Facilities Director
Apply NowCompany: Lawndale Christian Legal Center
Location: Chicago, IL 60629
Description:
Title: Facilities Director
Location: On-Site/Hybrid
Status: Full-time Exempt
Reports to: Director of HR and Administration
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Hire Date: December 2024
Who We Are
Lawndale Christian Legal Center (LCLC) was founded to provide a unique form of community
holistic defense representation grounded in restorative justice values to minors and emerging
adults (25 and under) in the North Lawndale area caught in the criminal justice system. LCLC's
highly relational, community-led model of representation is performed by an interdisciplinary
team of attorneys, case managers, outreach workers, circle-keepers, and community partners.
In addition to providing full criminal defense representation, LCLC's community holistic defense
team identifies and meets the legal and social needs of our clients at every phase of the criminal
justice system: from diversion, arrest, through trial, and the completion of any period of
probation, supervision, and parole.
In early 2025, LCLC will be opening a new $22 million facility named the Dr. Dennis Deer
Community Justice Center. In this new facility, LCLC will own and operate a three-story office
building plus twenty units of studio-style housing (hereinafter "Deer Housing") for emerging
adult men, 18-25 years old, who are or have been represented by our community holistic
defense team. The community holistic defense team will identify emerging adult men at high-risk
of going to prison and negotiate for them to stay in one of the twenty units of Deer Housing as
an alternative to incarceration.
By serving justice-involved minors and emerging adults holistically in their community, LCLC
is leading the transformation of the traditional criminal justice system by building out age appropriate
interventions and new best practices grounded in repair and restoration that are
more effective, cost less, and result in greater public safety for all. Our holistic, community-led
model of restorative justice is a template for creating a justice system that better serves Cook
County and the nation. More information on LCLC can be found at www.lclc.net.
About North Lawndale
North Lawndale is a vibrant and resilient community, and we are proud to be a part of it. Our
Freedom Center office site is located just next door to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy
Apartments and Exhibit Center, built on the site where Dr. King lived for six months during his
Chicago Freedom Campaign in 1966. North Lawndale is tightly knit, and we are gratified by our
affiliation with the Lawndale Christian Community Church and North Lawndale Community
Coordinating Council, two organizations that have done much to bring necessary health and
legal services to the community.
As a result of decades of disinvestment, "white flight", redlining, and other harbingers of
systemic poverty and violence, North Lawndale suffers from high levels of poverty, economic
hardship, violence, and over-policing. In North Lawndale, approximately 850 officers are
assigned to the two police districts that patrol 35,000 residents. In addition, a significant
percentage of specialized units (which are historically aggressive and abusive) rove in our
community. More than 1,500 youth are arrested in North Lawndale yearly, the second highest
rate in Chicago. Indiscriminate stops and searches of North Lawndale residents are a daily
occurrence; 66% of adults surveyed perceived no legitimate reason for their most recent police
stop. A startling 59% of adults in North Lawndale have been arrested, 30% convicted, and 27%
jailed.
Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds that our youth encounter within North Lawndale,
they demonstrate hope, resolve, and a drive to make their neighborhood a better place. We are
continually inspired by our clients' resilience and positivity in the face of external challenges. It
is both an honor and a privilege to help them walk them through and away from the criminal
justice system and equip them to take control of their future.
What We Do
LCLC reaches over 350 minors and emerging adults in the criminal justice system annually with
the following services:
Community Holistic Defense (CHD): Free legal representation for indigent clients
grounded in holistic defense practices which acknowledge that quality of representation
and criminal legal outcomes are improved for youth when their unique developmental
needs are simultaneously addressed by an integrated, interdisciplinary team of attorneys
and social service providers.
Community Housing: LCLC owns and operates 20 units of studio style housing for
emerging adult men, 18-25 years old, inside the Deer Community Justice Center. In
addition, LCLC has created a network of approximately 275 private landlords and
funders that place other LCLC clients and their families in subsidized affordable housing
units.
Restorative Justice Community Court: LCLC was the lead agency that gathered
numerous communities and cook county court stakeholders together to design and launch
the first Restorative Justice Community Court in the country in North Lawndale in
September 2017. This court is based upon the tradition of restorative justice circle
keeping and other restorative justice practices to enable repair and community integration
for emerging adult men, 18-25, facing qualifying felony criminal legal charges. LCLC
hopes to add a juvenile call to this court to serve minors 17 and younger under the same
Model.
