Director, Policy

ABOUT SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) is a regional catalyst, connector, and collaborator. We bring together the resources and skills of donors, business, government, and community to solve some of our region’s toughest challenges. We promote philanthropy in our region and support philanthropists to invest with impact. Through advocacy, research, policy and grantmaking, we seek systemic solutions that drive enduring community change.

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This is a full-time, exempt level position in Mountain View, California.

SVCF operates on a hybrid work model. All teams are expected to work in the office twice a week, every other week. In-office days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Please note that there may be times when meetings, events, or other organizational priorities require you to be in the office more frequently than this standard schedule. This structure is designed to support equity, collaboration and consistency while still maintaining flexibility in how we work.

SVCF also reserves the right to modify its hybrid work schedule as needed.

All SVCF team members must be based and hold residency in California.

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Community Impact and Policy, the Director, Policy supports the development and execution of SVCF's public policy agenda in close partnership with senior leadership. Serving as an internal policy resource, the Director monitors and analyzes policy developments, advises leaders on implications and response options, coordinates advocacy activities, and builds relationships with policymakers, community partners, and cross-sector stakeholders.

As a policy generalist, the Director works across issue areas and helps connect senior leadership's policy priorities with SVCF's community impact, grantmaking, partnerships, and external engagement. The Director provides research, recommendations, briefings, and implementation support; prepares senior leaders for public events, policy briefings, and media engagements; and represents SVCF externally as assigned.

• Support senior leadership in developing, implementing, and refining SVCF's public policy and advocacy agenda in alignment with the foundation's community impact priorities.
• Monitor and analyze relevant local, state, and federal legislation, regulations, budgets, and policy developments; advise senior leadership on implications for SVCF and its partners and recommend response options.
• Conduct policy research and prepare policy memos, recommendations, talking points, testimony, advocacy materials, and letters of support or opposition for senior leadership and internal teams.
• In coordination with senior leadership, cultivate relationships with elected officials, legislative staff, government agencies, advocacy organizations, and other policy stakeholders and support SVCF's engagement with them.
• Apply working knowledge of the rules governing nonprofit advocacy, lobbying, campaign activity, and electoral participation, consulting with legal or compliance colleagues as appropriate.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with nonprofit and community leaders, advocacy organizations, public agencies, philanthropic peers, anchor institutions, and other regional partners.
• Represent SVCF, as assigned, in coalitions, working groups, public forums, briefings, and other policy and community-related engagements; share relevant insights with senior leadership and internal teams.
• Identify and support cross-sector partnerships that advance the policy agenda and community impact priorities established by…