Hunger Advocacy Fellow - Federal Policy
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About The Position
Through the Service & Justice (S&J) unit, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Organization fosters and facilitates this church’s engagement in service with and among communities and promote efforts to call and act for justice. Its work includes engaging in mission, service, and justice in accompaniment with churches and organizations in other countries (serving as the means through which churches in other countries engage in mission to this church and society); engaging with communities, coalitions and networks, congregations, and regional ELCA synods in service and justice work within the territorial jurisdiction of this church; and providing guidance to members of the denomination on matters of social justice. Within the S&J unit, the work of the Witness in Society (WiS) team encompasses the advocacy ministry the ELCA churchwide organization does in the public sphere, advancing justice and shining a light on peace and dignity. Our advocacy activity is coordinated from the ELCA’s federal hub in Washington, D.C. alongside the Lutheran Office for World Community at the United Nations in New York City; ELCA-affiliated state public policy offices (SPPOs) in California, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (as well as more than 15 additional affiliated state partners serving even more states); and through the ELCA Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellows participate in a year-long formative experience that supports their growth as a leader, as a person of faith, and as a professional advocate for an end to hunger and a just world where all are fed. The 2025-2026 Hunger Advocacy Fellow for Federal Policy will learn the concrete skills of faith-based policy advocacy by embedding within and becoming a vital member of the Federal Policy Advocacy staff and by experiencing the practice of advocacy as Christian discipleship. The Hunger Advocacy Fellow for Federal Policy is part of the Witness and Society team in the Service & Justice unit. This is a full-time, term-contract (starts September 2025, end August 31, 2026), non-exempt, Washington, D.C.-based, in-person position. This position has responsibilities that will require being in the office.
