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About the Role

The Preservation Intern will play an integral role in supporting the preservation program, which focuses on acquiring and rehabilitating existing affordable housing in Northern California and the Central Valley. This role offers a unique opportunity to deepen knowledge of affordable housing preservation and understand how intermediary work impacts policy and program implementation.

Responsibilities

• Support staff in managing collaborative relationships, including logistics, agenda and workplan development, notetaking, and creating meeting materials.
• Prepare communication materials including presentations, briefs, and blogs as needed.
• Research, write, and summarize best practices, programs, and policies pertaining to affordable housing preservation and building decarbonization.
• Synthesize information regarding the impact of proposed air quality regulations on affordable housing preservation practitioners.
• Support research and administrative proposals related to the welfare tax exemption.
• Conduct other research as needed.
• Support the delivery of technical assistance to public agencies and community-based organizations pursuing preservation strategies.
• Support with meeting logistics for technical assistance.
• Develop workshop materials for technical assistance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in city planning, public policy, public administration or other related field required.
• Demonstrated interest in affordable housing and community development, particularly acquisition-rehab of unsubsidized affordable properties.
• Familiarity with affordable housing finance and building electrification strategies, policies and/or programs is highly desired.
• Knowledge about the Bay Area’s current racial, economic, and political landscape as it relates to housing and community development.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment.
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects.
• Ability to operate independently and dependably in delivering work on deadlines.
• Ability to reflect upon successes and failures constructively and openly.

Skills

• Exceptional writing and analytical skills.
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent research, writing, editing and proofreading skills.
• Excellent data and analytical skills.
• Experience with data management, cleaning, and analysis in Excel and/or R or other programming platforms.
• Ability to research and synthesize information quickly and effectively.
• Ability to produce high-quality and visually appealing materials and presentations that are data- and research-driven.
• Strong ability to take initiative and assess next steps on projects.
• Project management experience is highly desired.
• Excellent computer skills, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Location

• Northern California
• Bay Area
• Central Valley

Work Type

• Internship
• 5-month position

Experience Level

• Intern

Education Level

• Graduate degree in progress preferred
• Bachelor's degree required

Salary/Compensations

• $25-$28/hour

Benefits

• Exceptional benefits package

About the Company

• Enterprise is a national nonprofit that exists to make a good home possible for the millions of families without one.
• Enterprise supports community development organizations, aggregates and invests capital for impact, advances housing policy, and builds and manages communities.
• Since 1982, Enterprise has invested $92.0 billion and created 1.1 million homes across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Enterprise develops programs, advocates for policies, and delivers capital to produce and preserve affordable housing for low-income families with the goal of advancing racial and economic equity.
• Enterprise's Northern California office seeks solutions to pressing affordable housing issues in California, especially the Bay Area.
• As an intermediary, Enterprise provides technical assistance, convenes practitioners and advocacy coalitions, and collaborates with cross-sector partners.

Equal Opportunity

• Enterprise is committed to maintaining a diverse staff and a healthy and welcoming work environment.
• We believe successful teams include people from different backgrounds and experiences with fresh perspectives.
• We seek a diverse pool of applicants, including those from underrepresented groups and people with lived experience of housing insecurity.