Financial instability is often the barrier that keeps wealth from ever taking hold for low-income Angelenos. UWGLA’s strategic plan commits to connecting 25,000+ residents to economic empowerment services over three years, with 10,000 households increasing their income or financial stability. In Year 1, a core part of that work is putting money back in families’ pockets through utility relief, emergency assistance, and free tax preparation.
As our Economic Empowerment Specialist, you’ll run three programs that do exactly that. You will manage the Utility Assistance Program (UAP) with SoCal Gas, Southern California Edison, and a network of about 100 community partners. You will launch tax preparation at partner community college campuses, where student parents and foster youth often miss out on credits they’re owed. And you will keep UWGLA ready to move quickly on the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) when new funding arrives. The role suits someone who is as comfortable sitting with a student at a tax site as working through a partner’s compliance issue. As UWGLA grows its benefits navigation work, it may also expand in that direction.
This is a full-time (40 hours per week) temporary assignment beginning as soon as possible with an anticipated end date of April 30, 2027. The pay rate is $35.00-$37.00 hourly.
We can accomplish more together than alone. By combining community power, donations, and new solutions to long-standing challenges, we can support neighbors in crisis and close the prosperity gap.
