Strategic Initiatives Director

Role Overview

• Lead Housing CA’s Roadmap Home campaign, driving strategy and overseeing implementation
• Develop and execute integrated campaign plans that translate the Roadmap Home vision into coordinated advocacy, narrative and strategic communications, and grassroots organizing strategies
• Oversee Roadmap Home campaign implementation, coordinating work across Housing CA teams, partners, and allied institutions
• Cultivate and manage strategic relationships with consultants, coalition partners, legislative leaders, and other stakeholders
• Expand the campaign’s base of support by securing endorsements and mobilizing partners
• Provide leadership to support coordination and implementation of statewide campaigns through SHAC
• Partner with SHAC leadership and coalition members to advance shared legislative, budget, and policy priorities
• Monitor the political, legislative, and electoral landscape

Requirements

• Committed to Justice: You demonstrate a deep and ongoing commitment to racial, gender, disability, economic, and housing justice
• Mission Aligned: You bring professional experience in housing justice or a closely related field such as community development, urban planning, health equity, criminal justice reform, education, disability justice, food insecurity, climate justice, or labor
• Policy and Systems Experience: You have 7+ years of experience leading coalition-based campaigns or initiatives for complex, multi-year projects in a progressively responsible leadership capacity
• People-Centered Leader: You have 3+ years of managerial or supervisory experience
• Strategic Leaders: You can articulate and implement a strategic vision within a cross-functional organization
• Coalition Management: You have experience building and managing diverse coalitions and collaborative spaces
• Adaptive and Solutions-Oriented: You are tenacious, flexible, resourceful, and thrive in dynamic environments
• Clear and Effective Communicator: You are a strong written and verbal communicator
• Collaborative and Inclusive: You have a strong track record of building trust and working across diverse stakeholders
• Learning
• and Impact-Oriented: You embrace learning and adapting
• Willingness to Travel: You are willing and able to travel throughout California and attend early morning or evening obligations

Benefits

• fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employee
• 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
• a shortened workweek during the summer legislative break
• professional development opportunities
• a hybrid work environment