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Who We Are
We are 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:
Leadership Development
We provide leadership development opportunities for hunger fighters to connect policy with practice, learn together in peer cohorts, and make meaningful contributions to the fight against hunger in the U.S. and overseas.
Network-Building
We facilitate collaboration across our network of more than 1,000 program alums and 300+ partner organizations and work at the intersection of hunger and its root causes. We break down silos and engage a broad range of allies who have a vested interest in ending hunger.
Advocacy
We are a one-stop-shop for policymakers in need of accurate, field-based information and expertise on hunger and its root causes.
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.
Current Positions:
Program Coordinator: Zero Hunger Initiative
Description
The Congressional Hunger Center is on a mission to develop, inspire, and connect leaders, and advocate for 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.
The Congressional Hunger Center seeks a Program Coordinator for our Zero Hunger Initiative who will report to the Director of Communications and Engagement. This individual will have daily oversight over the operations of the Zero Hunger Internship, bringing college students to Washington, D.C., for 10-week summer internships with leading organizations in national & global hunger policy. The Program Coordinator will take the lead on selecting and onboarding new classes of interns and partner organizations. The Program Coordinator will also work with our team to provide professional development opportunities for interns, and to collect and synthesize their feedback to continually improve the program.
In addition, the Program Coordinator will have oversight over Zero Hunger Academy, our hunger and advocacy education and resource hub. They will assist with developing and publishing courses, hosting in-person and virtual learning events, and ensuring quality learning experience and user satisfaction. The Program Coordinator will also work with our implementing partners to promote our courses, expand our audience, and train more advocates in the movement to end hunger.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinates selection, matching, and onboarding processes for interns and supervisors at partner organizations
- Ensures excellent experience for interns and supervisors, including collecting participant feedback throughout the summer and troubleshooting issues as they arise.
- Creates and implements program calendar including professional development days, final presentations, Zero Hunger Summer Seminars, and other gatherings.
- With staff assistance, creates and publishes courses on Zero Hunger Academy and hosts in-person and virtual learning events
- Coordinates process for securing accreditation for courses offered as CEUs for professional licensure
- Ensures excellent experience for users and partners
- Works with strategic implementing partners to generate new audiences for courses
- Maintains user records and statistics on course completion
- Assists in collecting and analyzing program data and ensuring compliance with program-related grants and donors
Core Competencies
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written and oral
- Adaptability: able to exercise creativity to solve problems and adjust to changing circumstances
- Project Management: designing and managing workflows to deliver excellent experience on deadlines
- Youth & Professional Development: leads by example, providing coaching for early-career interns on workforce skills and interpersonal communication
- Technology Proficiency: proficient in use of standard office software and cloud-based tools (e.g. Microsoft Office suite, Salesforce, Smartsheet, Zoom)
- Excellent organizational skills, with ability to switch focus between multiple projects and work independently toward goals
- Empathy, compassion, and patience
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's degree or higher.
- 3-5 years' experience in program management, administrative support, educational design, community management, or related fields.
- Work or volunteer experience in hunger and poverty alleviation, direct service, public policy, youth development, or professional development a plus.
- Hybrid work environment: must be available for in-person work at our office in Washington, D.C., on Tuesdays; strong preference for at least one additional in-person day during the regular work week. (Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m.)
Benefits
This is a full-time, exempt position based in Washington, D.C. We currently maintain a hybrid work schedule and employees are expected to work in-person from our office once a week.
The salary range for Coordinator roles starts at $55,000, with exact salary depending on experience.
The Hunger Center provides an attractive benefits package that includes employer-paid health, dental, life and disability insurance, a retirement plan that provides for up to a 4% employer match contribution, and a generous paid-time-off policy, including a one-week organization-wide vacation at the end of each calendar year.
How to Apply
Applications will be accepted until our ideal candidate is identified. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly, as the review of applications will begin immediately. To be considered, please apply through the link below. Only applications submitted via the application link will be considered. No phone calls, please.
