Bread For The World, Inc Hiring for at Washington, DC Full Time

DEPARTMENT: Organizing and Faith Engagement

S TO: Deputy Director

STATUS: Time-limited; April 18th through June 14, 2023 (30 hours per week)

Bread for the World is a Christian advocacy organization urging U.S. decision makers to do all they can to pursue a world without hunger. Our mission is to educate and equip people to advocate for policies and programs that can help end hunger in the U.S. and around the world.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To provide administrative support related to annual Advocacy Summit planning, including providing on-site support of the Monday, June 12th and Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Capitol Hill day activities, from 7:00am – 7:00pm.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES:

• Schedules lobby visits between Advocacy Summit registrants and their appropriate members of Congress.
• Confirms and accurately tracks House and Senate lobby meetings scheduled.
• Coordinates with Government Relations and Organizing staff to ensure lobby visits are scheduled with appropriate congressional staff and members of Congress.
• Works with Communications department to keep lobby day website updated with scheduled meetings and other information as necessary.
• Communicates as necessary with Advocacy Summit registrants regarding their meetings.
• Serves as point of contact on Tuesday, June 11 for all lobby visit related inquiries.
• Provides administrative support as needed.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

• High school diploma, some college courses in related area preferred.
• Strong computer skills, especially proficiency in MS Office Suite, database software, and Internet research. Knowledge of Raisers’ Edge database a plus.
• Interest in hunger and poverty issues (U.S. and/or international)
• Ability to work cooperatively within a team and manage time effectively.
• Strong office management and customer service skills.
• Strong communications, writing, and research skills.
• Previous Capitol Hill experience a plus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT ISSUES:

• Bread is a hybrid organization.
• Proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in accordance with CDC guidelines is required to enter our offices. Reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exemptions to this requirement in accordance with applicable law.

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS:

Bread is committed to advancing racial equity externally and internally, all staff members play a vital role. In the course of our work, each staff person should work to apply a racial equity lens to their work and practices; and participate in racial equity on-going training. Bread is also committed to being an equal opportunity employer.

OUR VALUES:

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  We value our faith. Our faith in Christ is the foundation for our hope, story, mission, and values, and compels us to love our neighbors near and far.
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  We value human flourishing. We believe that every human being, created in the image of God, has inherent dignity that affords an opportunity to be in right relationship with God, self, neighbor, and the environment, and to freely access enough nutritious food for good health.
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  We value justice. We seek to establish effective systems, structures, and policies that affirm equality and advance equity among all human beings and protect people who experience hunger and poverty from oppression.
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  We value courage and prophetic voice. In a spirit of wisdom and love, we will be bold in articulating and pursuing our vision of a world without hunger.
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  We value nonpartisanship. We believe that effective and sustainable public policies are made when, in good faith, we employ a civil and politically unbiased approach to develop and implement laws and programs to achieve our mission.
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  We value collaboration. We believe in working alongside and building community with diverse churches, institutions, and individuals, including people experiencing hunger, to achieve our mission.
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  We value impact. We strive for excellence in our work and hold ourselves and our nation’s leaders accountable in the pursuit of public policies that render measurable results and meaningful change for those affected by hunger.

DISCLAIMER:

Background and reference checks will be conducted on all final candidates. The information in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.