Senior Manager of Government Affairs

4 days ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Feeding America Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Manager of Government Affairs to advance our legislative agenda and build strong relationships with local, state, and federal elected officials. This role will play a critical part in shaping and executing our legislative strategy, creating and maintaining effective relationships with key stakeholders, and representing our organization at public and private events.

Key Responsibilities
  • Create and maintain strong relationships with elected officials and their staff to advance our legislative agenda.
  • Develop and execute a legislative strategy for priority bills, working closely with our Senior Director of Community Advocacy and Government Affairs.
  • Implement all outbound communications and meeting coordination with elected officials and their offices, and work with our Manager of Advocacy to craft impactful communications to advocates.
  • Maintain a strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local legislative processes to accurately and strategically represent our programs, operations, and policy goals.
  • Strategically deploy our staff, advocates, partners, board members, and other stakeholders to advance legislative and government relations goals.
  • Organize engagement events, including legislator breakfasts, site visits, volunteer events, and similar experiences.
  • Represent our organization at public and private events, including elected officials and prepare other staff to engage with elected officials as needed.
  • Collaborate with various functional areas to advance advocate, partner, and elected official engagement.
  • Monitor legislative action, identify impacts on our organization and partner advocacy and operations, and report to key stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with our Manager of Advocacy and Greater Chicago Food Depository staff to build proactive advocacy partnerships with individuals and organizations within target districts for key elected officials.
  • Represent our organization at policy-related meetings, events, and conferences.
  • Support the planning, promotion, and execution of key advocacy events, including the annual Illinois End Hunger Now Lobby Day in Springfield, smaller Springfield lobby days with partners, and an annual Lobby Day in Washington D.C.
  • Coordinate and participate in additional lobbying trips and hearings to provide testimony, as necessary, in Springfield and Washington D.C.
  • Maximize existing systems for tracking organization-wide engagement with elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels, and complete data entry of all legislator engagement by the Policy & Advocacy team.
  • Support technical assistance with our statewide network of Feeding Illinois food banks, as needed, to encourage their government affairs outreach.
  • Manage budgets and participate in budget planning and reporting process.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree plus Master's Degree or graduate level work in public policy, social work, public health, urban planning, or a related field is preferred.
  • Minimum of 7 years of work experience with at least 3 years of experience in lobbying, advocacy, public policy, community organizing, political campaign, or similar experience.
  • Expert knowledge of federal, state, and local legislative processes.
  • Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills.
  • Strong people skills, including ability to establish and maintain effective, collaborative relationships with diverse stakeholders and influence others toward a common goal.
  • Strong knowledge of the advocacy and political landscape in Chicagoland, including trusted relationships at the federal, state, and local levels, and a track-record of collaboration with other civic, advocacy, or community organizing groups or coalitions.
  • Proven record of generating buy-in from stakeholders and advancing legislative solutions.
  • Ability to work in political environments requiring a high degree of tact, discretion, and political savvy with keen political and interpersonal judgment.
  • Ability to effectively adjust communications for audience and situation.
  • Strategic thinking with robust analytical/problem solving skills and organizational agility.
  • Ability to advance multiple projects simultaneously and leverage opportunities to achieve multiple objectives.
  • Ability to effectively manage complex projects and work with limited supervision.
  • Action-oriented, entrepreneurial leader with significant creative capacity and flexibility.
  • Proficiency in MS Office-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and any client relationship management (CRM) database.
Exposure

This role will involve working in a normal office environment, with some warehouse environment, and will require occasional travel. The successful candidate will interact with Food Depository staff, political and community leaders, federal, state, and local government staff, volunteers, member agencies, and the general public.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance coverage, employer-paid life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program, 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution, generous paid time off, parental leave, on-site gym, $3,000 annual employer-paid ThrivePass lifestyle and wellness benefit program, and $250 employee referral bonus.

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