This opening was posted on February 19, 2026
Communications and Engagement Associate
Description
The Congressional Hunger Center is on a mission to develop, inspire, and connect leaders, and advocate for 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.
The Congressional Hunger Center seeks a Communications and Engagement Associate who will serve as a key member of the Hunger Center's storytelling team. Flex your creative muscles to help us spread the word about our work to a variety of audiences and stakeholders. You will play a key role in developing new audiences for the Hunger Center’s learning and educational hub Zero Hunger Academy. If you love to write, you're driven by curiosity, you love learning about systems and effective anti-hunger responses in the U.S. and globally, and you have a knack for breaking down technical information into compelling stories that inform and move people to action, we want to hear from you!.
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director of Communications and Engagement, you will:
- Help develop and implement promotional, recruitment, and marketing campaigns to raise the profile of the work of the Hunger Center and its network, and attracting new applicants, participants, and partners for its programs.
- Create timely, on-brand written and visual material for our website, newsletter, social media, and print.
- Gather information to support storytelling through a variety of methods, including interviews, surveys, and secondary research.
- Represent the Hunger Center and its programs at career fairs or trade shows.
- Assist with production of virtual and in-person events Establish and maintain relationships with partner organizations for recruitment of new program participants.
- Assist with production of reports on content performance and present at staff meetings.
Core Competencies
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written and oral.
- Cross-cultural communication: able to think critically about audience connect with a variety of stakeholders across culture, age, political viewpoint, and other factors.
- Adaptability: able to exercise creativity to solve problems and adjust to changing circumstances
- Project Management: designing and managing workflows to deliver excellent experience on deadlines
- Technology Proficiency: proficient in use of standard office software and cloud-based tools (e.g. Microsoft Office suite, Salesforce, Smartsheet, Zoom)
- Excellent organizational skills, with ability to switch focus between multiple projects and work independently toward goals
- Strongly motivated by curiosity: enthusiastic to research, learn, and discover new knowledge
- Research skills: comfort with a range of methods for gathering information, including primary and secondary research and online databases.
- Comfort with public speaking and interpersonal outreach
- Empathy, compassion, and patience
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's degree or higher.
- 1-3 years' experience in content development, creative writing, journalism / media, marketing, public relations, or related communications field.
- Work or volunteer experience hunger and poverty alleviation, direct service, public policy, or youth development a plus.
- Hybrid work environment: must be available for in-person work at our office in Washington, D.C., on Tuesdays; strong preference for at least one additional in-person day during the regular work week. (Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m.)
Benefits
This is a full-time, exempt position based in Washington, D.C. We currently maintain a hybrid work schedule and employees are expected to work in-person from our office at least once a week.
The salary range for Associate roles starts at $50,000, with exact salary depending on experience.
The Hunger Center provides an attractive benefits package that includes employer-paid health, dental, life and disability insurance, a retirement plan that provides for up to a 4% employer match contribution, and a generous paid-time-off policy, including a one-week organization-wide vacation at the end of each calendar year.
How to Apply
pplications will be accepted until our ideal candidate is identified. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly, as the review of applications will begin immediately. To be considered, please apply through the link below. Only applications submitted via the application link will be considered. No phone calls, please.
This opening was posted on February 24, 2026
Manager, Leland International Hunger Fellowship
Job Summary
The Congressional Hunger Center seeks a Manager for the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship who will report to the Chief of Staff and Director, Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship. This leader will manage the execution of programmatic goals, recruitment, selection, and advising; have oversight over program budget, administration, and reporting; and undertake special projects. The Manager will collaborate with staff and consultants who lead learning and training, fundraising, and communications.
Who You Are
- You are an energetic, flexible, self-starting team player, who enjoys finding creative solutions to challenges.
- You have at least five years of experience in global food security, nutrition programs, and/or public policy; program management; coaching young professionals; and supporting nonprofit partnerships.
