Specialist, Government Affairs

Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in peoples' lives. Working at Feeding America is a uniquely rewarding experience in which our employees work together as vital parts of a much larger mission. We are innovative, mission-focused, diverse, collaborative, values-driven and focused on results.

Feeding America is the nation’s largest charity and the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.

This is a hybrid position based out of Feeding America’s Washington DC office location. At Feeding America, we believe in offering a flexible work environment. Employees can be in the office an average of 2 days a week (when not travelling for work) and work from home on other days. Employees also have access to a 30-day “work anywhere” program during the course of each calendar year that can be combined with PTO and/or holidays.

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The Specialist, Government Affairs position supports key government affairs lobbying efforts to increase food, funds and resources for Feeding America and should have a curiosity in public policy and government affairs. This position manages resource development in support of Feeding America‘ s legislative and policy priorities and will coordinate across the government affairs and policy teams to manage federal nutrition program data collection and analysis, collect key information from the network, partners and federal agencies on programs impacting individuals facing food insecurity, and position Feeding America as the leading authority on hunger and hunger-related issues.

Here 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.

Benefits: A comprehensive list of benefits available to full-time employees can be found here.

• Support the development of resources for lawmakers that are utilized by th e Government Relations team, network members, Feeding America leadership, external organizations and policymakers – with a focus on SNAP, TEFAP and other commodities, Food is Medicine, child nutrition and other issue areas as assigned that support policy solutions to ending hunger.
• Establish and streamline systems to house Feeding America resources and work with the Policy and Advocacy team s to regularly update Government Relations resources and post resources to internal platforms like Hungernet.
• Establish and operationalize a process for providing regular reports on hill engagement for the department in Quorum.
• Provide support in collecting grant deliverables, key department reporting measures and other deliverables as assigned to support the Government Relations department.
• Supports the department leadership and the broader Government Affairs team across our annual appropriations work, authorizing campaigns, network fly- in’s, and other priorities in close collaboration with Government Relations managers.
• Support the Government Relations and Policy team s to develop, implement a n d reassess policy priorities and policy initiatives to advance Feeding America’s agenda.
• Monitor emerging news, federal policies and legislation affecting the Feeding America network of food banks, other emergency food providers, and people facing hunger increase food, funds, and resources.
• Attend hearings, markups, partner meetings, and other essential information sessions to provide hearing report outs and after-action reviews to the Government Affairs team.
• Draft newsletter articles and powerpoint slides about important updates for our weekly G overnment R elations newsletter, monthly network webinars, and provide technical support for hill briefings and external webinars.

• Strong writing and research skills
• Basic knowledge or familiarity with Capitol Hill and the legislative process
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor communications to a variety of audiences
• Strong project management and critical thinking skills, with the ability to problem-solve
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines
• Strong attention to detail, critical thinker, and commitment to accuracy
• Experience with MS Office applications, Quorum, Tableau, Canva and other legislative tracking platforms 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