Coordinator, Equity and Opportunity

Equity And Opportunity Team Overview (E&O)

The Equity and Opportunity (E&O) team at the Lincoln Institute seeks to use land policy to improve well-being for communities, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable people and places. Land policy contributes to community well-being by creating structures that improve access to opportunity in housing, employment, and greening. We advance these topics by conducting research, translating that research into implementable resources for practitioners, and "ground-truthing" those resources in place-based projects and communities of practice. Our work focuses on smaller regional centers that are working to strengthen their opportunity structures and improve outcomes for their most vulnerable populations, with a particular emphasis on legacy cities, formerly industrial places that have experienced population and economic decline.

The E&O team works closely with partners from a wide range of backgrounds and prioritizes the same level of diversity within its team. We believe that our work is its strongest when it is the product of a range of perspectives, and we organize our hiring processes based on that belief.

The Program Coordinator will aid the Equity and Opportunity (E&O) team's place-based work through logistical and administrative work to advance our on-the-ground efforts and results. This includes our networks, research engagements, and pilots of new tools/resources for the global communities with whom we partner.

This full-time (37.5 hrs./wk.) hybrid position will report to the Senior Policy Analyst based in our Cambridge, MA office (approx. 2-days in-office with the option for a four-day workweek schedule.)

Program-Specific Activities

• Support communication and coordination with local partners, including responding to inquiries, scheduling meetings, tracking follow up and next steps from meetings, and other similar activities.
• Draft materials such as educational materials, meeting agendas, summaries, and presentations.
• Serve as project management liaison to track and monitor program activities across various internal team placed-based initiatives.
• Plan and ensure consistent execution of the quarterly "Legacy Cities Network" newsletter (e.g., draft content or coordinate with authors, work with others to get the newsletter formatted and edited.)
• Coordinate with internal staff and external venders to translate written materials into other languages or media content, as necessary.
• Work with staff and other relevant partners to develop, update, and monitor website content.
• Coordinate with internal staff to manage marketing requests for project content.
• Conduct desk research to advance placed-based efforts on topics related to the team's priorities of equitable housing, economic development, and climate resilience as it relates to disinvested and vulnerable communities.

Procurement, Finance, and Event-Specific Duties

• Coordinate with team and external partners to obtain necessary contract information to draft procurements, monitor contract deliverables and assist with payment processing.
• Track and maintain updated project budgets, review financial reports and work with the finance team and team director to ensure accurate accounting of project expenses
• Drive all stages of event management for both virtual and in-person events with internal and external partners.

Other Duties

• Respond to external inquiries regarding our research, data, and programs.
• Organize ongoing network engagement and identify proactive ways to grow our networks further.
• Participate in internal training and learning opportunities to stay informed with the latest internal policies as they relate to job duties.
• Travel up to 10% for external events, convenings, and professional development opportunities.
• All other duties as assigned.

• 2-5 years of relevant experience, an undergraduate degree in a related field of urban planning, community development, or environmental policy could serve as a portion of the applicable experience.
• Excellent writing, editing, and presentation skills.
• High degree of organization and attention to detail, and capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently and with others.
• Professional demeanor with strong, positive, and cooperative abilities for managing relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Creative ability to find fresh solutions and new insights to improve the quality of external relationships, projects, and events.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines ahead of schedule.
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to adapt in a dynamic environment.
• Proficiency in M.S. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook and experience with work management platforms such as Asana, and online learning platforms such as Canvas preferred.

You Will Be Preferred If:

• Fluent in Spanish.
• Prior experience with civic engagement, public participation, or community involvement with historically underserved communities.