Impact Associate

Overview

Job Location: Hybrid but must be located in the Los Angeles, CA area

About Merritt Community Capital Corporation:

As California’s nonprofit investor and lender in affordable housing, Merritt has invested more than $1.6B to create over 12,000 affordable homes across the state, housing over 30,000 neighbors. For over 35 years, mission has remained at the core of everything we do.

We partner with mission-aligned developers and funders to tackle the most challenging and impactful projects. We provide equity and lending capital, offering flexible terms that meet today’s needs and preserve affordability for the future.

Our Commitment to California (C2C) initiative extends our impact by investing in people—attracting, training, and retaining the next generation of affordable housing leaders and advancing transformative policies. Our team is guided by our values of:
People-First, Solutions-Oriented, Trust, Openness, and Kindness.

Position Overview:

The Impact Associate will play a vital role in executing Merritt’s Commitment to California (C2C) initiative, Merritt’s reinvestment arm. C2C is a holistic suite of career development programs designed to empower the affordable housing workforce, shaping the industry to be more representative of the communities it serves. It includes internal in-house career development programs such as Merritt Scholars, and partnerships with external partners funded by Merritt that provide internships, fellowships, training programs, and mentorship.

The Impact Associate will execute program cycles, administer recruitment strategies, analyze participant outcomes, and represent Merritt in statewide career development networks. Over time, this role will assume increasing ownership of program management, external partnerships, communications, and impact reporting. This position is designed as a professional growth pathway toward Impact Manager within 2 years, based on leadership and performance.

We’re looking for a mission-driven, energetic, creative, self-motivated, and outgoing individual who is passionate about affordable housing, professional development, and guiding individuals to pursue purpose-driven and impactful careers.

In-house Programs

• Develop annual program workplan in collaboration with Impact Manager, including identifying and developing programs, events, program goals, program implementation, success metrics, and project timelines.
• Strategize regarding participant recruitment, including identifying potential university partners and creating promotional materials to be shared with university partners, industry professionals, and others soliciting interest in programs.
• Maintain relationships with affordable housing industry associations and university faculty and administrative staff to facilitate recruitment of new scholars.
• Conduct application review process by developing application forms, gathering applicant information, and reviewing and evaluating applications in collaboration with Impact Manager.
• Drive and oversee mentorship component of the program by strategically recruiting industry professionals to serve as mentors, coordinating the match process, and gathering and evaluating mentor feedback.
• Plan in-person and virtual events, securing logistics and inviting industry partners.
• Provide ongoing guidance and support to participants and mentors including those relating to technical and scheduling issues.
• Analyze, evaluate and track participant outcomes during program and post-graduation.
• Oversee, in collaboration with Impact Manager, launch of alumni engagement efforts, including online networking platforms and in-person networking events.
• Collect feedback and success stories to inform and fuel continuous ongoing program improvement.

Commitment to California Connectivity

• Direct daily program operations for C2C by independently managing scheduling, coordination, and task execution to maintain consistent progress across initiatives.
• Maximize tracking tools for program outcomes, impact reporting, and data evaluation. Oversee migration of impact data onto Hub Spot.
• Analyze and evaluate outcomes and impact and evaluate and adjust goals and initiatives…