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SalaryORGANIZATION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.
In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
World Relief is hiring a National Advocacy & Operations Specialist who will be responsible for developing and managing operational systems for our growing Advocacy division and provide coaching and support to U.S. office staff members in support of World Relief’s public policy advocacy priorities. This will include planning, tracking timelines and metrics, and reporting across World Relief efforts in each state. This individual will coordinate with other divisions within World Relief to ensure clear communications and processes for carrying out World Relief’s advocacy interests. The specialist will also act as primary lead for advocacy communications support to all U.S. offices.
Role & Responsibilities
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Develop and implement a National Advocacy strategy in support of World Relief advocacy goals
- Manage or create procedures and operational systems to track metrics, relationships and calendars in support of the National Advocacy strategy
- Provide support and coaching to U.S. office staff who have a primary or partial focus on advocacy and public policy issues
- Communicate regularly with World Relief staff on federal policy changes and organizational positional statements,
- Coordinate with Strategic Engagement Division staff to report on grant metrics
- Serve as the Advocacy division’s lead for developing and tracking departmental Objectives and Key Results
- Provide logistical and administrative support for other members of the Advocacy division, including assisting in managing the departmental budget
- Manage project deadlines and project deliverables around key metrics
- Coordinate with the Marketing team to manage the World Relief advocacy website with updated information regarding policy, legislation and new developments
- Assist the VP of Advocacy and Policy in producing regular updates for World Relief staff, board members and other stakeholders on the activities and impacts of the Advocacy division
- Ensure clear communication and coordination between the Advocacy division and all other divisions of World Relief, including but not limited to representing the advocacy team in cross-departmental projects and initiatives
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Minimum of two years of organizational and project management experience with demonstrated increasing responsibility over time
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, web-based interfaces such as SharePoint and project management tools
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and with limited supervision in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining work ethic
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
- Ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects
- Must be passionate about seeking just, compassionate policies aligned with World Relief’s longstanding advocacy positions
- Commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
Requirements
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
- Bachelor’s degree in related field required
- Experience with political advocacy, community organizing or operations
- Written and spoken fluency in English is required; fluency in a second language, particularly Spanish, is a plus
$67,000-75,000
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Offer 16 company Paid Holidays + 4 additional Personal days per year!
- Paid Sick and Vacation Time
- Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)
- FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
- Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)
- Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance policies
- Legal Shield Insurance
World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:
- Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
- Long Term & Short-term Disability
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Long Distance Travel Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
World Relief - Retirement:
- 401K & Roth
- WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%
- Eligibility: Full Time (40 hours per week) is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year.
World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):
- Verizon
- Pet Insurance through Nationwide
- Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
- Working Advantage Discount Program
- Active & Fit Gym Membership
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Silver-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
- The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
- Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
- The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions.
- Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.
- Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
- Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
- Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.
- All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Legal Background in the United States
World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. World Relief strictly prohibits and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees on the basis of person’s race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law, which does not conflict with the protections afforded World Relief as a faith-based employer.
In addition, physical or mental limitations will not be a factor in the application of World Relief's employment policies or employee practices, except for those situations in which occupational requirement make consideration of such factors necessary.
Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.
