Center for Community Progress Seeks Director of the National Land Bank Network

The Center for Community Progress is seeking to fill the position of Director of the National Land Bank Network (NLBN). The field of land banking is at a crucial moment. Of the almost 200 land banks in operation across the country today, many face shared challenges despite a great deal of variability in geography, market conditions, organizational capacity, local policies, and state enabling legislation. No national platform exists to regularly connect, convene, support, and uplift this extensive network of land banks and community development practitioners. The Community Progress team is launching a new National Land Bank Network (NLBN) to communicate and draw attention to the achievements and trends of land banks, develop innovative programs and policy reforms, provide topical, customized training for practitioners, connect a highly knowledgeable field of professional practitioners, and expand the field of practice. 

The Director will serve as the engineer of a new, formalized, national platform for NLBN members to connect and share knowledge, develop innovative programs and policy reforms, and learn new skills through advanced technical assistance. This person will drive the strategy and tactical leadership needed to successfully connect and collaborate with a broad base of stakeholders and work to systematically address common challenges facing land banks. 

Center for Community Progress works to foster strong, equitable communities where vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties are transformed into assets for neighbors and neighborhoods. A national leader in land policy and land banking, Community Progress works to assess and reform policies and practices to ensure the effective, equitable reuse of vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties across the nation. To learn more or to apply or to apply, please visit the Center for Community Progress website.