Program Manager, ELCA Hunger- International

Description

This posting will close September 18, 2026, at 11:00 pm central time.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 3 million members in more than 8,600 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of “God’s work. Our hands.,” the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world.

The ELCA’s roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.

The Lutheran Center (national office) is located in Chicago, Illinois. A staff of approximately 400, under the leadership of the Presiding Bishop, serve as administrators, advisors, conveners, partners, and resource people for the ELCA and its ministries. Staff lead the work of national, domestic, and global ministries and programs including Lutheran Disaster Response, ELCA World Hunger, Service & Justice, Christian Community and Leadership, and Innovation.

We are also home to five of our separately incorporated ministries:
The Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA, Women of the ELCA, Lutheran Men in Mission, the ELCA Foundation and the ELCA Federal Credit Union.

Churchwide Organization – Chicago, IL. Through the Service and Justice unit, the ELCA CWO fosters and facilitates this church’s engagement in service and promotes efforts to call and act for justice. Its work includes engaging in mission, service, and justice in accompaniment with churches and organizations in other countries; engaging with communities, coalitions and networks, congregations, and synods in service and justice work within the territorial jurisdiction of this church;

and providing guidance to members on matters of social justice.

• Manage the active WH-international grants for quality and accountability with acumen in EGM. This includes reviewing narrative and financial reports to ensure project activities are conducted as planned. This includes developing project summaries to track grants. Follow up with the area desks and ecumenical partners for inquiries related to reports and recommend the next tranche of payment (if applicable) or grant close out.
• Assist the ELCA World Hunger Director in promoting Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning (PMERL) and narrative analysis focused on outcomes, changes, and results through case studies, production of quotes, anecdotes, testimonies, storytelling, and stories of transformation. Ability to build capacities for grant recipients to report on project outcomes and impacts.
• Lead research and analysis on quantitative and qualitative meta data / trends identified within World Hunger grants, accompaniment, and programs. Draft and guide pipeline development of research findings to publish and utilize across S&J teams and to inform WH programs, Global Mission coordination, and Development Communications.
• Assist the ELCA World Hunger Director in accompanying area desks in supporting diaconal and sustainable development initiatives. This includes using accompaniment methodology to identify opportunities for strategic engagement in the work of companion churches and local faith-based partners toward addressing root causes, overturning injustice, and long-term transformation.
• Provide content information to Networking and Education, Development Communications and Philanthropy teams for publication, reports, and related story sharing. Build processes for successful coordination with Development Communications (Dev Comm) for stories for publications, situation reports and collaborate across S&J teams on special reports to donors.
• Perform other duties…