Vice President of Community Development and Community Affairs Officer

Vice President Of Community Development And Community Affairs Officer (Cao)

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is seeking a Vice President of Community Development and Community Affairs Officer (CAO). Reporting to the Senior Vice President of External Engagement, the CAO leads the Bank's community development function, a multi-disciplinary team of research and engagement professionals focused on surfacing insights, identifying barriers to economic mobility and elevating promising solutions that support low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities across the Fourth District.

The goals of the Cleveland Fed's Community Affairs Officer are to :

• Advance community development strategy : Develop and lead regional community development strategies, focused on improving economic conditions in LMI communities, using research and local insight to shape action across the Fourth District and beyond.
• Strengthen the Bank's understanding of LMI communities : Ensure the Cleveland Fed hears from LMI communities across the District, and those who work with them, through high-quality engagement and trusted partnerships so that those voices inform research, policy and programmatic decisions.
• Position the Cleveland Fed as a credible voice on economic mobility : Serve as a public-facing thought leader on LMI communities, demonstrating the Fed's commitment to economic growth and opportunity, financial inclusion, and systems change.
• Foster collaboration between sectors : Cultivate partnerships with business, philanthropy, local government, financial institutions, and community-based organizations to create shared understanding and measurable progress on common goals.
• Integrate community development into the Bank's broader external engagement strategy : Ensure that community development perspectives are visible and valued across all of the Bank's external-facing functions, including research and analysis, government relations, bank supervision, and communications.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The CAO will collaborate across the External Engagement function and the broader Bank to ensure that insights from community development inform policymaking, public discourse, and institutional action.

Strategic Leadership of Community Development

Team Management and Oversight

External Engagement and Collaboration

Thought Leadership and Influence

CRITICAL BACKGROUND AND CAPABILITIES

The successful candidate will be an experienced community development professional with broad and substantive knowledge of community and economic development issues and a record of successful leadership in a government, nonprofit, academic or financial services organization.

Qualifications : The following demonstrated qualifications are requisite for the position.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, one of 12 regional Reserve Banks, serves the Fourth Federal Reserve District, which comprises Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. The 12 regional Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors in Washington D.C. make up the Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States.

Our mission is to foster the stability, integrity, and efficiency of the nation's monetary, financial, and payments systems in order to promote optimal economic performance across the country and within the Fourth District. Our key strategic objectives :

Location : Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH, Cincinnati, OH, or Pittsburgh, PA

Citizenship requirements

This position requires access to confidential supervisory information and / or FOMC information, which is limited to "Protected Individuals" as defined in the U.S. federal immigration law. Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents who either are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization or who have applied for naturalization within the requisite timeframe. Candidates who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents may be eligible for the information access required for this position and sponsorship for a work visa, and subsequently for permanent residence, if they sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen and meet other eligibility requirements.

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