Chamber seeks to hire a member relations manager

The Cook County Chamber of Commerce seeks to hire a part-time Member Relations Manager. The person filling this position will serve as the interactive communication link between the Chamber and its members. With oversight and direction from the executive director, the manager will be responsible for the recruitment of new members and the retention of existing members and for interacting with members in an ongoing effort to assess their needs for Chamber support.

The Member Relations Manager also will work to organize social gatherings at which Chamber members can meet, mingle, hear about Chamber happenings, get to know each other and be part of a more unified business community.

The Cook County Chamber seeks to serve as the voice of for-profit and not-for-profit businesses in Cook County. The county chamber is now eight years old. Through its first years of business service, it has focused primarily on public policy at the county, state and federal levels, efforts that have brought significant benefits to the people and businesses of the county.

The Chamber now hopes to widen its span of services to include more member-focused efforts that build stronger connections with and between Chamber members. Our Member Relations Manager will serve as our primary agent for this effort.

To be effective in this role, the Member Relations Manager must be someone who enjoys getting to know and interact with a wide variety of people, who has superb verbal and written communication skills, who is able to work independently and who can work as an effective member of a small but highly dedicated team.

Initially, the Member Relations Manager position is set at 15 hours weekly and a compensation level of $25 per hour. The Member Relations Manager will be expected to work from home at least until COVID-19 restrictions ease and new office space is found for the Chamber. A laptop computer will be furnished for the Member Relations Manager if required, and the Member Relations Manager will be compensated fairly for cell phone usage. The Member Relations Manager will need access to a vehicle and will be compensated at the federal rate for miles traveled on Chamber Business.

A job application and job description are available for review and download at bit.ly/2Qg6aQV

The application period for this position will close May 21.

For more information, contact Jim Boyd, Chamber executive director, at 218-370-9665 or ccchamber@boreal.org.