Founded in 1988, Food & Friends provides home delivered medically-tailored meals, nutrition support, and friendship to people living with AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and other life challenging illnesses. Our team of seventy employees and thousands of volunteers delivers meals and hope to people living in the District of Columbia and multiple counties across Maryland and Virginia. There is no charge or income qualification for our services, which are rendered solely on the basis of medical need.

We seek a Government Relations & Public Funding Manager to oversee funding relationships with a broad range of local, state, and federal sources.

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Reporting to the Executive Director, the Manager will:

• Manage and enhance relationships with key government officials and their representatives at all levels of government;
• Prepare and submit proposals to receive government funding, and shepherd those proposals through the appropriations process;
• Consult regularly with departments throughout Food & Friends regarding public funding initiatives, public funding reports, and status of public funding proposals;
• Manage relations with paid government relations consultants to ensure that Food & Friends receives maximum benefit from their services;
• Represent Food & Friends throughout the region at various public funding meetings and before relevant committees;
• Prepare briefings, presentations, and other information materials to advance Food & Friends’ interests before government officials and agencies; and
• Conduct prospect research to identify new public funding opportunities.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a government relations professional to leverage their skills on behalf of an established and growing grassroots charity. Must be willing to work in a traditional office environment.

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Qualifications

The successful candidate will have a BA/BS, a driver’s license, and at least three years of experience with public funding or related work. Additional qualifications include advanced knowledge of grant management techniques, superb writing skills, understanding of the appropriations process, strong attention to detail, dependable time management skills, and ability to foster relations with internal and external constituencies. Must be able to manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment and willing to drive throughout the region for meetings with government representatives. Offer of employment contingent upon a pre-employment drug test.

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Salary & Benefits

The Government Relations & Public Funding position pays in the range of $85,000 to $90,000. Benefits include medical, dental, disability, retirement plan, paid maternity/paternity leave, weekly short Fridays, and three weeks of paid leave for new hires. Food & Friends is Metro accessible and has free on-site parking.

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Please submit cover letter and resume when applying.

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Food & Friends is an Equal Opportunity Employer.