We are currently accepting applications for Director, Training and Development and for Fall 2019 Interns. (If you are looking for more information about becoming a Hunger Fellow, please see the Emerson and Leland Fellowship pages.)
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The Congressional Hunger Center is on a mission to develop, inspire, and connect leaders, and advocate public policies that create a food secure world. We envision a world without hunger and poverty where every person can achieve their full potential because equitable systems exist to achieve financial freedom and full access to healthful, affordable, and culturally appropriate foods.
Our program work consists of:
Woven into all the work we do is a commitment to equity and ensuring that people who have experienced hunger and poverty are leaders in designing, implementing, and evaluating community solutions and public policies. We also believe that leaders at the field and policy levels must collaborate and share knowledge to effect the systemic changes required to end hunger and poverty.
The Hunger Center seeks a Director of Training & Development. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Training & Development is responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating in-person and virtual learning opportunities for the Hunger Center’s leadership development program participants.
This is a full-time non-exempt position based in Washington, D.C.
Highlights of key positions responsibilities include:
Expected Results:
Expected Results:
The Hunger Center provides an attractive benefits package that includes employer-paid health, dental, life and disability insurance, a retirement plan that includes an employer match contribution after one year of service, and a generous paid time-off policy, including a one-week organization wide vacation at the end of each calendar year.
The Hunger Center pays salaries that are competitive with nonprofits of our budget size and location.
Applications will be accepted until our ideal candidate is identified. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly, as the review of applications will begin immediately. This posting was originally released on 8/8/2019
People of color, women, people with disabilities, Veterans, LGBTQ people, and gender non-conforming people are strongly encouraged to apply. The Hunger Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
Please submit your application, along with a cover letter and resume, at the link below.
Only applications submitted via the link above will be considered; all other inquiries about the position should be directed to hr@hungercenter.org. No phone calls, please.
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The Congressional Hunger Center) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works to make issues of domestic and international hunger a priority to policymakers in the U.S. government, and to raise a new generation of leaders to fight against hunger and poverty. Our mission is to train and inspire leaders who work to end hunger, and to advocate public policies that create a food secure world. We strive to be a leader in the movement to ensure access to food as a basic human right for all people. We create and nurture a community of innovative and inspiring leaders who act as change agents, bridging the gap between grassroots efforts and national and international public policy to provide access to nutritious, affordable and culturally appropriate food. We accomplish this mission through our advocacy, policy and coalition work, and our two leadership development programs: the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program and the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship Program.
We are currently accepting applications for the following internship positions (this list will be kept up-to-date to reflect open positions):
Internships with the Congressional Hunger Center are designed to align the talents of our interns with the needs of the organization. To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled in college, community college, or a graduate program, or have graduated from one of the above programs no earlier than July 1st, 2018. Once an assignment is confirmed, an internship plan will be created. College credit may be available.
Specific start and end dates and weekly schedule can be flexible to accommodate your course schedule, but all internships are expected to last no less than 150 hours over 10-14 weeks between the months of September and December. A stipend of up to $1,500.00 will be provided to each intern, payable at the start and end of the internship.
The Hunger Center strongly encourages applications from people of color, members of the LGBTQ communities, and people with lived experience with poverty or hunger. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, color, marital status, or medical status.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as of Monday August 12th; applicants are encouraged to apply promptly. List of available positions will be updated as they are filled; this posting was originally released on 8/8/2019
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(If you are looking for more information about becoming a Hunger Fellow, please see the Emerson and Leland Fellowship pages.)