The Greenlining Institute: Economic Equity Housing Fellow

Economic Equity Housing Fellow

Location:

Oakland, CA, 94612

Salary: $60,000 (Yearly)

Healthcare:
Employer-sponsored health insurance offered

Company:
The Greenlining Institute

Department:
Research

Employment Type:

Non-Profit

Application Instructions:
Applications are due Friday, March 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST. Application submissions must be done through the ADP career portal (include resume and personal statements responding to all Pre-Screening questions). Only ONE application will be accepted for the 2026 program cycle. Choose the policy area that appeals to you the most. Applications will be reviewed by a committee of policy and academy staff.

Selected applicants will be invited for an interview, with decisions announced in late-March.

Job Description:

Job Title: Economic Equity Fellow

Classification: Fellow, Non-Union, Non-Exempt 35-Hour work week

Reports to: Rawan Elhalaby

Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2026

Program Dates: September 8, 2026
- August 6, 2027

About The Greenlining Institute

The Greenlining Institute envisions a future where communities of color can build wealth, live in healthy places filled with economic opportunity and are ready to meet the challenges posed by climate change. With equity practice and systems change guiding us, we incubate and advocate for new ideas and build with diverse communities and partners to ensure that race is never a barrier to opportunity.

About The Fellowship Program

The Greenlining Institute's Leadership Academy Fellowship is an 11-month training and experiential learning program for early career leaders seeking to gain hands-on public policy experience and invest in their personal and professional growth. Fellows are integrated into one of Greenlining's policy teams to develop, plan, and implement the organization's policy and advocacy efforts while they simultaneously work with the Leadership Academy to focus on the skills to support their personal growth and deepen their leadership perspective.

We're looking for individuals who have a strong commitment to racial equity and social justice for communities of color and can demonstrate a sincere interest in building themselves into true race equity leaders. Our offices are based in Oakland, CA and participants will be expected to attend in person throughout the program.

Policy Focus Area

The Economic Equity (Housing) Fellow works with our team to research emerging policies and programs that increase the affordability of home ownership and reduce barriers to stable housing in communities of color.

The Fellow will work with the team to analyze available public and private resources intended to increase affordable housing options for low-income communities and communities of color and develop recommendations for improving the flow of capital toward affordable housing production and preservation at the state and federal level.

Major Areas of Responsibility

Public Policy Development & Advocacy

• Deepens and applies race equity lens to analyze and develop policy solutions that remove barriers for historically redlined communities
• Participates in policy making activities to pass legislation or agency policies, including lobbying, giving public comment, or analyzing legislation.
• Leads a substantive public policy assignment (research project, report development, landscape analysis, stakeholder relationship management, coalition management, etc.) to advance the team's advocacy objectives for the year
• Develops, drafts, and publishes public policy writings including but not limited to policy memos, policy reports, research project, data collection, policy briefs, business memos, public comments, blog posts
• Delivers oral presentations for internal and external forums including Greenlining's annual lobby day with Sacramento legislators/staffers, stakeholder convenings, Leadership Academy graduation
• Facilitates meetings with community, government, and business leaders to drive our advocacy forward

Leadership Development

• Participates in all leadership development workshops to learn and apply a holistic (mind, body, spirit) and equitable approach to leadership
• Learns unique leadership style, values, vision and purpose through self-reflection exercises, goal-setting activities and 1:1 coaching
• Brings lived experience to cohort and organizational conversations to offer innovative ideas and diversity of perspective
• Provides support to cohort members and engages in team-building activities to form strong working partnerships
• Seeks mentorship from Greenlining and Academy staff and provide mentorship to undergraduate students in the Academy's Casa Joaquin program

Professional Development

• Participates in all skills-based workshops to learn Greenlining's approach to race equity public policy advocacy
• Learns key public policy advocacy tactics to support work plan objectives
• Engages with Leadership Academy alumni to expand professional network
• Mentors a Summer Associate during their 10-week internship designing their work plan and coordinates weekly check-in meetings to ensure…