Date Posted:
September 24, 2026
Position Title:
AVP, Policy
Office/Company:
Enterprise Community Partners
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N/A
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Job Number:
HC-13099
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Location:
Washington, DC
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Salary:
Enterprise offers a comprehensive total rewards package for you and your family. The pay range for this position is $170,000-$190,000. The salary range represents the low and high end of what may be paid for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range, and compensation decisions may be influenced by a variety of factors, including skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
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Description:
At Enterprise, you’ll be part of a diverse, committed team making a difference every day. You will collaborate with some of the smartest minds and biggest hearts in our field. You’ll be empowered to drive systems change and take bold steps to advance racial equity. And you will find a career home where you’re valued and supported in your growth journey. Enterprise offers career opportunities in our offices across the country with an exceptional benefits package. The AVP is a senior leader on Enterprise’s best in class policy team. This role sits on our government relations and advocacy team and focuses on supply-side housing policy. The AVP will be responsible for setting GR strategy around treasury, tax, energy, disaster resilience, housing finance, and additional housing and community development policies, and then driving outcomes and managing execution for multiple direct reports.
Responsibilities:
• Lead the development and execution of Enterprise’s federal supply-side policy and advocacy agenda, spearheading a portfolio that includes but is not limited to:
• Tax policy, specifically LIHTC, New Market Tax Credits, and Opportunity Zones
• Additional Treasury Department programs such as the CDFI Fund and Capital Magnet Fund
• Housing Finance Reform and advocacy around the Community Reinvestment Act, GSEs, and HFHA
• The cost of Insurance and Housing Development
• Energy and Disaster Recovery
• Implementation of Housing and Community Development Authorizing Legislation
• Coordinate supply-side policy work across the organization, collaborating closely with capital, development, market and program staff, and the state & local policy team to identify high impact policy engagement.
• Lobby on statutory and regulatory policy priorities, with Legislative and Executive federal government branches and, as needed, Judicial.
• Serve as a point person on the intersection between housing supply policy and the other Enterprise divisions, identifying collaborative opportunities around execution and communications and with philanthropy.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on the federal policy landscape; inform federal, state, and local policy efforts and partner and serve as a resource to other Enterprise divisions such as capital and solutions, and external partners.
• Build, lead, and participate in coalitions by working closely with other advocates and community-based partners on priority policy efforts.
Qualifications:
• Deep understanding and expertise on a range of housing and community development policies, in particular the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), the CDFI Fund and Capital Magnet Fund, Housing Finance, CRA, and energy and resilience policy.
• Exceptional leadership, strategy, and management skills, previous experience managing staff required.
• Federal government relations and policy development experience required; experience working in Congress or the Executive branch preferred.
• Longstanding relationships with policy makers in the legislative and executive branch.
• Experience working with housing and community development stakeholders required, specifically with Treasury, LIHTC and the Action Campaign and in the tax policy space, housing finance, energy and disaster resilience, or other relevant sectors.
• Ten (10) years relevant experience; graduate degree may be substituted for up to two (2) years of experience.
• Excellent communications skills, including the ability to effectively communicate complex policy issues to a broad audience. Public speaking, media relations and public relations experience.
• Demonstrated professionalism, diplomacy, composure, flexibility and ability to adapt to change and overcome obstacles.
• Strong initiative and autonomy.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to coordinate complex activities, prioritize conflicting demands and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently, solve problems and take responsibility for moving tasks forward with minimal supervision.
• Occasional travel and evening/nontraditional hours required.
Instructions:
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Other:
Enterprise offers a comprehensive total rewards package for you and your family. The pay range for this position is $170,000-$190,000. The salary range represents the low and high end of what may be paid for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range, and compensation decisions may be influenced by a variety of factors, including skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
This range is just one component of our total rewards package, which also includes annual performance bonuses and generous paid leave programs.
Our benefits form a major part of the total rewards package. These include dental, health, and vision care plans, as well as family-building benefits such as adoption and surrogacy support. Enterprise supports flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance and offers health advocacy, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and mental health benefits. We round out our package with financial education, wellness programs, and auto-enrollment in the company’s 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions.
