Federal Coalition Coordinator

Food & Water Watch is looking for a federal coalition coordinator to join our policy team and help support engagement, and implementation of strategic federal campaigns to protect our food, water, and climate. The Federal Coalition Coordinator will work closely with local and regional community partners, as well as staff at other national organizations, and other staff at Food & Water Watch, focusing primarily on efforts to push back on various climate scams that will expand dirty energy use. The position is remote but might require some travel based on campaign needs and priorities. This is a grant-funded position. As such, the position is contingent upon continued funding from the grantor for the term of employment. Should the grantor fail to fund this position or rescind its sponsorship during the time of employment, Food & Water Watch may eliminate the position.

About Food & Water Watch:

Food & Water Watch is working to create a healthy future for all people and generations to come—a world where everyone has food they can trust, clean drinking water, and a livable climate. Making this happen requires involving people in the pressing issues of our time at the local, state, and federal level building on one win after another, as we develop a larger movement that has the political power to make our democratic process work.

About the position:

The Federal Coalition Coordinator will report to the Policy Director and will work primarily with allies, and as necessary, coordinate with Food & Water Watch staff on the policy, organizing, communications, development, and digital teams to support Food & Water Watch’s work. The Federal Coalition Coordinator will provide support to federal tables and working groups that coordinate on issues relating to various climate scams that will expand dirty energy use. This includes list management, communication with allies and volunteers, note-taking, meeting coordination, administrative tasks, and other responsibilities as necessary. The Federal Coalition Coordinator will primarily work on campaigns relating to ending subsidies and relating to the permitting of carbon capture, hydrogen, and bioenergy, primarily with a federal focus. This is a full-time temporary grant-funded position for 1 year.

Salary: $65,000-$85,000

Location: The position is remote, but staff will be expected to maintain regular work hours aligned with the Eastern Time Zone.

Responsibilities:

• • Coordinate coalition meetings and workgroups. Schedule and prepare agendas for recurring meetings, take notes, track follow-up items, and ensure timely communication with all relevant participants.
  • Maintain clear and consistent communications. Draft and send emails, updates, and action requests to coalition members, partner organizations, volunteers, and grassroots activists.
  • Support implementation of campaign tactics. Help execute key components of coalition efforts, including sign-on letters, digital mobilizations, advocacy days, and comment drives.
  • Facilitate grassroots engagement. Use digital tools to support activist communications such as email blasts, district actions, text-to-call campaigns, and webinar registrations.
  • Track deliverables and timelines. Keep shared documents, timelines, and work plans updated to help ensure coalition campaigns stay on schedule.
  • Draft outreach and engagement materials. Create or adapt content such as meeting recaps, action alerts, and event invitations to support coalition communications and mobilization.
  • Manage logistics for briefings and events. Support coalition events like online briefings, in-person meetings, or public actions by coordinating logistics and providing backend support.
  • Use shared digital tools effectively. Maintain working knowledge of Zoom, Google Drive, Slack, Signal, and mobilization platforms to support internal and external coalition functions.
  • Document activities for internal reporting. Track and organize coalition outputs to support internal program evaluations and funder reporting needs.
  • Maintain fluency in key campaign issues. Develop working knowledge of carbon capture, hydrogen, bioenergy, and federal permitting policy in order to support strategic coordination and communications.
  • Represent Food & Water Watch in coalition work. Coordinate across internal teams and external partners to ensure FWW’s federal campaign goals are well-integrated into coalition strategies.
  • Carry out other projects as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• • 3–5 years of relevant experience. Prior work in advocacy, organizing, coalition coordination, or campaign implementation is essential.
  • Clear and professional communication skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders in both written and verbal formats.
  • Strong coordination and follow-through. Proven ability to manage timelines, track details, and independently move projects forward while keeping collaborators aligned.
  • Experience working across teams. Demonstrated success coordinating with multiple organizations or departments in a fast-paced, campaign-driven environment.
  • Familiarity with energy and climate issues. Prior exposure to carbon capture, hydrogen, bioenergy, or federal permitting debates is preferred, with a demonstrated ability to quickly learn new issue areas.
  • Technological proficiency. Ability to work remotely, comfortably using digital tools including Google Workspace, Zoom, Slack, Signal, and Mobilize, with strong general tech skills and adaptability.
  • Commitment to equity and justice. Demonstrated commitment to Food & Water Watch’s core values of justice, human dignity, fair treatment, and equity.
  • Cultural competency and inclusiveness. Ability to work effectively and respectfully with people of diverse racial, ethnic, class, age, gender, and sexual orientation backgrounds.

Desired but not required skills and experience:

• • Experience with multi-organization federal campaigns. Background coordinating in coalitions or informal alliances focused on federal policy advocacy.
  • Campaign communication skills. Experience drafting public-facing materials such as action alerts, toolkits, or event invitations.
  • Remote team collaboration. Demonstrated success working in a distributed team environment, especially across time zones.
  • Schedule flexibility. Willingness and ability to occasionally support meetings or urgent coordination needs outside standard Eastern Time Zone business hours.

Compensation: $65,000-$85,000 annually dependent upon experience and location.

Food & Water Watch provides an excellent benefits package for full-time employees. This includes 100% employer-paid health, dental and vision plans for staff; 403b retirement plans with employer contribution once eligible; 12 weeks paid parental leave; 3 weeks vacation for new employees; 12 sick days and 5 personal days; paid federal holidays and winter break (December 24 – January 1).

This position is a bargaining unit position covered under a contract between Food & Water Watch and the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU).

Click here to apply. Please include your resume, cover letter, writing sample, and three professional references to be considered. Position open until filled. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

We will review your application and if we feel that your knowledge, skills and abilities are potentially a good match for our organization, we will be in contact with you.

Food & Water Watch is an equal opportunity employer who encourages applications from women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, individuals with disabilities, and other members of underrepresented groups. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.

Food & Water Watch (FWW) is committed to the health and safety of its staff members. Moreover, FWW, as an organization, promotes science-based policy. Science clearly shows that unvaccinated populations drive the spread of the coronavirus and the emergence of new variants, and that unvaccinated people are more likely to contract COVID and experience severe symptoms. Effective immediately, prospective new staff members are required to provide proof of vaccination or request a waiver as a condition of their offer of employment.