Senior Manager, Public Affairs

Full Time Newton Center, MA, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $98,000.00 Annually

Spoonfuls keeps good food from going to waste. Through food recovery and distribution, education, and advocacy, we work to address the health, environmental and economic impacts that wasted food has on people and the planet. To learn more about our work, visit spoonfuls.org.

This position manages Spoonfuls’ outreach, education, advocacy, and general community engagement work, including informing and executing Spoonfuls’ Public Affairs Strategy. It's a great opportunity for a strategic thinker who excels at relationship‑building and enjoys being a public “face” of the organization. Reporting to the Chief of Communications & Public Affairs, the Senior Manager will work closely with Spoonfuls’ Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to forge and deepen connections and drive community conversations about wasted food, food insecurity, the climate emergency, Spoonfuls' impact, and the benefits of food recovery.

The Senior Manager will funnel individuals to a range of opportunities to support our work. Familiarity with the communities in which we operate is a plus.

Duties and Responsibilities :

Community & Stakeholder Engagement

Positions Spoonfuls to be a known and trusted thought leader in the fields of food loss and waste prevention and food recovery

Develops and refines strategies for building awareness of Spoonfuls’ work and opportunities to become involved in it

Identifies engagement opportunities and, with the Public Affairs Coordinator, manages our Public Affairs calendar, ensuring Spoonfuls is represented in community meetings, conversations, and events that have the potential to grow our reach and impact

Frequently represents Spoonfuls in the community including at meetings, on panels, before school and civic groups, media, etc.

Elevates community conversations, trends, opportunities, and concerns

Routinely leads conversations with food retailers, brands, elected officials and more and makes strategic introductions for other members of the team in order to advance programming and funding partnerships

Routinely pitches and provides presentations to community groups, organizations, businesses, and others interested in learning more about the issue of wasted food, Spoonfuls’ work, and ways to get involved

Education & Advocacy

Working with Spoonfuls’ SLT and colleagues across verticals, informs and advances Spoonfuls’ Advocacy Priorities

Routinely evaluates advocacy priorities and identifies advocacy opportunities

Interfaces with outside policy/advocacy stakeholders including community partners, elected officials, donors, organizers, and others who help set local, regional, and national food and environmental policy agendas; works to elevate important calls to action

Outreaches to elected officials and their staff to keep policymakers informed of Spoonfuls’ initiatives in their districts; builds and deepens relationships with elected officials

May organize or participate in public actions and awareness campaigns

Communications Support

Works closely with the Communications team to inform strategies and ensure our online and offline engagement and advocacy strategies are well-aligned

With Communications staff, informs Advocacy Updates and as-needed Advocacy Action Alerts

Identifies and shares opportunities to engage media around our community engagement and education/advocacy priorities

Supporting fact-checking around advocacy-centric communications

Administration

Supervises junior engagement staff and/or interns (currently one FT Coordinator)

With teammates, works to ensure that Spoonfuls’ Public Affairs strategies and Advocacy Priorities represent the organization’s core values

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