Analyst and Special Projects, Social Impact

Link Logistics Real Estate (“Link”) is a leading operator of last-mile logistics real estate. Established by Blackstone in 2019, the company connects consumption, technology, and the supply chain across its portfolio, which spans more than half a billion square feet. With more than 5 percent of U.S. GDP flowing through our spaces, we leverage our scale, proprietary data and insights, and foundational focus on sustainability to drive success for our customers’ businesses and deliver value for our stakeholders. Link Logistics strives to be the most equitable and inclusive industrial real estate company in the business. We put our people, customers, and communities first and find ways to make a conscious, positive impact where we live and work, prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across our workforce to deliver an optimal employee experience. Every day, we work to reinvent and lead our industry forward by thinking bigger and challenging the status quo. 

Because we believe that good business must be synonymous with doing good, strong environmental, social and governance practices are foundational to our identity as a firm. These practices include setting ambitious goals to combat climate change, partnering with local nonprofits, and prioritizing internal diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. We seek to use our position, ideas, and influence to drive progress in our industry and the wider world.  At Link, we give our customers space to grow—and we give people space to grow, too. 

This position supports Social Impact, within Link Logistics’. The cross-firm role supports event and program logistics, collecting engagement data and analyzing engagement for related trends with community development and D&I programming. Reporting to the Head of Social Impact, this individual will help collect, refresh and organize engagement data and related communications across various virtual and in-person programs.

The role requires an individual who can roll their sleeves up and build programs while listening and incorporating feedback or insights from across the business. Responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the following: setting up logistics for virtual programming, drafting communications, interviewing or identifying colleagues to be recognized in program communications, streamlining data collection for related programs, maintaining a reporting repository, regularly updating intranet and resource files, supporting new hire onboarding and office hours, managing internal stakeholders partnering with external partners or consultants, participating in cross-functional projects, and helping evolve the overarching strategy by making recommendations leveraging insights and data. The ideal candidate is naturally curious, is not afraid of ambiguity or change, and is able to think big while remaining focused on current priorities and delivering results. This role requires someone with experience managing large sets of sporadic data and understand the power of communicating trends and updates as a strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Data Collection and Analysis: Gather, analyze, and interpret data related to social impact metrics, including community engagement, environmental sustainability, and economic development.

• Monitoring and Evaluation: Implement monitoring and evaluation frameworks to track progress and identify areas for improvement.

• Partner with Internal Stakeholders: Partner with the full Social Impact team, Communications, ERGs, and other sub-groups of employees to improve tools for engagement and related communications.

• Draft Communications: internal and external communications that announce, update and recognize program milestones.

• Analyze the full picture: Collect anecdotes and use cases of programming to pair with the hard data of engagement and impact to showcase the full story.

• Reporting: Create a dashboard for impact and for stakeholder partnership that is updated on a quarterly basis.

• Event Logistics: Support in-person meeting planning and inclusion meeting best practices across the firm.

• Support new pilots and special projects based on business and community needs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years of experience in an analytic role or project/program management

• 2+ years of experience within communications, culture and employee engagement, or community development

• Experience using data and metrics to set goals and deliver results

• Business acumen, analytical skills, and sound judgment

• Demonstrated experience building and executing dashboards

• Demonstrated curiosity and research of community development principles and/or organizations

• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and build new pilots or double-down and expand programs

• Experience communicating to various levels of leadership and job types

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build consensus and relationships at all levels of the organization

• Action oriented, superior attention to detail, strong organizational skills

• Bachelor’s degree required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience leading change management initiatives across a diverse group of individuals or teams

• Proven ability to think strategically and work across organization lines and differing communication styles

• Experience writing internal or external business articles, blogs and/or press releases

• Facilitation experience or certifications, technical or analytical certifications, etc

• Experience managing technology or product launches

$80,000 - $104,000 represents the presently anticipated base compensation pay range for this position at Link.  Actual pay may vary based on various factors, including but not limited to location and experience.  

Link provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off.

The direct compensation and benefits described above are subject to the terms and conditions of any governing plans, policies, practices, agreements, or other materials or documents as in effect from time to time, including but not limited to terms and conditions regarding eligibility.

EEO Statement

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email [email protected].