Advocacy Manager

Since 1984, Share Our Strength® has led the fight against hunger and poverty by inspiring and organizing individuals and businesses to share their strengths. Today, through the No Kid Hungry campaign, Share Our Strength is ending childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need. No child should go hungry in America – we’re on our way to making that a reality and we want you to join us. We’re bold, creative, always open to new ideas, and 100% dedicated to our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d like you to consider becoming part of our team.

The Advocacy Manager designs and executes strategies to grow, engage, and mobilize our base of grassroots advocate in support of organizational priorities at the federal, state, and local levels. This person owns all grassroots constituent-facing digital and community advocacy efforts.

This position is preferably based in Washington, DC; but could be fully remote for the right candidate living outside of the D.C. area. The position offers a salary range of $65k-$70k. Exact compensation within the stated salary range may vary based on skills, experience, internal equity, and geographical location.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build and launch digital grassroots advocacy campaigns (email, text, action pages) around legislative moments, in close coordination with Communications, Fundraising, and other departments.
• Partner with Communications on organic and paid strategies that support grassroots advocacy engagement.
• Through partnership with State Campaigns, leverage relationships with local grassroot advocates, including parents, educators, and other frontline community voices.
• Draft advocacy alerts and other copy that activates grassroots supporters/
• Create shareable resources like one-pagers and toolkits to leverage and engage grassroots advocates.
• Track actions taken, growth of grassroots advocates base, and campaign conversion rates; report results to the team.
• Partner with colleagues to support Share Our Strength's work to be a diverse and inclusive organization, and ensuring this value is embedded in the organization and throughout our work.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred but not required.
• 3-5 years of experience in successfully managing advocacy and/or community engagement programs.
• MS Office proficiency and grassroots engagement tools and software experience highly preferred.
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills, including the ability to identify and work through challenges, underscored by strong judgment and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on multi-step, detail-oriented projects in a fluid environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience presenting to high-level audiences.
• Interest in anti-hunger and anti-poverty issues.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently.

COMPREHENSVE BENEFIT PLAN:

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan which currently includes, but is not limited to, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, retirement, wellness benefits, and paid time off (vacation leave, sick leave, personal leave, holiday, parental leave, bereavement leave, military leave, and jury duty leave).

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:

Share Our Strength is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, military status, age, or any other classification protected by law.

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan which currently includes, but is not limited to, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, retirement, wellness benefits, and paid time off (vacation leave, sick leave, personal leave, holiday, parental leave, bereavement leave, military leave, and jury duty leave).