Community Holistic Juvenile Diversion: Since 2020, LCLC has worked with the mayor's
office and the Chicago Police Department to close the Juvenile Intervention and Support
Center (JISC) and create a new model of juvenile diversion for Chicago. LCLC is one of
eight service providers in the city and focuses on serving youth from the west side
diverted from the courts by the Chicago Police Department.
LCLC looks to continuously innovate our program portfolio to build upon new best practices for
serving minors and emerging adults and better serving our communities.
Position Summary
Oversees daily operations and maintenance. Provides facility management, responsible for
community engagement, and works closely with building occupants. Ensures the building
grounds are maintained. Acts as a liaison between occupants and the CHA. Performs a broad
range of managerial, professional, clerical, and maintenance work. Manages the daily
operations for two non-residential, one residential facilities and land. The Facilities Director will
be responsible to manage employees, such as maintenance workers, cleaning staff, and
security guards and others. The role as Facilities Director must leverage project management
skills to plan and execute facility projects effectively. They will also be responsible for balancing
multiple tasks at once and completing them efficiently. The Facilities Director will serve as the
primary point of contact for major facility emergencies, ensuring immediate response and
support to resolve critical issues. Be available on-call to respond to afterhours emergencies that
may impact facility, safety, or operations, including but not limited to natural disasters, system
failures, and other urgent situations. Oversees building security, other building occupants and
ensures the building is properly maintained.
Responsibilities
Oversees customer service and facility maintenance and manages the daily operations and
functions of the building.
Supervises the coordination of property matters, space use, relocation of staff, and equipment
from one location to another.
Responds appropriately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise.
Directs the activities of vendors for services such as extermination, HVAC, electrical, plumbing,
utilities, vending machines, and window washing.
Oversees various tasks associated with facility improvement - project management,
supervising, and coordinating work of contractors.
Ensures the appropriate staff/vendors are contacted to perform maintenance on-site.
Plans, organizes, manages, and supervises maintenance and repairs.
Create and maintain documentation for non-residential and residential portfolios, i.e.
maintenance requests, work orders, delivery tickets, service reports, monthly metrics report, etc.
Prepares scopes of work for projects and advises on business and operational needs.
Ensures all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
Assist with developing and monitoring non-residential budget, tracks expenses and when
applicable revenues generated by the facility; tracks daily weekly, monthly, and yearly
attendance figures.
Investigates and resolves complaints or inquiries concerning the operations of the facility.
Provides administrative support by answering questions and maintaining correspondence with
other divisions or agencies; leads and schedules tours; interfaces with community groups, and
actively promotes the facility throughout the community.
Responsible for snow removal and lawn care maintenance and performs related duties as
required.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualification
Requires an associate's degree but bachelor's degree preferred in a related field or an
equivalent combination of education and experience with a minimum of three (3) years of
facilities management at a similar facility. The ideal candidate must be familiar with local
building codes and Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) work standards and
possess a general working knowledge of HVAC systems, electrical, plumbing, fire safety,
sprinkler systems, and security systems. The ideal candidate must be able to program, track,
and perform daily operational and planned preventive maintenance tasks.
Leadership Skills - The ability to manage, motivate, and inspire a team, set goals,
delegate tasks, and monitor progress
Problem- Solving - The ability to quickly identify problems, assess the situation and
come up with effective solutions.
Sustainability - The ability to keep a facility as green as possible.
Compliance - The ability to ensure that facilities comply with all relevant laws and
regulations.
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
Ability to lead in a fast-paced and team-oriented environment
Ability to manage the needs for both commercial and residential properties for both the
Keeler and Hamlin location
Demonstrated experience supervising, and teambuilding.
Able to effectively coordinate/carryout multiple projects and responsibilities, and work
ahead of deadlines.
