectually curious, will have original takes on topics and framing for IOP events, and will have a solid network of senior contacts in the political, public service,...

Job Summary  The Development Innovation Lab (DIL) at the University of Chicago is seeking a full-time Senior Finance Manager with special responsibility for managing the Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics. This position will have primary responsibility for the financial administration of the Weiss Fund, thereby helping to catalyze its mission to improve through evidence-based research the lives of those in greatest need around the globe. The Weiss Fund supports the research of students and tenure-track faculty working in development economics, broadly defined, by funding projects that address a wide range of issues affecting less developed countries. Participating institutions currently include Boston University, Harvard University, MIT, Northwestern University, Stanford University, the University of California—Berkeley, Columbia University, University of Chicago, University of California, San Diego, Princeton University and Yale University. The Fund is...