Campaign Manager, Food Safety

Center for Science in the Public Interest • Washington, DC

2d • $94,000 - $110,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is seeking a Campaign Manager to lead and advance campaigns for stronger, evidence-based food safety policies. This role will focus on addressing foodborne pathogens and fraudulent or dangerous dietary supplements. The Campaign Manager will design and execute state and federal advocacy campaigns to promote standards for limiting food contamination, ensuring product testing, enhancing research and regulatory programs, and opposing efforts to defund, deregulate, or impede existing safeguards. The position reports to the Director of Regulatory Affairs and collaborates with internal teams on food safety and regulatory campaigns. CSPI offers a hybrid work environment with the possibility of remote work for applicants within the United States.

Requirements

• Demonstrated commitment to public-interest advocacy and consumer protections, ideally with substantial demonstrated training or experience in food safety policy.
• Substantial experience with state or federal policy advocacy, including congressional and regulatory advocacy (Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years' experience or professional/graduate degree and 5+ years’ experience).
• Experience implementing and supporting successful policy/advocacy campaigns and maintaining the partnerships necessary for advancing those campaigns.
• Exceptional written communication skills with experience writing policy documents (regulatory comments, testimony, advocacy letters, fact sheets, op-eds, action alerts, articles, and social media content).
• Ability to understand and communicate complex public policy topics effectively and persuasively to a policy and lay audience, with experience and comfort with public speaking.
• Excellent judgment, professionalism, and interpersonal skills demonstrated through a history of effective collaboration and teamwork.
• Demonstrated skills in organization/project management, ability to work in a fast-paced environment and take responsibility for multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret legal, policy, and scientific documents.
• Proficiency with MSOffice applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with social media and other web-based research and advocacy tools.

Nice To Haves

• Media relations experience a plus.
• Training in microbiology or food safety.
• Academic research experience.
• A prior position at a state or federal executive or legislative body.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the development and implementation of strategies to advance food pathogen safety and securing policies to enhance outbreak response and prevention, including developing and implementing issue briefs, campaign and project plans, and budgets.
• Support campaign strategies to advance dietary supplement safety efforts, including developing and implementing projects.
• Engage in policy design, develop policy targets, prioritize and identify strategic opportunities to advance federal and state regulatory and legislative reforms.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with coalition partners, including scheduling, drafting agendas, and representing the organization in meetings with coalition partners and regulators at FDA, USDA, and CDC.
• Develop and update high-quality written advocacy materials, including regulatory comments, testimony, fact sheets, advocacy letters, op-eds, action alerts, articles, and social media content.
• Engage in advocacy with state and federal lawmakers and regulators in collaboration with CSPI's Legislative Affairs and Community Engagement teams, including member education, cultivating relationships, power-mapping, and constituent engagement.
• Ensure high-quality work product, including preparing documents for internal fact-checking by peers and serving as peer fact-checker.
• Carry out other departmental activities as needed.

Benefits

• 3 weeks of annual vacation leave
• Additional paid holiday leave between December 24 and January 1
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave
• Excellent medical and dental insurance with CSPI paying a significant portion of employee and dependent premiums
• 3% employer match contribution to the retirement plan after six months of service
• ½ day Fridays (full-time staff work 36 hours per week)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level