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 as supporting 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.

Position Overview:

UNITE-LA seeks an organized, proactive temporary grants manager to help provide capacity with grant proposals and reports over a four-month period. This is a short-term, temporary position beginning in January 2026 and ending on March 31, 2026.