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 campaign, 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.

The Senior Manager will be responsible for helping to grow and support a relatively new body of work on Summer EBT. The Senior Manager will help lead the strategy development on and oversee the execution of summer EBT efforts to identify and share best practices in expanding access to the program, develop tools and resources that facilitate program improvement and access, foster cross-state learning, and communicate effective practices through conferences, webinars, and issue briefs.

This position can be based in Washington, DC (hybrid 2 days in the office); but could be fully remote for the right candidate living outside of the DC area 30 miles or more. The position offers a range of $81,000 to $87,000. Exact compensation within the stated salary range may vary based on skills, experience, internal equity, and geographical location.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build deep programmatic expertise in Summer EBT, serving as a technical resource for staff and public and private program partners.
• Manage and support the coordination across teams working on Summer EBT.
• Manage key summer EBT projects, including those focused on outreach and communication with families, schools, and community partners, and best practice sharing across state agencies.
• Manage the Summer EBT community of practice of state, Tribe, and territory agencies and support convenings, including coordination, content and session creation, presentation, and facilitation of sessions.
• Develop resources highlighting Summer EBT best practices and learnings for state agencies and community partners, and materials and resources for how families can access Summer EBT.
• Manage and support information collection and synthesize learnings across states where Share Our Strength is investing more deeply.
• Provide expertise to support state No Kid Hungry campaigns, advocacy, and policy teams work at the state and federal levels.
• Partner with colleagues to support Share Our Strength's work to be a diverse and inclusive organization and ensure this value is embedded in the organization and throughout our work.
• Travel up to 15%

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required, or equivalent lived experience, professional and work experience.
• 5-8 years’ work experience focusing on public benefits programs; experience administering SNAP/Summer EBT or working with state SNAP/Summer EBT agencies a plus.
• Experience providing training, technical assistance, strategic planning or consulting services to nonprofit organizations, state agency staff and/or educators/school personnel.
• Demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.
• 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 facilitation, listening, and communication skills (verbal and written), including experience presenting to high-level audiences and communicating complex or technical information in webinars and conferences.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Interest in anti-hunger and anti-poverty issues.

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.