Experience with and conversant in Information Technology
Organized and able to prioritize work with strong attention to detail and accuracy
Valid Driver's License, Insurance, and reliable transportation
Deep familiarity with the North Lawndale community preferred
Willingness to live in North Lawndale preferred
Passion for, understanding of, and commitment to LCLC's vision and mission
Preferred Skills
Proficiency in MS word and excel: MS project would be an advantage, but not required. Also a
general understanding of architectural, mechanical, electrical, fire life safety and security
Location: On-Site/Hybrid
Status: Full-time Exempt
Reports to: Director of HR and Administration
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Hire Date: December 2024
Who We Are
Lawndale Christian Legal Center (LCLC) was founded to provide a unique form of community
holistic defense representation grounded in restorative justice values to minors and emerging
adults (25 and under) in the North Lawndale area caught in the criminal justice system. LCLC's
highly relational, community-led model of representation is performed by an interdisciplinary
team of attorneys, case managers, outreach workers, circle-keepers, and community partners.
In addition to providing full criminal defense representation, LCLC's community holistic defense
team identifies and meets the legal and social needs of our clients at every phase of the criminal
justice system: from diversion, arrest, through trial, and the completion of any period of
probation, supervision, and parole.
In early 2025, LCLC will be opening a new $22 million facility named the Dr. Dennis Deer
Community Justice Center. In this new facility, LCLC will own and operate a three-story office
building plus twenty units of studio-style housing (hereinafter "Deer Housing") for emerging
adult men, 18-25 years old, who are or have been represented by our community holistic
defense team. The community holistic defense team will identify emerging adult men at high-risk
of going to prison and negotiate for them to stay in one of the twenty units of Deer Housing as
an alternative to incarceration.
By serving justice-involved minors and emerging adults holistically in their community, LCLC
is leading the transformation of the traditional criminal justice system by building out age appropriate
interventions and new best practices grounded in repair and restoration that are
more effective, cost less, and result in greater public safety for all. Our holistic, community-led
model of restorative justice is a template for creating a justice system that better serves Cook
County and the nation. More information on LCLC can be found at www.lclc.net.
About North Lawndale
North Lawndale is a vibrant and resilient community, and we are proud to be a part of it. Our
Freedom Center office site is located just next door to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy
Apartments and Exhibit Center, built on the site where Dr. King lived for six months during his
Chicago Freedom Campaign in 1966. North Lawndale is tightly knit, and we are gratified by our
affiliation with the Lawndale Christian Community Church and North Lawndale Community
Coordinating Council, two organizations that have done much to bring necessary health and
legal services to the community.
As a result of decades of disinvestment, "white flight", redlining, and other harbingers of
systemic poverty and violence, North Lawndale suffers from high levels of poverty, economic
hardship, violence, and over-policing. In North Lawndale, approximately 850 officers are
assigned to the two police districts that patrol 35,000 residents. In addition, a significant
percentage of specialized units (which are historically aggressive and abusive) rove in our
community. More than 1,500 youth are arrested in North Lawndale yearly, the second highest
rate in Chicago. Indiscriminate stops and searches of North Lawndale residents are a daily
occurrence; 66% of adults surveyed perceived no legitimate reason for their most recent police
stop. A startling 59% of adults in North Lawndale have been arrested, 30% convicted, and 27%
jailed.
Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds that our youth encounter within North Lawndale,
they demonstrate hope, resolve, and a drive to make their neighborhood a better place. We are
continually inspired by our clients' resilience and positivity in the face of external challenges. It
is both an honor and a privilege to help them walk them through and away from the criminal
justice system and equip them to take control of their future.
What We Do
LCLC reaches over 350 minors and emerging adults in the criminal justice system annually with
the following services:
Community Holistic Defense (CHD): Free legal representation for indigent clients
grounded in holistic defense practices which acknowledge that quality of representation
and criminal legal outcomes are improved for youth when their unique developmental
needs are simultaneously addressed by an integrated, interdisciplinary team of attorneys
and social service providers.
Community Housing: LCLC owns and operates 20 units of studio style housing for
emerging adult men, 18-25 years old, inside the Deer Community Justice Center. In
addition, LCLC has created a network of approximately 275 private landlords and
funders that place other LCLC clients and their families in subsidized affordable housing
units.
Restorative Justice Community Court: LCLC was the lead agency that gathered
numerous communities and cook county court stakeholders together to design and launch
the first Restorative Justice Community Court in the country in North Lawndale in
September 2017. This court is based upon the tradition of restorative justice circle
keeping and other restorative justice practices to enable repair and community integration
for emerging adult men, 18-25, facing qualifying felony criminal legal charges. LCLC
hopes to add a juvenile call to this court to serve minors 17 and younger under the same
Model.
Community Holistic Juvenile Diversion: Since 2020, LCLC has worked with the mayor's
office and the Chicago Police Department to close the Juvenile Intervention and Support
Center (JISC) and create a new model of juvenile diversion for Chicago. LCLC is one of
eight service providers in the city and focuses on serving youth from the west side
diverted from the courts by the Chicago Police Department.
LCLC looks to continuously innovate our program portfolio to build upon new best practices for
serving minors and emerging adults and better serving our communities.
Position Summary
Oversees daily operations and maintenance. Provides facility management, responsible for
community engagement, and works closely with building occupants. Ensures the building
grounds are maintained. Acts as a liaison between occupants and the CHA. Performs a broad
range of managerial, professional, clerical, and maintenance work. Manages the daily
operations for two non-residential, one residential facilities and land. The Facilities Director will
be responsible to manage employees, such as maintenance workers, cleaning staff, and
security guards and others. The role as Facilities Director must leverage project management
skills to plan and execute facility projects effectively. They will also be responsible for balancing
multiple tasks at once and completing them efficiently. The Facilities Director will serve as the
primary point of contact for major facility emergencies, ensuring immediate response and
support to resolve critical issues. Be available on-call to respond to afterhours emergencies that
may impact facility, safety, or operations, including but not limited to natural disasters, system
failures, and other urgent situations. Oversees building security, other building occupants and
ensures the building is properly maintained.
Responsibilities
Oversees customer service and facility maintenance and manages the daily operations and
functions of the building.
Supervises the coordination of property matters, space use, relocation of staff, and equipment
from one location to another.
Responds appropriately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise.
Directs the activities of vendors for services such as extermination, HVAC, electrical, plumbing,
utilities, vending machines, and window washing.
Oversees various tasks associated with facility improvement - project management,
supervising, and coordinating work of contractors.
Ensures the appropriate staff/vendors are contacted to perform maintenance on-site.
Plans, organizes, manages, and supervises maintenance and repairs.
Create and maintain documentation for non-residential and residential portfolios, i.e.
maintenance requests, work orders, delivery tickets, service reports, monthly metrics report, etc.
Prepares scopes of work for projects and advises on business and operational needs.
Ensures all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
Assist with developing and monitoring non-residential budget, tracks expenses and when
applicable revenues generated by the facility; tracks daily weekly, monthly, and yearly
attendance figures.
Investigates and resolves complaints or inquiries concerning the operations of the facility.
Provides administrative support by answering questions and maintaining correspondence with
other divisions or agencies; leads and schedules tours; interfaces with community groups, and
actively promotes the facility throughout the community.
Responsible for snow removal and lawn care maintenance and performs related duties as
required.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualification
Requires an associate's degree but bachelor's degree preferred in a related field or an
equivalent combination of education and experience with a minimum of three (3) years of
facilities management at a similar facility. The ideal candidate must be familiar with local
building codes and Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) work standards and
possess a general working knowledge of HVAC systems, electrical, plumbing, fire safety,
sprinkler systems, and security systems. The ideal candidate must be able to program, track,
and perform daily operational and planned preventive maintenance tasks.
Leadership Skills - The ability to manage, motivate, and inspire a team, set goals,
delegate tasks, and monitor progress
Problem- Solving - The ability to quickly identify problems, assess the situation and
come up with effective solutions.
Sustainability - The ability to keep a facility as green as possible.
Compliance - The ability to ensure that facilities comply with all relevant laws and
regulations.
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
Ability to lead in a fast-paced and team-oriented environment
Ability to manage the needs for both commercial and residential properties for both the
Keeler and Hamlin location
Demonstrated experience supervising, and teambuilding.
Able to effectively coordinate/carryout multiple projects and responsibilities, and work
ahead of deadlines.
Experience with and conversant in Information Technology
Organized and able to prioritize work with strong attention to detail and accuracy
Valid Driver's License, Insurance, and reliable transportation
Deep familiarity with the North Lawndale community preferred
Willingness to live in North Lawndale preferred
Passion for, understanding of, and commitment to LCLC's vision and mission
Preferred Skills
Proficiency in MS word and excel: MS project would be an advantage, but not required. Also a
general understanding of architectural, mechanical, electrical, fire life safety and security