Job Number:
HC-05137
Date Posted:
April 16, 2026
Position Title:
National Policy Director
Party:
N/A
Office Code:
Office/Company:
Grounded Solutions Network (GSN)
Reports To:
Location:
Washington, DC
Contact:
Salary:
$110,000 to $145,000 annually, commensurate with experience.
Primary Role
Secondary Role:
Job Type:
Full Time
Description:
National Policy Director will help design and lead the short-term and long-term policy agenda for the organization's priorities for federal legislation, regulations, policies, and programs, as well as strategies to increase access to real estate and mortgage financing.Conducting federal and state legislative, regulatory, and policy analysis, communicating with and mobilizing members and stakeholders on advocacy efforts, acting as the representative of Grounded Solutions in coalitions and cultivating strategic partnerships, meeting with Congressional offices, federal agencies, public officials, and financial institutions for education and advocacy.Master's degree in Political Science, Public Policy, Government Affairs, or a related field, 8+ years' experience, preferably in affordable housing and federal programs, policy, and/or government relations.
Responsibilities:
• Establish short-term and long-term policy priorities and a multi-year policy agenda in consultation with executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Create and manage the National Policy annual workplan and budget.
• Track congressional activity, partner communications, and media related to shared equity housing expansion goals and federal policy priorities.
• Strategically build and maintain relationships with partners, Congress, federal agencies, and others to advance legislation and rule-making that scales the field.
• Design and implement strategies to increase effective member and stakeholder engagement in advocacy.
• Identify solutions and work in partnership and coalitions on issues impacting the shared equity housing field and the broader affordable housing field related to federal programs, funding, and financing.
Qualifications:
• Excellent organizational, project, and time management skills.
• Strong knowledge of HUD programs, especially HOME and CDBG, and the housing finance system (e.g., FHA, VA, USDA, FHFA, and the GSEs).
• Deep understanding of how systemic racism has shaped and continues to shape local, state, and federal housing policy and community development.
• Basic knowledge of shared equity homeownership or community land trusts.
• Highly organized, structured, and detail-oriented; able to self-manage with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytic and strategic oral and written communication skills, including the ability to shape bipartisan messages, balance evidence- and advocacy-based rationales, and craft tone, style, and content for various audiences.
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Equal opportunity employer. and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.
