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Since 1988, Housing California (Housing CA) has worked to create a California with homes, health, and prosperity for all in thriving, sustainable communities. We bring together a diverse, cross-sector network to prevent and end homelessness, increase the supply of safe, stable, affordable homes, and reverse the legacy of systemic racial and economic inequities by building power among the people most impacted by housing injustice, shaping the narrative, and advocating for the passage of transformative statewide policy solutions. Learn about our strategy here and explore more about Housing CA at www.housingca.org.

We are looking for a Power Building Director to lead our efforts with the Residents United Network (RUN), Housing CA's signature power building initiative. Our ideal candidate is passionate about leading with a grassroots lens and working collaboratively within our organization and across our broad cross- sector network of partners to drive meaningful, community-driven change.

About RUN: Launched in 2014, RUN builds power with affordable housing resident leaders and unites them with nonprofit developers and service providers to create an influential force for change in California's state capital. RUN is a core piece of Housing CA's strategy to embody our racial equity values more fully, strengthen our work by centering the leadership of people closest to California‘s housing affordability crises, and ultimately grow our collective power by organizing and activating people living in affordable housing across the state.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Power Building Director brings leadership, strategy, and execution to sustain and grow a durable base of engaged leaders to advance housing justice in California. The Director will report to the Deputy Director of Programs and serve as a collaborative member of the leadership team of our organization. The person in this role will have the unique opportunity to bring their power building expertise to our organization's leadership table to align the different areas of focus within our team alongside the Policy Director, Narrative and Strategic Communications Director, and Strategic Initiatives Director. This role will also manage a team that is currently comprised of two organizers.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Translate Vision to Strategy

• Manage RUN's member driven, multi-year campaign process (also known as There Ought to Be a Law). Manage the team and RUN leaders to identify, develop, and implement RUN's priority campaigns.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to evolve Housing CA's statewide, multi-year power-building strategy—strengthening the influence and power of affordable housing residents and other impacted communities in state policymaking.
• Translate and implement Housing CA's organizational strategies into concrete and shared actions by working with, and in deep reliance, partner organizations working within different regions.
• Support Housing CA's role as a “big tent” organization that builds an impactful housing movement through collaboration and connection. Build, maintain, and leverage relationships across our cross-sector ecosystem, breaking down silos and fostering cross-programmatic work both within the organization and beyond.
• Develop, refine, and strengthen RUN governance and decision-making processes and support coordination, alignment, and integration with other parts of Housing CA's work.
• Contribute to Housing CA's broader programs and shape the organization-wide vision, ensuring that the strategies and needs of power building initiatives are communicated and integrated into organizational plans and budgets.

Leadership Development, Organizing, and Expansion

• Grow RUN's influence by developing and managing the organizing infrastructure to increase its grassroots membership and deepen engagement with resident leaders, affordable housing developers, and other partners through relational and digital organizing.
• Lead the Power Building team to develop the leadership capacity and impact of affordable housing residents, service providers, and regional advocacy organizations throughout the state. The Director will do this through training, mentorship, and actions, identifying learning needs and opportunities, and then working with internal experts and external vendors, as needed, to support these activities.
• Build and sustain relationships with nonprofit affordable housing developers, power building organizations, and advocates working in our space to shape opportunities for alignment.
• Serve as the strategic lead on power building convenings and events, including overseeing the planning and execution of RUN's Annual Summit with logistical and programmatic support from other team members and partners.
• Align efforts across programmatic teams to plan and execute Housing CA's Advocacy Day and other statewide actions and events.
• Identify and plan for data tracking needs, and track and evaluate the effectiveness of RUN's strategies.

Policy Advancement

• Work in close partnership with staff and partners to manage and oversee RUN's legislative, budgetary, and electoral strategy, including developing legislative priorities with residents, monitoring priority bills, researching key legislators, and pro-actively coordinating with the policy team to identify shared goals on priority bills and relevant activities taking place in the Legislature.
• Build and maintain relationships with in-district legislative staff in RUN member districts, in collaboration with RUN leaders, Regional Organizing Coordinators (ROCs), Housing CA staff, and local partner organizations.
• Develop the capacity of RUN leaders to participate in Housing CA's Policy Committee as well as other committees, coalitions, and campaigns and to engage in legislative and electoral advocacy. This may include planning in-district visits, supporting local and regional organizers to prepare RUN leaders for visits, and holding policy briefings and trainings for RUN leaders.

Strategic Communications and Narrative Change

• Work closely with the Narrative and Strategic Communications team to:
• Develop and distribute regular RUN communications to create a shared narrative that inspires, energizes, and connects resident leaders, affordable housing developers, service providers, and regional advocacy partners locally, regionally, and statewide and to lift up local stories, highlight RUN's successes, and advance a shared policy agenda.
• Develop a cadre of RUN spokespeople, secure earned media coverage, and advance resident stories through op-eds, press events, social media, and other communication strategies.
• Represent Housing CA on power building, organizing, and community engagement issues at public events.

Organizational & Team Development

• Work with the Executive Team to cultivate funder relationships, draft grant proposals and reports, and generally assist with fundraising to support Housing CA's power building work.
• Maintain close working relationships with Regional Organizing Coordinators (ROCs) who implement a shared power building strategy with residents and advocates in different regions of California.
• Propose and monitor an annual program budget and work plan, managing resources to ensure successful implementation of annual goals and work plans on time, within budget, and with quality; including actively collaborating and coordinating across program teams; establishing processes and procedures, assigning, executing, and reviewing work, and making decisions about budget expenditures.
• Manage a productive and collaborative team, which includes hiring and managing staff, serving as a mentor and a coach to develop staff, and connecting them with opportunities for growth and professional development.
• Work to cultivate and nurture a culture that aligns with organizational values, advances racial equity, creates open communication, disrupts institutional racism, and fosters belonging.

COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, AND LOCATION

This is a full time, exempt position that reports to the Deputy Director of Programs. The individual would supervise ~2 staff members and coordinate closely with regional organizing coordinators in several regions in CA. Salary $115,000-145,000.

Benefits package includes fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employee and 25% paid medical, dental and vision for dependents, paid parental leave, long-term disability and group life insurance coverage; commuting subsidy; cell phone/at home internet subsidy; 403(b) retirement plan with 3.5% employer contribution; generous vacation (3+ weeks, depending on tenure), sick leave (8 hours per month + employees start with 8 hours of leave), 12 paid holidays; organization-wide closure during the last week of December and a shortened workweek during the summer legislative break; training and professional development opportunities; and a hybrid work environment.

Employees must live in CA. The Director may work remotely or will work from our office space in Sacramento if they live within 30 miles of our office and is expected to participate in regular travel (mostly in CA) of an estimated 25%.

OUR CULTURE

We are committed to creating a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace that fosters a culture of belonging, ongoing learning and collaboration, and supports, stabilizes, and incentivizes people to join the team and stay for the long game.

We value having staff who come from communities that are most impacted by the issues we address. We especially encourage Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and people of color; people from families that have immigrated to the U.S.; people who have been unhoused or experienced housing instability; women; LGBTQIA+ people; system-impacted people; and people with disabilities to apply for these positions.

We aim for our work to be effective and sustainable; we balance required travel during parts of the year and the fast-paced legislative calendar with a commitment to our team's mental and physical health.

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