Sr. Manager, Advocacy

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain ongoing advocacy relationships with senior leaders, board members, culinary champions, and corporate partners, while identifying new grasstop allies in underrepresented sectors.
• Execute partner engagement plans in support of legislative priorities using tailored toolkits, talking points and outreach guidance developed in collaboration with other staff.
• Coordinate and lead partner participation in fly-ins, Hill days, roundtables and other high-profile events.
• Partner with Communications to surface and support grasstop partner voices for earned media and other storytelling opportunities.
• Organize and deliver briefings or skill-building sessions that equip partners to understand priority issues and play effective, appropriate advocacy roles.
• Develop and customize decks, briefing documents, and meeting prep tailored for grasstop audiences, ensuring consistency with organizational strategy and messaging.
• 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.
• Travel up to 25%

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred but not required
• 4-6 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.

Comprehensive 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.