Equitable Housing Senior (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)

Freddie Mac

Country: United States of America

Location: McLean, VA

Time Type: Full time

Posted On: October 16, 2024

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview:

The Single-Family Mission and Community Engagement department is seeking an Equitable Housing Senior Analyst. We are looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking individual contributor to work within the Equitable Housing Team.

The position will collaborate with internal department members, cross functional business partners and external industry professionals supporting various deliverables and needs within the team.

Our Impact:

Mission and Community Engagement (MCE) propels Freddie Mac to meet or exceed its Single-Family mission objectives (Affordable Housing Goals, Duty to Serve, Equitable Housing, Expanding Sustainable Homeownership and Mission Refinance) through strategic offerings, research/insights, and industry and housing outreach focused on underserved communities and borrowers. The team positions Freddie Mac as a convener and collaborator, leading and guiding the conversations and innovations to make housing possible, sustainable, and equitable for all Americans.

Your Impact:

This role is dedicated to exploring innovative solutions to address challenges faced by minority and underserved communities. Representatives will seek to understand community challenges and creatively explore ways to break through historical barriers for achieving and retaining sustainable improvements to the housing industry. This will involve partnership with various network and community partners including lenders, borrowers, investors, and advocacy groups. This position will also be required to liaise with internal business partners, including divisional DEI core teams, Research & Modeling, and other affordability-targeted groups. Provides resolutions to an extensive range of complicated problems. Solutions are innovative, thorough, and practicable. Works under limited direction. Independently determines and develops approach to solutions. Work is evaluated upon completion for adequacy in satisfying objectives. Represents the organization as the principal customer contact on contracts and often performs project leadership role. Interacts with senior customer personnel on significant technical matters frequently requiring coordination across organizational lines.

  • Equity Impact Assessments: Meet with project/process owners across Single Family to understand intent and intended consumer beneficiaries, (including underserved communities), of proposed policies, programs, initiatives, and proposals. Distill these insights, in conjunction with equity analytics (where applicable) and external research to propose an equity impact assessment.

  • Equitable Housing Narrative Lead: Ensure the equitable housing narrative is consistent and cogent across our various internal and external reporting channels, including FHFA progress reporting, internal division reporting, corporate reporting, scorecard reporting, and board level reporting. This entails working with the equitable housing team and business partners to understand how our work influences underserved communities and consistently communicating the narrative across several channels (board, internal management, FHFA, and others).

  • Equitable Strategist: Develop subject matter expertise as part of the equitable housing team, with a deep understanding of how access to credit impacts underserved communities across the country. Further, develop a capacity to connect the dots between this expertise and business priorities to advise internally. Develop cross-functional expertise with the equitable housing team.

Qualifications:

  • College Degree or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred.

  • Typically has 5 - 7 years related experience.

  • Demonstrable experience in high impact policy-level writing

  • Single-Family mortgage business experience a plus

  • Experience in supporting business leaders to drive business management goals

  • Experience in developing positive relationships, instilling trust, and influencing individuals at all levels of an organization

  • Outstanding communication and presentation skills. Highly proficient in crafting materials for an executive audience and regulator

  • Experience working successfully under pressure and ambiguity with the flexibility to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment

  • Structured, organized, detail oriented with results minded focus

Keys to Success in this Role:

  • Proactive worker that operates with a sense of urgency

  • Ability to work across the Single-Family business and Freddie Mac to achieve results

  • Identifying improvement opportunities and providing recommendations

  • Ability to negotiate, gain acceptance and drive outcomes without directly managing people or processes

  • Operates with honesty and integrity

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

CA Applicants:  Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $102,000 - $152,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.