Since 1984, Share Our Strength® has led the fight against hunger and poverty by inspiring and organizing individuals and businesses to share their strengths. Today, through the No Kid Hungry and Cooking Matters campaigns, Share Our Strength is ending childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need. No child should go hungry in America – we’re on our way to making that a reality and we want you to join us. We’re bold, creative, always open to new ideas, and 100% dedicated to our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d like you to consider becoming part of our team.

Share Our Strength’s Internal Communications function sits on the greater Communications team. We serve as trusted advisors partnering with leadership to engage staff with need-to-know organizational news, supporting team learning and fostering a strong internal culture.

The Associate, Internal Communications will be responsible for supporting overall internal communications products and processes. This includes collection, drafting, and distribution of impact stories; maintenance of key internal channels like StrengthNet; and an overall focus on ensuring staff has the resources they need to excel. This role is a key connector, liaising with every team throughout the organization.

This position is preferably based in Washington, DC (Hybrid -2 days per week), but could be fully remote for the right candidate living outside of the DC area 30 miles or more. The position offers a salary range of $60k-$64k. Exact compensation within the stated salary range may vary based on skills, experience, internal equity, and geographical location.

Please note a Cover Letter of interest will be required when applying for this position. The final candidate(s) will be required to provide a writing sample, if progressed.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist with information sharing between departments, including translation of program materials for staff use, helping to robustly lift up stories of impact and make them accessible for all staff
• Supporting Internal Communications, including
  • Posting monthly Exec newsletter on StrengthNet to be visually engaging and promoting on Zoom
  • Creating functional archives and search functions for knowledge resources
• Support Senior Director and collaborate with HR and additional teams on:
  • Managing organization of a yet-to-be-established online Learning Library
  • Support development of new trainings, as appropriate
• Support Senior Director and collaborate with IT on:
  • Ongoing maintenance for a robust and dynamic StrengthNet, including timely update of materials posted, assisting staff to develop a visually engaging space, ensuring documents are linked to appropriate archives
  • Ongoing maintenance of Zoom channels for best and highest use, ensuring the right content is promoted on the right channels
• Collaborate across departments to escalate needs for communication tools and other resources, soliciting multiple perspectives
• Helping Senior Director to keep staff up to date on and connected to goals, progress, new initiatives, and ongoing efforts
• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications or related field preferred, but not required.
• 2 years of experience required.
• MS Office, Asana proficiency and a demonstrated ability to work with new technologies
• Operate with high emotional intelligence, identifying and working through challenges with strong judgment, cultivating and championing a collaborative culture of communication, while also deploying a high degree of discretion with sensitive information
• 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).

DIVERSITY:

At Share Our Strength, we value an individual’s diversity of backgrounds, experiences, ideas and perspectives. A hallmark of our history, culture and values has been the organization’s desire to bring together motivated, intelligent, and talented people to work together to find and implement solutions to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and abroad. We each come to Share Our Strength with a unique background, but together we form a team that yields amazing results. This shared value of encouraging and embracing diversity in our organization fosters a workplace and culture that is highlighted for its innovation, open expression of ideas, and collaboration. With a strong shared commitment to the organization’s mission, and a unique blend of individual strengths, we are all working toward ensuring that every individual can live a healthy and productive life.