Programs and Policy Manager

Job Description

Job Description

The Programs and Policy Manager strategically coordinates and facilitates efforts related to Hill CDC programs, policy and special initiatives in response to the needs of the Hill CDC, its mission and Hill District community. This role is essential to the Hill CDC delivering on its focus to advance the Greater Hill District Master Plan and providing related advocacy on behalf of the community and organization.

The person in this role is responsible for the successful management of projects including community development, policy and programming efforts. The role requires extensive skills in building and managing partnerships and initiatives with internal and external collaborators and stakeholders. This person successfully manages multi-faceted innovation and entrepreneurship programming, events, land-use facilitation, and resident advocacy and related committees. They also serve as a thought partner and co-facilitator on arts, cultural, and main street programming as needed.

The position requires excellent communication and administrative skills, effective task and project management, strategic thinking, good judgment, strong written and verbal skills, high emotional intelligence, and the ability to engage varied internal and external stakeholders from grassroots to government to business sectors. The person in this role should be an aspiring team leader with a positive can-do attitude. They will impact and model the core values of the organization while also building skills and systems of the organization.

Essential Functions :

• Effectively manage the economic development, programmatic and policy initiatives of the organization;
• Facilitate Hill CDC Committees such as the Development Review Panel and others as assigned;
• Manage Hill CDC Programs such as HD100, Hill Tech Society, HD Rising, and other resident, economic development, and small business initiative programs to ensure successful attendance and community impact;
• Coordinate and staff stakeholder meetings, teleconferences, town halls, community meetings, and special events as needed;
• Provide support to key initiatives that are external facing as assigned;
• Monitor and respond to relevant economic, community, and redevelopment activities at the city, county, state, and federal levels including tracking and monitoring public agency agenda on a monthly basis;
• Engage a range of external stakeholders including elected officials, community based organizations, community development ecosystem players, etc. to maximize opportunities for impact through strategic partnerships;
• Provide leadership for planning initiatives impacting the Hill District such as Greater Hill District Master Plan Update and Adoption, Choice Neighborhoods for Bedford Dwellings, the Greater Hill District Parks Master Plan, NexTransit, Registered Community Organization activities and others;
• Manage and / or produce daily communications for public consumption via social media, website and weekly e-blasts;
• Provide leadership to junior staff such as fellows, interns, and other staff in the department as assigned;
• Demonstrate exemplary ability to partner across the organization to create integrated work flows and maximum organizational impact and resources;
• Demonstrate workplace initiatives that promote teambuilding, learning and well-being of staff at all levels of the organization to ensure ongoing stability and growth;
• Plan, produce, and attend Hill CDC meetings and provide administrative support and record keeping as needed (including various monthly and quarterly community meetings)
• Other duties as assigned

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