DescriptionThe Opportunity As Feeding America works to catalyze the movement to end hunger, neighbors with lived experience of food insecurity must not only be at the center but also must be leaders and changemakers within the movement. This position is focused on building, implementing and evaluating neighbor-centered advocacy, community organizing and community engagement programming and capacity, both within Feeding America National Organization as well as with partner food banks and state associations.
CompensationHere 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: $93,544 - $99,000 Based on Experience.Benefits: A comprehensive list of benefits available to full-time employees can be found
here.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.
Required Competencies, Experience and Certifications: - 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.
Preferred Competencies, Experience, and Certifications:
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
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 and contribute 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.
