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About the Role

The Center for New York City Neighborhoods seeks a Deputy Director of Policy and Research to manage the Policy and Research team and lead the development and publication of affordable homeownership research. This role is crucial for advancing the Center's goals in creating and preserving affordable homeownership opportunities through data analysis, visualization, and advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead researcher and thought leader for the Center’s advocacy for homeowners.
• Identify and communicate emerging trends impacting homeowners and homebuyers through data collection and analysis.
• Evaluate and analyze outcomes of homeownership and homebuying policies and programs.
• Draft, edit, and publish reports related to affordable homeownership challenges and opportunities.
• Build and manage strong relationships with partner organizations to amplify research findings and policy objectives.
• Supervise the Policy and Research team, including pilot programs and external research collaborations.
• Build strong organizational and institutional knowledge by supplying teams with timely updates and explainers.
• Collaborate with leadership to set strategy for the Center’s policy and research agenda.
• Provide data analysis support to the Impact and Evaluation team as needed.
• Interpret program data and integrate findings with policy and research to inform strategic priorities.
• Help write and give testimony related to the Center’s policy goals before government bodies.
• Serve as a subject matter expert spokesperson and communicate research findings and recommendations at various events.
• Improve and implement strategy to inform leadership and staff of relevant policy, regulatory, and legislative developments.
• Collaborate with the Marketing & Communications team on strategy for research publications.
• Lead development of policy content for publications, speaking engagements, and events.
• Collaborate with the Program Analysis Working Group to strengthen program analysis practices and data quality.
• Perform other tasks and duties reasonably related to job responsibilities.

Requirements

• Minimum of six years' experience in the nonprofit, public, or community development sector.
• Lived experience or professional experience working with and engaging core constituencies, communities of color in neighborhoods across New York City.
• Expertise in housing policy, homeownership, mortgage lending, and consumer protection.
• Passionate about promoting affordable homeownership and an equitable New York.
• Familiarity with data management and analysis tools, such as R, Python, STATA, or SQL.
• Strong written and verbal presentation skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing a team.
• Highly skilled at synthesizing progress, successes, and challenges for senior leadership and recommending approaches and solutions.
• Demonstrated ownership by showing initiative, acting conscientiously, and putting team results above individual accomplishments.
• Demonstrated growth mindset through resilience, engaging in expansive thinking, and showing curiosity.
• High-level proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Drive, Asana, and other standard office tools, or a willingness to become proficient.
• Ability to work collaboratively, exhibiting emotional intelligence and positive energy.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to work independently and motivate and coordinate a team.
• Able to multitask and work efficiently to meet diverse organizational needs.
• Must be able to meet in-office expectations for a hybrid model.

Skills

• Data analysis
• Data visualization
• R
• Python
• STATA
• SQL
• Written presentation skills
• Verbal presentation skills
• Team management
• Synthesizing information
• Project management
• Collaboration
• Emotional intelligence
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Google Drive
• Asana

Location

• New York, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Exempt
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Minimum of six years' experience in the nonprofit, public, or community development sector.
• Demonstrated experience managing a team.

Education Level

• Advanced degree in public policy, urban planning, or relevant degree, or experience in housing policy, law, or finance preferred.

Salary/Compensations

• $80,769 - $105,000

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package

About the Company

• Founded in 2008, the Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Inc. (the “Center”) is a not-for-profit that promotes and protects affordable homeownership so that all New Yorkers can build strong, thriving communities.
• With more than 18 years of experience, the Center's work spans direct services, network coordination, and systems-level intervention.
• It coordinates a citywide network of housing counseling and legal services providers, operates a statewide Homeowner Hub call center, and co-administers approximately $40 million annually in state funding that supports homeowner services statewide.
• The Center’s mission-driven CDFI, Sustainable Neighborhoods, lends approximately $7 million annually and holds approximately $100 million in net assets as of December 2025.
• The Center’s work is grounded in collaboration with community-based partners, public agencies, philanthropy, and national leaders in heirs’ property and housing preservation.
• Through these partnerships, the Center continues to develop scalable, practical solutions that preserve homeownership, stabilize communities, and expand access to economic opportunity.

Equal Opportunity

• The Center for New York City Neighborhoods is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, upgrade, train, and promote for all positions and job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital, veteran or disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other status as a member of any other legally protected group or activity.