Program Officer - Housing Security and Public-Private Partnerships

Crankstart; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Crankstart seeks a Program Officer to support housing security and public-private partnerships in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will manage active grants, steward relationships with grantees, and research and recommend housing security grants in collaboration with nonprofit providers and advocacy groups.

Based in the SF Bay Area, you will work with the Program Director to oversee multiple grant portfolios, prepare recommendations, evaluate outcomes, discuss strategy, and maintain a learning

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of relevant, professional experience in housing security, affordability, or pro-housing policy.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills with a track record in social impact projects.
• Understanding of how public systems, private markets, and nonprofits interact in the SF Bay Area.

Responsibilities

• Manage active grants and relationships with grantee leaders.
• Research and recommend housing security grants with nonprofit providers and advocacy groups.
• Work with the Program Director to steward multiple grant portfolios within Housing Security and PPP strategies.
• Prepare grant recommendations, evaluate outcomes, and discuss strategy.
• Maintain a learning network with nonprofits, public officials, funders, and researchers.

Job description

Program Officer - Housing Security and Public-Private Partnerships

Posted on December 02, 2025

Crankstart is hiring a Program Officer to support the Foundation’s philanthropic and community engagement efforts related to housing security and public-private partnerships in San Francisco.

The Program Officer will manage active grants and relationships with grantee leaders, and research and recommend housing security grants, working with nonprofit providers and advocacy organizations of various sizes and approaches. The Program Officer will work with the Program Director to steward multiple grant portfolios within the Housing Security and Public-Private Partnerships strategies. They will support the Program Director in stewarding high-touch relationships with Crankstart grantees, preparing grant recommendations, evaluating outcomes, discussing strategy, and maintaining a strong learning network (including other nonprofits, grassroots groups, public officials, funders, and researchers).

The ideal candidate should have eight or more years of relevant, professional experience, with at least six to eight years of direct professional experience in one or more of the areas of Crankstart’s Housing Security strategies - Homelessness Solutions, Affordability, and Pro-Housing Policy. Crankstart will also consider candidates who are high-capacity generalists with exceptional strategic and analytical skills and a track record of prior work on social impact projects in the Housing Security portfolio's focus areas. Candidates should also have a sophisticated grasp of how public systems, private markets, and the nonprofit sector work together in the SF Bay Area ecosystem; a nuanced understanding of the historic and current causes of homelessness and housing instability in the Bay Area, especially San Francisco; and a desire to promote proven and innovative solutions, particularly through partnerships and bridge-building.

This is a full-time, hybrid role located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Candidates must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area (within a 50-mile radius of San Francisco) and be able to travel to San Francisco three times a week.