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LISC Philadelphia Job Opportunity: Assistant Program Officer - Financial Opportunities

Position Title:              Assistant Program Officer - Financial Opportunities
Position Location:       Philadelphia, PA
Job Classification:       Full-time non-exempt
Reports To:                  Program Officer-Financial Opportunities

THE ORGANIZATION

What We Do
With residents and partners, LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America – great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families.

Strategies We Pursue


Over the last 40 years, LISC and its affiliates have invested approximately $24 billion in businesses, affordable housing, health, educational mobility, community and recreational facilities, public safety, employment and other projects that help to revitalize and stabilize underinvested communities. Headquartered in New York City, LISC’s reach spans the country from East Coast to West Coast in 38 markets with offices extending from Buffalo to San Francisco and in 2,400 rural counties across 49 states and Puerto Rico. Visit us at www.lisc.org.

LISC Philadelphia is the Philadelphia chapter of LISC. Its three community development priorities are: 1) affordable housing, 2) economic development and 3) equitable neighborhoods. As part of its theory of change, it has identified its primary roles as: capacity builder, lender/investor, convener, advisor, advocate and systems innovator. To learn more about Philadelphia LISC, please visit: www.lisc.org/philly/

Position Description:
LISC Philadelphia seeks an individual with a commitment to economic inclusion and empowerment to fill the position of Assistant Program Officer-Financial Opportunities. This position will support LISC Philadelphia’s income and wealth building activities with community partners, including Financial Opportunity Centers (FOCs), Bridges to Career Opportunities (BCOs), and a collaborative place-based model for providing poverty alleviation services. This collaborative leverages a network of partner organizations to connect families to critical poverty alleviation services including housing, income, food assistance, and tax services. FOC partner organizations deliver an integrated set of career coaching, financial coaching, and income supports access services to help community residents access family-sustaining jobs, access financial products and build credit, and build assets. BCOs are enhanced FOCs offering contextualized adult basic education and career pathways focused on middle-skills jobs with opportunities for career and wage advancement.

This Assistant Program Officer (APO) will report to the Program Officer-Financial Opportunities, work closely with CDCs and other organizational partners, and will collaborate with Philadelphia and National LISC colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

Qualifications

Compensation

LISC offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

To Apply

Submit cover letter and resume to tamccoy@lisc.org. Please include “Assistant Program Officer” in the subject line of your email. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with preference given to those received by March 25, 2022. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls please.

LISC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION