Program Officer (PO) - Wealth Building and Workforce Development

Position Description

Over the last 45 years, LISC, the nation's largest Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), and its affiliates have invested approximately $38 billion in businesses, affordable housing, health, educational mobility, community and recreational facilities, public safety, employment, and other projects that help to revitalize and stabilize under resourced communities. Headquartered in New York City, LISC's reach spans the country from East coast to West coast in 34 markets with offices extending from Buffalo to San Francisco and in 2,400 rural counties across 49 states and Puerto Rico. Visit us at www.lisc.org.

LISC Cleveland is a local office within National LISC. LISC Cleveland is committed to investing grants, loans, and equity into efforts led by community-based development organizations to transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy places to live, work, worship, do business and raise families. Through our local office and our national affiliates (the National Equity Fund, Broadstreet, and LISC Fund Management), we will also work with and lend to for-profit entities that share our community development mission and goals.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to engage in innovative community development initiatives that are addressing preservation of affordable housing and economic mobility for residents in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. This position will also primarily support capacity building and program development working in community development, financial stability and affordable housing.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage LISC Cleveland's network of Financial Opportunity Centers, and provide ongoing organizational resources, networking opportunities, strategic guidance, planning and project management, technical assistance, and training for each site.
• Steward strategic relationships with economic development and workforce partners to establish LISC's FOC model as a value-add within the local ecosystem.

• Under the guidance of the Senior Program Officer, plan and carry out workshops and peer learning events for partners on topics related to LISC Cleveland's financial stability and homeownership programs. Efforts will include leading the execution of the program, coordination of session logistics and speakers, and related program communications. Topics will include Financial Stability, Heirs Property, Home Repair and Homeownership.
• Support the implementation of the Section 4 workplan through grants management, monthly reimbursement and programmatic deliverables for compliance reporting.

• Assist and work with community partners to strengthen program design, implementation, and staff capacity around financial stability and wealth building initiatives, focusing on housing programs.

• Manage the development and implementation of LISC Cleveland's community and housing programs, including monitoring and reporting on programmatic goals and deliverables.
• Work with LISC Cleveland staff to develop new programs and partnerships with government, nonprofits and corporate and philanthropic partners.
• Participate in city-wide initiatives that further programmatic priorities managed by other partners.
• Identify, in conjunction with Senior Program Officer and Executive Director, opportunities to highlight LISCs thought leadership in financial coaching, workforce development and housing strategies.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop and write proposals to raise resources for LISC Cleveland programs, report to funders on programmatic results and maintain and cultivate funder relationships.

• Track data and develop accurate, accessible, and up-to-date grant applications and reports on grantee/partner projects and program accomplishments.
• Coordinate with the national Housing and Income and Wealth Building Team on program alignment.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Executive Director and Senior Program Officer.
• When safe, periodically travel outside of the Cleveland area for peer learning, training and national LISC activities about 5% annually.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred, however, experience may be considered as a proxy.
• Three (3) years or more experience in community and/or economic development with program or project management experience with community-based organizations preferred
• Interest in and commitment to the community development mission of LISC
• Working knowledge of the economic, political, and social environments of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, especially community development organizations and efforts
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with co-workers and a diverse range of individuals and organizations, including but not limited to residents, community development organizations, public agencies, private developers, funders, and lenders
• Excellent computer skills including competency in full Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong organizational skills; efficient and detail oriented.
• Must be able to both set priorities for a challenging workload and work simultaneously on multiple tasks
• Grant and fund development experience preferred
• Prior experience with Salesforce preferred
• Superior interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Compensation

LISC offers a competitive salary ($69,290-$86,612) and excellent fringe benefits.