Executive Vice President, Government Affairs & Policy (Washington, DC / Hybrid)

Work. Serve. Thrive.

Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in peoples' lives. Working at Feeding America is a uniquely rewarding experience in which our employees work together as vital parts of a much larger mission. We are innovative, mission-focused, diverse, collaborative, values-driven and focused on results.

Feeding America is the nation’s largest charity and the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.

Learn more about Feeding America here.

This position is based out of Feeding America’s Washington, DC office. At Feeding America, we believe in offering a flexible work environment. Employees must be in the office an average of 2 days a week (when not travelling for work) and work from home on other days. Employees also have access to a 30-day “work anywhere” program during the course of each calendar year that can be combined with PTO and/or holidays.

The Opportunity

The EVP, Government Affairs & Policy will lead the development and implementation of integrated strategies across government nutrition and feeding programs, federal and state level policy and advocacy aligned with Feeding America’s priorities working closely with network members to inform the development and execution of these strategies to advance government relations influence and success. Ensure deep understanding of network member needs and leverage those insights to strengthen network capacity and coordinate advocacy actions in support of nutrition and feeding programs and policy priorities.  Integrate stakeholder engagement and coalition building in support of Feeding America’s policy and advocacy priorities across the national organization, with network partners and with external partners.  ​

Compensation

Here at Feeding America national organization, equity is central to our mission and is an integral part of our compensation policies and structures. Historically, systemic racism and sexism in all aspects of our society, including compensation practices, has led to pay inequities that negatively impact people of color, women, and especially women of color. These practices include basing salary offers on previous compensation and negotiating salary offers. As such, we maintain transparent salary ranges and clearly defined practices for how our team, including new hire salary offers, moves through these ranges. You can expect us to offer the best salary up front based on these clearly defined pay practices with little room for negotiation. The salary range listed below represents the starting to mid-point salaries for positions and comparable roles at this level at our organization and candidates should expect to be offered a salary near the starting point of the range that is listed on the job posting. We make exceptions for highly experienced (multiple years of at-level experience) new hires in accordance with our pay practices. Once hired, employees have the opportunity to progress through salary ranges via regular merit increases and step promotions.

Salary Range: $230,000 - $242,000 Based on Experience

Responsibilities:

• Lead the develop and execution of integrated strategies that support Feeding America’s policy priorities including federal nutrition programs focused on increasing food resources and funding available to food banks and promotion of federal and state food stability and access policies. Ensure that these efforts are aligned with Feeding America’s 2030 Strategy and partner with Chief Government Relations Officer (CGRO) to leverage connections and relationships with lawmakers, federal agencies and the administration.  Also ensure they are responsive to the evolving political and policy landscape and informed by holistic policy analysis and assessment.  
• In partnership with the Advocacy team, co-lead efforts to mobilize and engage Feeding America’s network, including food bank CEOs, partner state associations and community leaders, to advocate for impactful anti-hunger policies and increase the network’s advocacy capacity.
• Inform national office decisions building deep network engagement into the development of policy priorities and advocacy strategies. Routinely engage with the PEAC, partner state associations and other relevant bodies within the Feeding America Network to ensure strategic alignment and transparency in decision making.  Deepen understanding among executive leadership and Gov