U.S. Policy Engagement Specialist

Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters – ALLFED is an international non-profit focused on ensuring humanity can feed itself during global catastrophic events that disrupt the food system. Our research team works at the frontier of disaster preparedness for food systems, producing scenario analysis, legal research, and policy frameworks that no other organisation is generating at this level of detail.

This role sits within ALLFED’s U.S. Biofuels Engagement Programme, which aims to ensure the U.S. government can rapidly redirect biofuel feedstocks to food production during a catastrophic supply shock. The legal and administrative pathways exist - the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has broad authority to waive or reduce renewable fuel obligations under the Clean Air Act. The challenge is political, not legal. ALLFED’s strategy is to build a coalition of partners with genuine food security exposure who would advocate for emergency flexibility if conditions warranted it.

We are looking for someone who can translate ALLFED’s technical analysis into effective partner relationships and, where opportunities arise, direct engagement with U.S. government agencies. This is not a lobbying role. ALLFED provides the analytical foundation - GCR scenarios (Global Catastrophic Risk), legal research, evidence frameworks—while coalition partners determine how to deploy that analysis through their own channels. Your job is to build and maintain those relationships, understand what materials partners actually need, and ensure ALLFED’s work reaches the people who can act on it.

The right candidate will be comfortable operating in a politically sensitive policy space (U.S. biofuels policy), working with trade associations and corporate government affairs teams, and engaging opportunistically with federal agencies when introductions arise.

For detailed Job Description see HERE

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This is a Full-time equivalent (40 hrs/week). Part-time arrangements considered for exceptional candidates. 10 months (July 2026 – May 2027), with possibility of extension subject to funding.

To express your interest in this role, please kindly complete our Expression of Interest form (for blind recruitment purposes) and the subsequent short Application Form (which will follow).

After filling in the EOI form we will follow up with the application form in the first half of June.

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We value diversity of experience, perspective, and background, and encourage candidates to apply even if they do not meet every listed requirement. We welcome applications from individuals of all genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, religions, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We believe inclusive teams drive better decisions and stronger, more resilient solutions.

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Key benefits for this role primarily revolve around remote working, flexibility and work-life balance. Please see our general terms FAQs for more information.

Excellent spoken and written English.