Communications and Engagement Associate

The Congressional Hunger Center is on a mission to develop, inspire, and connect leaders, and advocate for public policies that create a food secure world. We envision a world without hunger and poverty where every person can achieve their full potential because equitable systems exist to achieve financial freedom and full access to healthful, affordable, and culturally appropriate foods.

The Congressional Hunger Center seeks a Communications and Engagement Associate who will serve as a key member of the Hunger Center's storytelling team. Flex your creative muscles to help us spread the word about our work to a variety of audiences and stakeholders. You will play a key role in developing new audiences for the Hunger Center’s learning and educational hub Zero Hunger Academy. If you love to write, you're driven by curiosity, you love learning about systems and effective anti-hunger responses in the U.S. and globally, and you have a knack for breaking down technical information into compelling stories that inform and move people to action, we want to hear from you!

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Director of Communications and Engagement, you will:

• Help develop and implement- promotional, recruitment, and marketing campaigns to raise the profile of the work of the Hunger Center and its network, and attracting new applicants, participants, and partners for its programs.
• Create timely, on-brand written and visual material for our website, newsletter, social media, and print.
• Gather information to support storytelling through a variety of methods, including interviews, surveys, and secondary research.
• Represent the Hunger Center and its programs at career fairs or trade shows.
• Assist with production of virtual and in-person events
• Establish and maintain relationships with partner organizations for recruitment of new program participants.
• Assist with production of reports on content performance and present at staff meetings.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written and oral.
• Cross-cultural communication: able to think critically about audience connect with a variety of stakeholders across culture, age, political viewpoint, and other factors.
• Adaptability: able to exercise creativity to solve problems and adjust to changing circumstances
• Project Management: designing and managing workflows to deliver excellent experience on deadlines
• Technology Proficiency: proficient in use of standard office software and cloud-based tools (e.g. Microsoft Office suite, Salesforce, Smartsheet, Zoom)
• Excellent organizational skills, with ability to switch focus between multiple projects and work independently toward goals
• Strongly motivated by curiosity: enthusiastic to research, learn, and discover new knowledge
• Research skills: comfort with a range of methods for gathering information, including primary and secondary research and online databases.
• Comfort with public speaking and interpersonal outreach
• Empathy, compassion, and patience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate's degree or higher.
• 1-3 years' experience in content development, creative writing, journalism / media, marketing, public relations, or related communications field.
• Work or volunteer experience hunger and poverty alleviation, direct service, public policy, or youth development a plus.
• Hybrid work environment: must be available for in-person work at our office in Washington, D.C., on Tuesdays; strong preference for at least one additional in-person day during the regular work week. (Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m.)

This is a full-time, exempt position based in Washington, D.C. We currently maintain a hybrid work schedule and employees are expected to work in-person from our office at least once a week.

The salary range for Associate roles starts at $50,000, with exact salary depending on experience.

The Hunger Center provides an attractive benefits package that includes employer-paid health, dental, life and disability insurance, a retirement plan that provides for up to a 4% employer match contribution, and a generous paid-time-off policy, including a one-week organization-wide vacation at the end of each calendar year.