Senior Associate, U.S. Land and Housing

About the Future of Land and Housing Program: New America’s Future of Land and Housing Program (FLH) works to solve land, housing, and property rights challenges both domestically and internationally. Through research, writing, and convening, we strive to bring technologists, policymakers, advocates, and researchers into the same room to help find solutions to vexing challenges in the housing and land rights space. In our domestic work, we examine the causes and impacts of housing loss, affordable homeownership and the intersections between housing security and climate change, with a particular focus on the impact of structural factors like racism, poverty, and environmental injustice. We take a data-driven approach to understand where housing instability is most acute, who is most impacted, and why; and we communicate these findings to policymakers and advocates, helping to develop solutions. 

About the Position: FLH is looking for a candidate to help advance its U.S. land and housing portfolio, which currently focuses on housing loss and insecurity, eviction data, access to affordable homeownership, and the intersections between housing and climate change. The ideal candidate is passionate about implementation of large scale change efforts, particularly for housing stability, with experience in project management and coordinating learning networks. Familiarity with court eviction data, eviction processes and housing stability are a plus. The candidate should be a self-starter and a good multi-tasker, and capable of working in a fast paced environment on a small, agile team, acting as the right hand to the Eviction Data Response Network Initiative Director. The candidate should also thrive on collaboration, as partnerships and multi-stakeholder approaches are essential to our work. This role will begin with an emphasis on project and knowledge management management and will progress towards deeper technical assistance and thought leadership as the candidate acquires domain knowledge and experience. 

Responsibilities:

• Approximately 75% of this position’s time will be primarily focused on supporting the Initiative Director for the Eviction Data Response Network (EDRN), including but not limited to:
  • Act as lead project manager for EDRN, coordinate a national learning network of up to 10 statewide eviction prevention teams. Duties will include structuring and executing quarterly virtual and annual in-person partner convenings; coordinating and assisting in the provision of 1-1 coaching to state partners; and helping to develop knowledge and policy products based on EDRN experiences.  .
  • Author initial drafts on a small but high-impact team that helps partners build robust data infrastructure and effective problem solving systems
  • Interface with contracted technologists to support tech-enabled solutions for EDRN cohort partners and partner with colleagues on technology solutions for collecting and analyzing court eviction data
  • Support grantmaking processes such as executing grantee agreements, processing payments and gathering required reporting
  • Monitor evaluation and learning, ensuring the initiative generates evidence of impact and insights that can scale nationwide.
• The remaining time (25%) will be focused on supporting the FLH team, including but not limited to:
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of FLH’s domestic housing work, ranging from policy and communication projects to mixed-methods research;
  • Oversee external communications and events for FLH, including for a monthly newsletter, web page, social media, webinars, and in-person events, and other engagements;
  • Communicate our work with teams internal and external to New America, including housing policymakers, advocates, academics, funders, and technologists;
  • Additional responsibilities and duties may be dictated by events and circumstances.

Qualifications/Education and/or Experience Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher;
• Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience, preferably in a U.S. housing, urban planning, public policy, public health, judicial operations, legal aid, or a related field;
• Excellent and proven project management skills. In particular, the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, strong organizational skills, time management, and attention to detail, including familiarity with project management software and frameworks;
• Excellent presentation, writing, and communication skills.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm for finding creative and unique approaches and opportunities;
• Competence with data frameworks, evaluation, and organizing structured networks
• Demonstrated interest in or dedication to fostering equitable outcomes across society, and especially for lower-income communities, communities of color, and other historically marginalized constituencies;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of collaborative teams, including both internal and external partners;
• Curiosity, eagerness, and ability to develop new knowledge and skills.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Compensation and Benefits: This position is a full-time/part-time role with benefits/no benefits. The annual salary will be between $56,302.00 – $70,377.00, depending on experience.

New America offers a highly competitive benefits package that includes health care, dental, and vision coverage; a generous retirement plan; paid time off; observes all federal holidays; and an office-wide closure between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Location: Hybrid mode in the New America’s Washington, D.C. office

Application Process: Please submit a resume and a professionally written one-page cover letter. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The application deadline is March 6, 2026.

No phone calls or emails will be answered

Physical Requirement:

• This position is hybrid, working from home and in an office environment and sits at a desk for extended periods of time and requires dexterity to operate general office equipment;
• The person in this position will frequently communicate with peers, management, company partners/vendors, and the general public and must be able to exchange accurate and timely information verbally and in writing and
• This position may require walking, bending, kneeling, and standing and will require sitting for extended periods of time.

Work Environment:

• The work environment is in an indoor office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets

Originality and Transparency: At New America, we value authentic voices and intellectual property rights. All application materials, including, cover letters, writing samples, and any other submissions, must be solely your own original work. The use of AI text generation tools like ChatGPT, language models, or other artificial intelligence writing assistants is strictly prohibited for any part of your job application. Submissions found to contain AI-generated content will be immediately disqualified from consideration. Applicants have a responsibility to be fully transparent about authorship and any tools or resources utilized. We celebrate human ingenuity and want to hear your genuine thoughts and experiences

New America is an equal-opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce at all levels of the organization thereby creating a culture that allows us to better serve our clientele, our employees, and our communities. We value and encourage the contributions of our employees and strive to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential and drive outstanding results. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits, and termination. This is a bargaining unit position.