Manager, Neighbors Advocacy (Washington, DC/Hybrid)
About The Position
This position is focused on building, implementing, and evaluating neighbor-centered advocacy, community organizing, and community engagement programming and capacity, both within the Feeding America National Organization as well as with partner food banks and state associations. The role is hybrid, based out of Feeding America’s Washington, DC office, with employees expected to be in the office an average of 2 days a week and having access to a 30-day “work anywhere” program. Feeding America is the nation’s largest charity and leading domestic hunger-relief charity, aiming to feed America’s hungry and engage the country in the fight to end hunger.
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience in issue community organizing, advocacy, grassroots mobilization, issue campaigns or community engagement required.
- Demonstrated project management experience and strong organizational skills required.
- Strong attention to detail is essential in this position.
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manages implementation and evaluation of key programs within Feeding America’s neighbor advocacy and organizing and community engagement strategy: plans and implements organizing trainings, creates shareable resources such as toolkits and provides technical assistance to build network members’, neighbors’ and community partners’ advocacy and organizing capacity.
- Administers, tracks and evaluates advocacy, organizing and community engagement grants, providing support in the evaluation and management of grants.
- Plans, project manages and coordinates in-person and virtual convenings focused on advocacy, community organizing and community engagement, bringing together network members, neighbors and other stakeholders.
- Engages directly with neighbor-advocates, network members and national and local stakeholders, as appropriate, to foster connection, community and power building.
- Develops and maintains a database of neighbor advocates, partners and stakeholders who have engaged in Feeding America advocacy, organizing and engagement initiatives.
- Tracks and evaluates neighbor advocacy, organizing and community engagement efforts across the network, using data to improve technical assistance and resource creation.
- Gathers and shares best practices in neighbor advocacy, organizing and community engagement across the network.
- Collaborates with appropriate internal stakeholders enterprise-wide to ensure policy positions and initiatives are integrated into cross-programmatic strategies and projects.
- Acts as a liaison for the department during internal and external conference advocacy sessions and cross-enterprise task forces as needed.
Benefits
- Comprehensive list of benefits available to full-time employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
