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Feeding America · 4 days ago

Executive Vice President, Government Affairs & Policy (Washington, DC / Hybrid)

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$230K/yr - $242K/yr

10+ years exp

Feeding America is the nation’s largest charity and the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States. The EVP, Government Affairs & Policy will lead the development and implementation of integrated strategies across federal nutrition programs and advocacy aligned with Feeding America’s priorities, ensuring engagement with network members and external partners.

Non Profit

Work & Life Balance

Responsibilities

Lead the develop and execution of integrated strategies that support Feeding America’s policy priorities including federal nutrition programs focused on increasing food resources and funding available to food banks and promotion of federal and state anti-hunger policies. Ensure that these efforts are aligned with Feeding America’s 2030 Strategy, leverage connections and relationships with lawmakers, federal agencies and the administration. Also ensure they are responsive to the evolving political and policy landscape and informed by holistic policy analysis and assessment

In partnership with the Advocacy team, co-lead efforts to mobilize and engage Feeding America’s network, including food bank CEOs, partner state associations and community leaders, to advocate for impactful anti-hunger policies and increase the network’s advocacy capacity

Inform national office decisions building deep network engagement into the development of policy priorities and advocacy strategies. Engage regularly with the PEAC, partner state associations and other relevant bodies within the Feeding America Network to ensure strategic alignment and transparency in decision making. Deepen understanding among executive leadership and Government Relations and Advocacy staff of network needs, challenges and realities. Lead efforts to ensure there is alignment of outreach to members and coherence in the way in which our resources are deployed to support advocacy engagement and state level policy work

Integrate and coordinate the delivery of core and customized capacity building and technical assistance to network members that supports federal and state level policy and advocacy engagement. Build capacity to understand nutrition policy and programs, how they operate and identify learning network partners need to build acumen. Provide regular policy communications to network members, ensuring alignment and effective engagement on federal hunger-related initiatives

Develop resources to support the network. Ensure effective coordination with network members in these efforts in both the execution of strategy and in response to evolving issues. Guide catalytic capacity building by fostering culture, and defining process, that identifies and engages partners that can effectively support network members and promotes clear decisions regarding where FANO should engage partners rather than develop internal expertise and solutions

Integrate functional support that involves multiple departments including Government Relations, Advocacy & Community Partnerships, Marketing & Communications, Network, Health, Research & Evaluation, Supply Chain and Development. Provide integrated services and solutions that build capacity, optimize functionality, and promote engagement and collaboration. Represent Government Relations on critical execution bodies (i.e. strategic priority execution groups) focused on the implementation of the 2030 Strategy

Lead, manage, and mentor the Government Affairs and Policy teams fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration, and accountability

Integrate Feeding America’s thought leadership positioning and efforts to engage broad coalitions including community organizations, non-profits and industry groups to influence policy decisions that support neighbor well-being and shape and defend critical hunger-relief programs such as SNAP and TEFAP. Work across FANO and with network members to ensure these efforts are aligned and fully leverage Feeding America’s broad network of relationships

Integrate efforts to build, sustain and leverage effective relationships across the political spectrum with policy makers, Hill / Administration staff, federal agencies (including USDA) and with key external organizations and partners

Support the planning and execution of the annual Lobby Day and other events that catalyze stakeholders to lobby for anti-hunger policies working with the Advocacy Team and key network leadership bodies like the PEAC as well as network members including partner food banks and state associations

Represent Feeding America and its network as needed at governmental hearings, legislative forums, coalition meetings, and with key partners to advance the organization’s policy agenda

Support fund development for Government Relations related priorities or generally for Feeding America and actively collaborate with the development team members on donor cultivation conversations and funding proposal development and direct required support for impact/progress reporting on funded projects

Qualification

Policy AdvocacyLegislative ProcessesFood Bank OperationsStakeholder EngagementPublic SpeakingTeam LeadershipCommunication Skills

Required

10+ years' experience in issue/policy advocacy and/or federal and state legislative and regulatory processes

Deep understanding of food bank operations and how food banks and the communities in which they serve are impacted by federal and state policy decisions and federal nutrition programs. Leadership experience in a partner food bank or state association is considered a strong plus

Proven track record of successfully seeking and translating input from a variety of sources to align stakeholders on a common strategy and activate resources through a coordinated, non-partisan approach

Successful experience in leadership positions in large, cross-functionally matrixed organizations, preferably serving franchise, affiliate, or other decentralized network environments

Outstanding communication, listening, public speaking and executive level presentation skills. Ease with and effectiveness at public speaking and making presentations to large audiences or facilitating small group discussions among stakeholders at various organization levels

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