Director, Network Advocacy (Washington DC/Hybrid)
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Work. Serve. Thrive.
Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in peoples' lives. Working at Feeding America is a uniquely rewarding experience in which our employees work together as vital parts of a much larger mission. We are innovative, mission-focused, diverse, collaborative, values-driven and focused on results.
Feeding America is the nation’s largest charity and the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.
Learn more about Feeding America here.
This is ahybrid position based out of Feeding America’s Washington DC office location. At Feeding America, we believe in offering a flexible work environment. Employees must be in the office an average of 2 days a week (when not travelling for work) and can work from home on other days. Employees also have access to a 30-day “work anywhere” program during the course of each calendar year that can be combined with PTO and/or holidays.
The Opportunity
The Director of Network Advocacy implements a wide range of strategic, analytic, and campaign skills to develop and execute advocacy initiatives that engage Feeding America’s network of partner food banks, state associations, affiliates, and agency partners to take action to advance Feeding America’s public policy and legislative objectives and to help catalyze a movement to end hunger in America. They develop and implement network advocacy strategy and tactics and serve as a spokesperson on advocacy, grassroots movement building, hunger, and Feeding America before a range of audiences. They help position Feeding America as a leading organization on domestic hunger.
Support the development and execution of national integrated marketing campaigns that drive brand and issue awareness/engagement and manage prioritized brand and content projects. Serve as the conduit between the Brand & Content team and the broader Marketing & Communications team to ensure marketing initiatives are coordinated and/or complimentary.Compensation
Here at Feeding America national organization, equality is central to our mission and is an integral part of our compensation policies and structures. As such, we maintain transparent salary ranges and clearly defined practices for how our team, including new hire salary offers, moves through these ranges. You can expect us to offer the best salary up front based on these clearly defined pay practices with little room for negotiation. We make exceptions for highly experienced (multiple years of at-level experience) new hires in accordance with our pay practices. Once hired, employees have the opportunity to progress through salary ranges via regular merit increases and step promotions.
Salary Range: $131,000 - $136,000 Based on Experience.
Here at Feeding America national organization, equality is central to our mission and is an integral part of our compensation policies and structures. As such, we maintain transparent salary ranges and clearly defined practices for how our team, including new hire salary offers, moves through these ranges. You can expect us to offer the best salary up front based on these clearly defined pay practices with little room for negotiation. We make exceptions for highly experienced (multiple years of at-level experience) new hires in accordance with our pay practices. Once hired, employees have the opportunity to progress through salary ranges via regular merit increases and step promotions.
Salary Range: $131,000 - $136,000 Based on Experience.
Benefits:A comprehensive list of benefits available to full-time employees can be found here.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement strategies and plans to engage Feeding America’s network of partner food banks to advance Feeding America’s policy and legislative priorities including overseeing network advocacy grants, network advocacy capacity, network resource development, tracking network advocacy and network rapid response mobilization.
- Oversee the day-to-day activities related to mobilizing targeted leaders from partner food banks and development of specific resources, technical assistance, and advocacy strategies to strengthen Feeding America’s impact on legislative priorities.
- Provide advocacy service and support, including strategic advice, “trouble shooting,” and technical expertise to the national office, partner food banks and state food bank associations on advocacy and mobilization.
- Oversee work with committees engaged in network advocacy. This includes day-to-day management activities related to managing network committees focused on building network advocacy capacity, engaging in policy, legislative and advocacy strategies.
- Work in close collaboration with Communications colleagues on message execution and collaborate with the Government Relations and Digital Marketing teams on the deployment of messaging in network advocacy resources.
- Represent Feeding America at advocacy and movement building events, forums, speaking engagements, conferences, coalition meetings and similar events.
- Manage external consultants and budget to support advocacy efforts.
- Respond to requests for information on advocacy initiatives.
Required Experience and Qualifications:
- 8+ years’ experience in grassroots advocacy, including expertise in distributed campaigning. Must include experience in Capitol Hill, Administration or issue advocacy.
- Must have a strong understanding of the federal, state legislative and regulatory process and congressional committee structure.
- Need ability to facilitate strategic and creative thought process and discussions as part of a team.
- Experience working in the Feeding America network or similar distributed network experience combined with experience with hunger/poverty issues and policy strongly preferred.
- Proficient in MS Office applications.
Required Leadership Competencies:
- Fosters an Enterprise Mindset
- Fosters an Open and Supportive Environment
- Leads with Accountability
- Collaborates Internally and Externally
- Focuses on People and Teams
- Manages Organization and Business Complexity
- Communicates with Impact and Influence
Feeding America’s goal is to attract, develop, retain, and promote a talented diverse workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging andcontribute to a culture that values differences, ideas, and experiences. We intentionally seek out diverse perspectives and skills on our teams, knowing that it makes us stronger as an organization and better equipped to serve our neighbors in need. We encourage all individuals, including those from historically under-represented communities and individuals with lived experience of hunger, to apply.
Feeding America participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
- Location:
- Washington, DC, United States
- Salary:
- $250,000 +
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- IT & Technology