Assistant Program Officer

Los Angeles LISC

LISC LA is one of 38 local offices of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a national CDFI that forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America- great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families. For over 30 years, LISC LA has worked with local partners and residents to invest nearly $1B in small businesses, housing, health, education, public safety, and employment. LISC LA champions strategies that promote equity and economic inclusion in underserved diverse communities across Los Angeles County. More information can be found at LISC Los Angeles.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on innovative community development initiatives that are addressing housing affordability, racial equity, and income inequality in Los Angeles. The Assistant Program Officer will build strong program management skills while providing administrative, communications, and research support to program staff on key housing and economic development initiatives, and support office-wide operations. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with community development, housing, and economic development (academic or professional) and experience working with diverse populations. The position will require to be based in Los Angeles.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Program Officer, the Assistant Program Officer will:

• Contract and grant management, including creating grant agreements and consultant contracts, monitoring progress, and processing invoices.
• Assist in overseeing programmatic and financial grant compliance, including compiling and reviewing financial reports.
• Provide logistical and programmatic support for training workshops, meetings, convenings, conference and tours including but not limited to guest speaker coordination, presentation preparation, note taking, meeting management.
• Coordinate internal and external calendars to set up meetings and events.
• Monitor and update internal reports and data lists across programs.
• Support office-wide communications.
• Support Local Advisory Committee engagement by prepping meeting agendas and onboarding materials for new members.
• Support office-wide file and data management.
• Assist with other special projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.
• Minimum two (2) years of professional experience with administrative, communications, and research responsibilities.
• Familiarity with community development, housing, and economic development (academic or professional).
• Excellent writing skills.
• Strong time management, task prioritization and planning skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with co-workers and representatives from the nonprofit, corporate, philanthropic, and public sectors.
• Flexible and positive attitude, ability to work in a dynamic environment, enthusiasm and outcomes focus.
• Commitment to accuracy and attention to detail.
• Capacity to work simultaneously on multiple tasks and projects, set priorities for a challenging workload, and be a positive, solution-oriented professional.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of programs, especially Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Candidate must also have the capacity to learn and navigate new software.

Compensation

LISC offers a competitive salary of $66,000 - $79.400 commensurate with experience and excellent benefits.

We invite people to apply who have experience working with diverse populations and who possess general expertise in community development, and/or specific expertise in economic development, affordable housing and program management. The position will require to be based in Los Angeles.