Opportunity Zone & Community Development Advisor
nat rosasco • October 2, 2019
Who We Are & What We Do
The type of team member we are hoping to join us
- Advise current clients on Opportunity Zones and impacting investing.
- Lead and support focused client development efforts.
- Maintain relationships through positive interactions and communication with clients, federal, state and local officials, philanthropic stakeholders, other organizations, institutions and funders.
- Craft presentations, memos and summary reports to internal and external facing audiences.
- Prepare deliverables and advise on design and content.
- Ensure high level coordination within PPS and with clients to ensure timely delivery of information and political intelligence that is crucial to our clients success.
- Direct PPS team members in support of client work.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in urban studies, city planning, public policy, finance, economics, government, geography or a related field and five years related experience; an advanced degree may be substituted for experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and soft skills to interact with a wide variety of professionals
- Ability to effectively self-direct on task assignments (with guidance), work independently and collaborate within a diverse team environment.
- Ability to take initiative and direction on research-related tasks, including leading data analysis and policy research.
- Demonstrated organizational, work management, and group process skills, ability to take initiative to identify and propose new tasks and procedures.
- Ability to manage time, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines, producing quality products within tight time constraints.
- Demonstrated experience in working on multiple priorities consecutively and sequentially and meeting quality standards for accuracy, attention to detail, and timeliness.
- Ability to review documents and summarize content, including developing and evaluating outcomes, lessons learned and best practices.
- Strong writing skills and the ability to proofread and edited for punctuation, grammar, spelling, and clarity.
- Strong presentation skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to a broad audience.
- Demonstrated knowledge and competence in the use of software applications: word processing, spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation, web and email applications. Experience in gathering, managing, and analyzing data in geographic information systems (GIS) is desirable.
- Ability to travel as needed
Compensation & How to Apply
