Senior Program Officer for Community Development

The Foundation is seeking to hire a Senior Program Officer for Community Development. This position will lead Community Development strategy and grantmaking. This position will report to the Foundation’s President and is part of a team of 12 staff members working across the Foundation’s program teams, finance/administration, impact investing, strategic communications, learning and evaluation, and grants management.

Job responsibilities for this role will include:

• Identify new partner relationships and grant opportunities, analyze their feasibility, shape specific opportunities, present recommendations internally, and negotiate grant agreements.
• Provide strategic thought partnership and support to grantees and non-grantee partners.
• Review grant applications and make recommendations on funding, including for economic mobility, affordable housing, multi-modal transportation, community planning, and other areas of Community Development funding
• Support the review and decision-making regarding capital grant requests
• Work with the finance and administration team on analysis and due diligence for impact investments with a Community Development focus
• Provide intellectual leadership and guidance to continually refine the Foundation’s theory of change and strategies with respect to Community Development work
• Represent the Foundation in the community – build and maintain relationships with nonprofit, philanthropic, public sector, and community leaders and partners to maximize the impact of the Foundation’s Community Development work
• Work with partners to identify and track outcomes to evaluate the impact of Foundation investments and inform its Community Development strategies

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of community planning, economic development, affordable housing, tools and pathways to supporting economic mobility, and Community Development finance and public policy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to supporting a culture of continuous improvement and organizational excellence.
• Flexible, innovative, energetic, and able to work effectively as a member of a small team.
• Experience managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, completing tasks in a timely manner with outstanding attention to detail.
• College degree (advanced degree preferred) with more than five years of community development-related work experience such as roles in community planning, affordable housing, economic development, finance, etc.
• Demonstration of an entrepreneurial work history that resulted in significant community impact.