Assistant Planner

Job description

Description About the Organization: Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latino immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success. Canal Alliance is a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment. Every day, we educate, empower, support, and partner with motivated immigrants to best meet all their unique needs—from putting food on the table, to becoming American citizens, to learning English, to graduating from college. Canal Alliance strives for a trauma-informed collaborative and inclusive culture. We invest in high quality services, professional development, and work-life balance. Position Summary: The Assistant Planner provides critical support to Canal Alliance’s neighborhood planning initiative, Nuestro Canal, Nuestro Futuro, a Neighborhood Vision Plan that will document community priorities to reimagine the Canal as a climate-resilient, safe, healthy, and vibrant community for residents. The Assistant Planner supports the coordination of community engagement and co-facilitates the Consejo de Residentes (Resident Advisory Council), the governing body of the NCNF initia...