Boston College Director, Policy, ILH&PR Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Apply Now
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Job Description
The mission of the Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights (the Initiative) is to address real property issues that impact poor and disadvantaged communities. Many of the activities the Initiative undertakes assist disadvantaged communities that have been harmed as a result of lacking adequate land, housing, and other property rights.
Position Summary
The ILHPR seeks an ambitious, entrepreneurial, and thoughtful Policy Director to help build up the Initiative’s Legal Reform and Policy Laboratory so that it can substantially increase the Initiative’s ability to develop legal reform and policy proposals to address critical land and housing issues at the local, state, and federal level and, in addition, to assist other stakeholders doing such work. The Policy Director will manage and support members of the policy team, including the Post-Graduate Policy Fellow and the Ph.D. Fellow for Policy and will work with members of the Policy Team to ensure the quality of policy projects at each stage of every project.
The Policy Director will serve as a member of the ILHPR’s leadership team, which includes the Initiative’s Director, the Faculty Director of Housing and Property Rights Programs, the Senior Associate Director of Operations, the Research Director, and the Assistant Director of Special Projects. The Policy Director will consult with other members of the leadership team, the Post-Graduate Policy Fellow, and certain external stakeholders to develop the Initiative’s policy agenda. To make the policy work sustainable, the Policy Director will help identify funding opportunities for policy projects and will then assist in developing funding proposals and in other development efforts with other Initiative staff and/or external stakeholders.
Duties include:
- Collaborate with the leadership team and internal and external stakeholders on developing an initial 3-year agenda for the policy program that ensures a mix of legal reform and policy work is undertaken at the local, state, and federal level.
- Monitor strategic direction of policy program to ensure program fulfills its mission of producing high quality, impactful legal reform and policy proposals.
- Ensure that the Initiative sponsors an appropriate number of policy-related convenings on an annual basis.
- Identify and cultivate partnerships with other organizations that work on legal reform and policy work on housing, property, and community development matters.
- Identify possible candidates to serve on a possible Initiative advisory board and as fellows and affiliates of the Initiative.
Administrative Responsibilities (50%)
- Play a leading role in hiring other members of the policy team.
- Develop policies and procedures to ensure that established timelines and milestones are met.
- Makes recommendations and implements decisions on issues that have program-wide impact.
- Facilitates collaboration and communication with relevant stakeholders.
- Actively assist in securing financial resources to support the policy program.
- Interfaces with the media in strategic ways to promote the policy program.
Policy Work Responsibilities (20%):
- In partnership with other members of the policy team, draft and publish policy scans and analyses of critical land and housing issues.
- Develop a manageable set of legal reform and policy proposals.
- Present work of the policy team at conferences, seminars, workshops, panels, meetings, and other venues.
Requirements
Education
Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. [Required]
Advanced professional or graduate degree in a related field. [Required]
Basic qualifications (at the time of application):
Minimum of 5-7 years of relevant policy experience of increasing responsibility. Significant management and supervisory experience.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience with information dissemination, including written and oral presentations. Significant knowledge of both rural and urban land, housing, and other property issues.
Skills
Strong working knowledge of a range of policy debates about various housing, land, or other real property issues. Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects and deadlines.
Closing Statement
Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility. Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.
Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity.
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