Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation.
Established in 2015, the Terner Center is a leading voice in the formulation of practical solutions and policies to meet the challenges of developing homes and communities that are affordable, vibrant, and environmentally sustainable.
Our Values
With a small but dynamic core staff, team members at the Terner Center take on a variety of different roles on many projects in a fast-paced, data-driven environment. We hold our work and each other to high standards through constructive feedback and iterative review. Most of all, we are committed to the success and growth of each member of our team. We encourage staff to share their knowledge, time, and perspectives, and to seek out opportunities for professional and educational development.
A key aim of our work is to guide and elevate the scholarship and leadership of students at UC Berkeley on issues in housing policy, development, and design. We regularly hire UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students from a variety of programs for semester appointments. Please check below for opportunities for students.
Our Culture
- We strive to foster collaboration and team engagement. Impactful research and policy development are rooted in exchange, both within our team and with external partners and organizations.
- We expect our staff to value research that is independent, based in evidence, and rigorous. We look for team members who are committed to producing high-quality and impactful work that advances the Terner Center’s mission.
- We believe our work is stronger when it engages a broad set of stakeholders. We look for team members who are always thinking about new ways to amplify our work and reach new audiences.
- We are family-friendly. With several working parents on our team, we offer flexibility in scheduling and enjoy when kids of all ages visit our office or pop up on video calls.
- We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where every team member is welcomed, valued, and supported. The quality of our ideas, analysis, and execution is improved by learning from and supporting the diverse perspectives and experiences of our staff and partners, particularly those from groups who have experienced marginalization and oppression.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and seek applications from people with diverse backgrounds of all kinds. We strongly encourage Black people, indigenous people, and people of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ people; women; people with disabilities; veterans; formerly incarcerated people; and people with lived experience of homelessness or housing challenges to apply.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical insurance, including health, dental, and vision coverage through UC Berkeley. Click here to learn more.
- Retirement savings or pension opportunities as well as retirement counseling and education through UC Berkeley. Click here to learn more.
- Paid vacation, sick time, and holiday leave.
- Access to the educational and professional development benefits of a world-class academic institution.
CURRENT OPENINGS
Terner Center Staff Roles
Research Assistant/Analyst
The Terner Center is seeking a research assistant/analyst to support our research in the areas of affordable housing and homelessness, land use and housing supply, and/or fair housing. The successful candidate for this position will engage with every part of the research process, including aiding with the development of new projects, designing and conducting studies, and developing recommendations based on research findings. The successful candidate will be able to gather, analyze, and interpret a wide variety of quantitative and qualitative research data. The successful candidate will also demonstrate the capacity to prepare reports, charts, tables, and other visual aids to interpret and communicate data and results.
This position will be located at the Terner Center’s offices in Oakland, California, with an expected 3 days in the office per week. This position is a non-exempt, bi-weekly paid position.
The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $32.00 – $57.00, commensurate with experience.
The Terner Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Terner Center seeks candidates with the skills and experience to contribute to our goals for diversity, equity, and inclusion in our internal management practices and to produce research and policy work that furthers equity goals. We welcome and encourage applications that reflect a variety of backgrounds based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, ideology, lived experience of housing challenges, and other statuses protected by law.
Read more and apply at the UC Berkeley careers site here (Job ID #56291).
For current UC Berkeley employees, please apply via the link here.
Associate Director
The Terner Center seeks an experienced and committed Associate Director to support organizational growth and develop culture, working across the organization in pursuit of the Center’s strategic priorities. Reporting to the Managing Director, the Associate Director’s primary responsibility is to support the smooth operation of the Center including communications, fundraising, finance, and office management. The Associate Director provides direct supervision to operations staff as well as support to the Research & Policy team. The Associate Director provides high-level financial oversight and strategic project management for the Center, seeking to align commitments, funds, and staffing to maximize the Terner Center’s impact while being mindful of time and budget available. This role also acts as the primary point of contact with the University to support smooth processes and two-way communication.
As part of the Leadership Team, the Associate Director works collaboratively with Terner Center’s senior leadership to grow the organization’s scope and reach in furtherance of the Center’s mission, while working to set operational priorities and align organizational priorities with resources available. The individual in this role is expected to have a strategic perspective on the Terner Center’s work, and general familiarity with the housing context, in order to represent the organization externally. This includes routine conversations with funders about current and potential grants, as well as fielding initial inquiries from the media and other external sources.
The Associate Director brings a broad set of organizational leadership skills, demonstrating the ability to manage staff and budgets, and the ability to maintain awareness of an organization’s priorities, obligations, and resources, and the leadership capabilities to maximize resources and processes to fulfill an ambitious mission. For this leadership position, candidates must have a strategic perspective, the ability to represent the organization externally, and the ability to collaborate within the leadership team to foster alignment on organizational goals.
The Terner Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. We welcome and encourage applications that reflect a variety of backgrounds based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, ideology, lived experience of housing challenges, and other statuses protected by law.
This position will be located at the Terner Center’s offices in the San Francisco East Bay but flexibility may be available to work remotely 1-2 days a week. Salary will be between $105,500 – 192,300 annually, commensurate with experience.
For external candidates, please apply via the link here (Job #56898).
For internal UCB candidates, please apply via the link here.
Terner Center Student Roles
The Terner Center regularly recruits Graduate and Undergraduate students to assist in a range of projects and roles each semester and over the summer break.
We are not currently soliciting applications for GSRs. Please check back soon for future opportunities.