Position Overview:

The Policy Analyst will support advancing UNITE-LA’s cradle-through-career policy priorities that aim to strengthen opportunities for students and families with barriers to quality education and high-mobility careers in Los Angeles and across California. The Policy Analyst will work to support the larger policy team in monitoring cradle-through-career policies, proposals, and discussions at the local, state, and federal level and support team infrastructure with legislation tracking and communications coordination. The policy analyst will work with local and statewide education and workforce leaders and non-traditional partners working to improve economic mobility through policy and systems change.

The Policy Analyst will have an opportunity to support multiple policy portfolios that work to support increasing access to educational opportunities through a multi-generational approach that aims to improve economic mobility for populations from historically marginalized communities, including students from low-income families, Opportunity Youth, and immigrants. The Analyst will also work to strengthen UNITE-LA’s network of advocacy and business allies to increase the number and depth of non-traditional allies championing education and workforce development. The Analyst will focus on developing and strengthening internal and external communications channels to ensure effective coordination across policy team and cross-departmental team members, as well support the team’s crafting of external communications in partnership with the Marketing and Communications Team to elevate our policy work and efforts.

The Policy Analyst position will report to the Director of Education and Workforce Strategy & Policy and is a full-time, exempt salary position.

Position Overview:

The Associate Director of Health Care Pathways Programs at UNITE-LA leads workforce initiatives that connect young adults to high-demand health care careers and work-based learning opportunities. The role oversees the design, implementation and continuous improvement of programs that create accessible pathways into health care careers for the region’s rising workforce. The Associate Director cultivates strategic partnerships with education, workforce, community and employer partners to develop equitable, scalable talent pipelines that address health care workforce needs and expand economic mobility for young adults facing barriers to employment.

As a leader of the Health Care Pathways team, they model UNITE-LA’s values, foster collaboration and accountability and support staff growth and success. The ideal candidate brings health care and workforce development expertise, strong partnership-building skills and a commitment to expanding opportunities for historically underrepresented communities.