Campaign Manager, Food Safety

Center for Science in the Public Interest • Washington, DC

3d • 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 addressing foodborne pathogens and fraudulent or dangerous dietary supplements. The role designs and executes state and federal advocacy campaigns to promote standards that limit food contamination, ensure product testing, enhance research and regulatory programs, and otherwise advance safety. It also supports campaigns opposing efforts to defund, deregulate, or impede enforcement of existing safeguards.

The Campaign Manager reports to the Director of Regulatory Affairs and collaborates with colleagues across CSPI who work on food safety and regulatory campaigns. CSPI is based in Washington, DC, and offers a hybrid work environment, with staff able to work from home and available for occasional in-person meetings based on team needs. Applicants based in DC or elsewhere in the United States may be considered.

CSPI is a public health advocacy organization with a 50-year record of advancing science in the public interest. It does not accept corporate donations. The organization is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, collaboration, openness, kindness, and accountability.

Requirements

• Demonstrated commitment to public-interest advocacy and consumer protections; substantial training or experience in food safety policy is ideally desired.
• Substantial state or federal policy advocacy experience, including congressional and regulatory advocacy; a bachelor’s degree and 7 or more years of experience, or a professional/graduate degree and 5 or more years of experience.
• Experience implementing and supporting successful policy or advocacy campaigns and maintaining partnerships needed to advance them.
• Exceptional written communication skills and experience writing policy documents such as regulatory comments, testimony, advocacy letters, fact sheets, op-eds, action alerts, articles, and social media content.
• Ability to understand and persuasively communicate complex public policy topics to policy and general audiences, and experience and comfort with public speaking.
• Excellent judgment, professionalism, and interpersonal skills, demonstrated through effective collaboration and teamwork.
• Organization and project-management skills, including the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret legal, policy, and scientific documents.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with social media and web-based research and advocacy tools.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

• Three weeks of annual vacation leave.
• Additional paid holiday leave between December 24 and January 1.
• Eight weeks of paid parental leave.
• Medical and dental insurance, with CSPI paying a significant portion of employee and dependent premiums.
• A 3% employer match contribution to the retirement plan after six months of service.
• Half-day Fridays; full-time staff work 36 hours per week.

What This Job Offers

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