- Pay
- $156–184k
- Where
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Level
- Senior
ABOUT US | HR&A Advisors is an employee-owned advisory firm working at the intersection of government, philanthropy, and the built environment to advance equitable growth and quality of life in cities.
Over the past decade, HR&A has increasingly partnered with city governments, public authorities, and philanthropic institutions to address some of the most complex challenges facing urban communities—ranging from economic recovery and housing affordability to public finance, governance reform, and community wealth-building. Our work helps public leaders translate policy goals into implementable strategies, align capital with public purpose, and deliver outcomes that matter in people’s daily lives.
Across the U.S. and internationally, we support public-sector clients and their partners—community-based organizations, anchor institutions, and mission-aligned private capital—at moments of transition and opportunity. HR&A has offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh, Washington D.C., and the Bay Area. Our team includes former city officials, public-sector executives, planners, economists, lawyers, and development professionals who bring lived experience inside the institutions we advise.
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THE PRACTICE | HR&A’s Inclusive Cities practice works with cities, counties, philanthropies, and community partners to translate community priorities and political opportunity into durable systems change. Leveraging analytic rigor and meaningful community engagement, we work with partners inside and outside of government to disrupt traditional economic development processes, build greater political power for marginalized communities, increase public accountability, and institutionalize mechanisms for more just and equitable cities.
A growing focus on our Inclusive Cities practice focused on ending the homelessness crisis. Wesupport local government leaders to make bold changes to how homelessness is governed, helping to launch and design significant new prevention and re-housing programs, and building robust new performance oversight systems that allow local government leaders to better understand needs and more effectively direct public investment to programs that are working. We also directly support community organizations to design programs, policies, and financing approaches that will help end homelessness for specific populations.
THE ROLE | HR&A is seeking a Principal in our Los Angeles office or Remote with a once a month travel require to the Los Angeles Office to play a critical role in serving clients in our Inclusive Cities practice and helping to grow our work to prevent and reduce homelessness. We are seeking candidates who have played a leadership role in local government, specifically those who have designed new systems, strategies and approaches that better meet the needs of community members who have historically been left out or left behind; successfully navigated the local government budget and legislative processes; and managed complex, multi-partner implementation.
The Principal will:
Run complex projects for our clients inside and outside of government;
Help expand our work to new cities and counties across the country; and,
Contribute to the firm’s overall culture and impact.
While a Principal’s scope varies based on focus areas, the expertise they bring, and business cycles, a Principal typically leads 4–8 concurrent projects; manages 2–10 staff and external subconsultants per engagement; works directly with organizational leaders, mayor’s offices, and agency leadership to guide strategic decision-making; and leads or co-leads proposals that generate new work and expand HR&A’s brand recognition. Project examples include helping a City design, implement, and measure the impact of a new program or strategy intended to prevent or reduce homelessness; helping a newly-elected City or County leader to…