Director of Policy and Community Resilience Strategies

Race Forward's mission is to advance racial justice by supporting communities and public institutions to build a just, multiracial democratic society where people of color thrive with purpose and power.

Rooted in a deep understanding of systemic racism, our work supports stronger, more equitable governance that shifts power and transforms institutions. Race Forward imagines a future where communities of color lead in decision-making, public systems are accountable and just, and movements across sectors come together to create lasting and transformative change.

Since 1981, Race Forward has continued to develop innovative strategies that drive impact at the intersection of policy, culture, and institutional practice. In 2017, Race Forward united with the Center for Social Inclusion to become the new Race Forward, strengthening its commitment to advancing systems that truly work for everyone.

The Director of Policy and Community Resilience Strategies (CRS) leads a core portfolio of work within Race Forward's Place, Policy, and Power (3P) department that advances community-rooted policy development focused on climate and health justice as the foundation of a multiracial democracy, working to ensure that governing decisions are made with, not for, people of color.

CRS's work is grounded in Race Forward's Place, Policy, and Power methodology, pursuing change through four interconnected dimensions:

• Power in Place – Building Infrastructure for Co-Governance
• Power in Policy – Community-Rooted and Accountable Policy Development
• Power in Narrative – Building Momentum for a Multiracial Democracy
• Power in Transformation – Inside-Outside Organizing for Systems Change

The Director will lead Race Forward's work on building community governing power by advancing strategies that strengthen community-driven racial justice policy with a focus on climate mitigation and resilience, in alignment with a lens of the social determinants of health. The Director will develop partnerships with place-based organizations and coalitions, as well as regional and national networks; support inside-outside strategy to strengthen policy development and advocacy campaigns;

and design and manage the project's signature "Policy Innovation Lab" and other cross-departmental policy projects.

Reporting to the Vice President of Place, Policy, and Power, the Director ensures CRS's projects, partnerships, and thought leadership are coherent, impactful, and deeply aligned with Race Forward's racial justice values.

• Manage, design, and iterate on CRS's signature project, the Policy Innovation Lab, a cohort capacity-building program that seeks to strengthen the movement infrastructure and organizing capacity of communities of color by fostering community-driven policy development to build long-term governing power.
• Partner with local leaders to develop policy solutions that expand fair and just outcomes while growing collective power to govern.
• Support nationwide peer learning communities through the organizing of convenings, webinars, and meetings.
• Provide technical assistance and support to community-based organizations and multi-sectoral coalitions and collaborations in various stages of policy development, advocacy and implementation.
• Facilitate groups…