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Love Your Block Fellow

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Love Your Block Fellow

Salary

$25.00 - $31.00 Hourly

Location

Durham, NC

Job Type

PT w/o benefits (Less than 20 hours per wk)

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

25-05700

Department

Budget and Management Services

Opening Date

11/05/2025

Closing Date

11/19/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

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Position Description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $25.00 - $31.00/hr

Hours: Flexible within Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

*This is a one-year grant-funded position.*

Overview:

The Innovation Team is seeking a dynamic and organized individual to serve as the Love Your Block Fellow. This position will play a pivotal role in supporting the successful implementation of Love Your Block grant projects by overseeing project management activities and tracking project metrics to measure impact and outcomes.

The Love Your Block (https://citiesofservice.jhu.edu/loveyourblock2021/) program supports community-led neighborhood revitalization projects across the country. The City of Durham was selected for the 2024-26 Love Your Block cohort for its proposal to focus on vacant land that can often be sites of littering and illegal dumping. This project will focus on recruiting neighborhood volunteers to clean up and reimagine these spaces from vacant and ignored land to community-designed neighborhood assets.

The Innovation Team (I-Team) works to solve Durham’s biggest challenges. Our team emphasizes data-driven and human-centered research to understand the causes and consequences of deeply rooted problems. This research serves as the foundation for collaboratively generating ideas, designing projects, testing interventions, and evaluating results. The Love Your Block project will be a collaboration between the I-Team and the Housing and Neighborhood Services department.

Duties/Responsibilities

+ Coordinate and oversee the implementation of Love Your Block grant projects, working closely with project partners, city staff, and community stakeholders to ensure timely and successful project execution.

+ Lead the day-to-day project management of the Love Your Block program.

+ Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and budgets to ensure projects are completed on schedule and within budgetary constraints.

+ Monitor project progress and milestones, proactively identifying and addressing any issues or challenges that may arise during implementation.

+ Track project metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure project impact and outcomes, including but not limited to community engagement, volunteer participation, and physical improvements to neighborhoods.

+ Develop and implement systems for data collection, analysis, and reporting to effectively track project metrics and communicate progress to stakeholders.

+ Conduct regular site visits and inspections to monitor project activities and ensure compliance with grant requirements and regulations.

+ Collaborate with city officials, community partners, and residents to promote community engagement and participation in Love Your Block projects.

+ Prepare reports, presentations, and other materials to communicate project updates, outcomes, and impact to internal and external stakeholders.

+ Support knowledge sharing and capacity building efforts by documenting best practices, lessons learned, and success stories from Love Your Block projects.

+ Develop and deliver training to residents to assist in mini-grant application completion.

+ Create and implement an outreach plan to effectively engage with diverse community members and promote the program and mini-grant opportunity to potential grantees.

+ Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

+ Bachelor's degree in urban planning, public administration, project management OR equivalent experience.

+ Minimum of one year of experience in project management, community development, or a related field preferred.

Additional Preferred Skills

+ Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.

+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

+ Experience with data collection, analysis, and reporting, preferably in a community development or nonprofit setting.

+ Knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and tools.

+ Familiarity with grant management and compliance requirements is a plus.

+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project management software.

+ Passion for community development and a commitment to improving neighborhoods and communities.

+ Able to be involved in community events and meetings as needed.

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Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

+ City of Durham Website

+ Walk in

+ Job fair

+ Employee referral

+ Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***

+ Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***

+ Craig's List

+ Facebook

+ LinkedIn

+ GlassDoor

+ governmentjobs.com

+ Monster.com

+ Indeed.com

+ Employment Security Commission

+ Magazine/Newspaper

+ Other

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If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.

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Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

+ Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)

+ High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)

+ Associates Degree

+ Bachelor's Degree

+ Master's Degree

+ Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

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How many years of project management, community development, or related experience do you have?

+ No related experience

+ Less than 1 year of related experience

+ 1 year but less than 2 years related experience

+ 2 years but less than 5 years related experience

+ 5 years but less than 9 years related experience

+ 9 or more years related experience

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This role requires the employee to be involved in community events and meetings during normal working hours and, at times, outside of normal working hours with pay. Are you willing to be involved in community events and meetings as needed?

+ Yes

+ No

06

This position is part-time and grant-funded. The employee would be expected to work approximately 19 hours per week over one year. Are you still interested in this role?

+ Yes

+ No

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Please rate your proficiency with using Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).

+ No experience

+ Beginner level

+ Intermediate level

+ Advanced level

+ Expert level

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Please describe your connection/ties to the Durham community and your experience building local relationships?

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