Policy Analyst

For more than 25 years, UNITE-LA has established itself as a trusted education and business intermediary, dedicated to improving the economic mobility and well-being of the region’s diverse rising workforce. Leveraging strategic cross-sector partnerships at local, statewide, and national levels, we advance policies, practices and systems that strengthen anti-racism and equitable education and workforce outcomes from cradle-through-career.

The Policy Analyst will support advancing UNITE-LA’s cradle-through-career policy priorities that aim to strengthen opportunities for students and families with barriers to quality education and high-mobility careers in Los Angeles and across California. The Policy Analyst will work to support the larger policy team in monitoring cradle-through-career policies, proposals, and discussions at the local, state, and federal level and support team infrastructure with legislation tracking and communications coordination.

The policy analyst will work with local and statewide education and workforce leaders and non-traditional partners working to improve economic mobility through policy and systems change.

The Policy Analyst will have an opportunity to support multiple policy portfolios that work to support increasing access to educational opportunities through a multi-generational approach that aims to improve economic mobility for populations from historically marginalized communities, including students from low-income families, Opportunity Youth, and immigrants. The Analyst will also work to strengthen UNITE-LA’s network of advocacy and business allies to increase the number and depth of non-traditional allies championing education and workforce development.

The Analyst will focus on developing and strengthening internal and external communications channels to ensure effective coordination across policy team and cross-departmental team members, as well support the team’s crafting of external communications in partnership with the Marketing and Communications Team to elevate our policy work and efforts.

The Policy Analyst position will report to the Director of Education and Workforce Strategy & Policy and is a full-time, exempt salary position.

• Research cradle-through-career education topics to inform policy development. Such topics could include early care and education, student parents, Multilingual Learners, economic development and immigrant workforce, state and federal funding that support workforce development programs and career pathway opportunities.
• Leverage research and analysis to help inform UNITE-LA’s policy priorities, strategies to meet policy goals, and elevate the through lines to help strengthen our public education system.
• Draft summaries, blogs, and fact sheets that help elevate UNITE-LA’s work, make connection points to policy efforts and priorities, and help inform policymakers and non-traditional partners.
• Collaborate with team members to prepare qualitative and quantitative research reports and presentations for internal and external dissemination.

• Support the Policy Team with analysis and tracking relevant policy areas and legislation. The Analyst will help coordinate local, state, and federal legislation tracking, including bills, hearings, and regulatory activities.
• Schedule and coordinate meetings with legislators, government officials, and other stakeholders with guidance and support of Policy Team members.
• Prepare briefing materials, background documents, and talking points for legislative and advocacy meetings.

• Research, draft, and edit newsletters on education and workforce policies and trends.
• Strengthen…