Policy Analyst

Job Details

Job Location
:
Chicago, IL

Position Type
:
Part Time

Salary Range
: $40121.00 - $53544.00 Salary Description

Chapin Hall is seeking a part-time Policy Analyst with lived experience, residing in California, to support the implementation of California’s statewide Prevention Services Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Plan. This position will join a team of eight (8) staff focused on California’s Family First implementation and play a central role in supporting a statewide network of up to 174 lived experts, community experts, and tribal representatives.

The successful applicant will bring firsthand insight from their own lived experience in child welfare or juvenile probation systems and understand how personal, cultural, and community experiences contribute uniquely valuable expertise to system change. They will demonstrate a deep commitment to improving child welfare through inclusive, equity-focused CQI efforts that center lived experience. They will have experience leading or supporting groups of lived, community, or tribal experts, particularly in the context of CQI, by facilitating planning, onboarding with clarity and care, and creating culturally affirming, psychologically safe spaces that foster trust and sustained engagement.

Chapin Hall values diverse pathways to this work and will support the Policy Analyst in continuing to grow skills in CQI, facilitation, and policy implementation.

The Policy Analyst will play a critical role within a collaborative and integrated research and policy team to bring a unique blend of lived experience, implementation insight, and policy knowledge to California’s CQI infrastructure. The Policy Analyst will collaborate with Chapin Hall colleagues, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), county partners, and community stakeholders to design and implement a comprehensive, equity-centered approach to integrating lived experience into prevention-focused CQI activities.

This includes developing foundational structures such as recruitment strategies, onboarding processes, and training curricula that support meaningful participation in county CQI work groups and regional Prevention CQI Collaborative (PCQIC) sessions. The successful candidate will understand how to foster inclusive, equitable CQI environments and serve as a connector and advocate, ensuring lived experts, community experts, and tribal representatives can meaningfully shape and influence system partners and prevention-related CQI processes.

They will have a track record of building collaborative relationships, supporting system and community co-leadership, and embedding lived expertise into continuous learning and improvement cycles. By promoting authentic collaboration, shared decision-making, and inclusive engagement, this work will strengthen California’s prevention system, advance race equity, and ensure that CQI efforts are continuously improved and grounded in the lived realities, strengths, and needs of the communities they are intended to support.

Chapin Hall is committed to supporting ongoing professional growth for candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, including those with direct lived experience.

Chapin Hall embraces a “Work from Anywhere” approach which offers flexible remote work from anywhere in the United States. Chapin Hall also offers in-person opportunities for staff to build:
1) connections,
2) team cohesion and creativity, and
3) a sense of belonging to the organization. All staff are expected to travel to and engage in a minimum of two annual 2-day “All Hall Convenings” featuring shared learning, teamwork, and fellowship. Reasonable accommodations are made for those who require modifications.

This position will report directly to a Chapin Hall Policy Fellow or Senior Policy Analyst and allows for remote work and periodic in-person attendance at Chicago, IL meetings. Additionally, this position will participate in daily virtual meetings and travel across the west coast for in-person meetings depending on assigned projects.

• Work collaboratively with a large team of Chapin Hall colleagues including other lived experts to support and…