- You have excellent management skills, including the ability to implement strategic program goals, program policies, manage associated initiatives, and program activities, in alignment with organizational goals.
- You have a commitment to centering racial equity and justice in your work and a desire to create a world where everyone has access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food.
- You thrive in a team-oriented, multi-cultural, multi-generational environment.
- You have exceptional communication skills, the willingness to adapt your style to various audiences and platforms, and the ability to effectively synthesize feedback from multiple parties.
- You have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher.
What You Will Do
You will manage the selection and advising of a bi-annual cohort of Leland Fellows placed with host organizations in development or humanitarian placements worldwide. You will support the management of strategic partnerships with host organizations and serve as a knowledgeable source for information about international food security policy and programs. You will ensure that program goals are met by managing program operations, implementation, evaluation, and reporting. In collaboration with others on the Hunger Center team, you will help fellows learn to see what works in international development—and what does not—and how to make the system more efficient, more effective, and more just.
To be specific, you will:
Manage the Program
- Implement program goals and policies and prepare and monitor program and grant budgets.
- Lead the evaluation of program quality by collecting, analyzing, and reporting on program data.
- Review and analyze other fellowships to refine the Leland Fellowship’s comparative advantage and inform program strategy.
Manage Fellow and Host Organization Recruitment and Selection:
- With strategic guidance from the Leland Director, and in collaboration with the Recruitment Coordinator, develop implementation plans for fellow recruitment and selection.
- Develop and maintain relationships with current, past, and potential host supervisors and host organizations and conduct occasional site visits.
- Promote the Leland Fellowship and the Congressional Hunger Center to external audiences and help identify and develop new programmatic and recruiting partnerships.
Advise Fellows:
- Track fellows’ workplan progress and provide regular and ad hoc guidance to fellows on workplan, workplace issues, and long-term professional goals.
- Develop and maintain positive and productive relationships with host organizations and fellow supervisors to accomplish programmatic goals.
Support Training and Professional Development of Fellows:
- Support the Leland Director and the Learning Manager in establishing learning and development goals for learning events and designing and executing learning events for fellows, including selection of content and speakers.
Stay abreast of Global Food Security programs and policies:
- Maintain knowledge of global food security policy and programs and federal policy initiatives relevant to the Hunger Center’s international policy agenda.
- Represent the Hunger Center at occasional coalition meetings and advocacy fora on global food security and humanitarian nutrition.
Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt position based in Washington, D.C. We currently maintain a hybrid work schedule and employees are expected to work in-person from our office once a week.
The salary range for Manager roles starts at $60,000, with exact salary depending on experience.
The Hunger Center provides an attractive benefits package that includes employer-paid health, dental, life and disability insurance, a retirement plan that provides for up to a 4% employer match contribution, and a generous paid-time-off policy, including a one-week organization-wide vacation at the end of each calendar year.
How to Apply
Applications will be accepted until our ideal candidate is identified. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly, as the review of applications will begin immediately. To be considered, please apply through the application link below.
People of color, women, people with disabilities, Veterans, LGBTQ+ people, returning citizens, and gender non-conforming people are strongly encouraged to apply. The Hunger Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
Only applications submitted via the application link below will be considered. No phone calls, please.
This opening was posted on January 23, 2024
Spring Internships
The PositionS
The Congressional Hunger Center is seeking two interns to support our Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program and Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program during the Spring 2022 semester:
Domestic Program Intern
Intern will support the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship team with program organization and administration, with a focus on:
- The Cohort Policy Learning Event scheduled for February 2022
- Cohort presentations to lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill
- Scheduling Capitol Hill meetings (virtual or in-person) for Emerson Fellows
- Supporting the documentation and design of the program’s domestic food security curriculum.
Other tasks will be assigned based on program need and intern interest. While not a requirement, applicants with event (virtual, hybrid, or in-person) management and planning experience and/or program evaluation experience (survey creation and data collection) are encouraged to apply.
International Program Intern
Intern will support the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship team with program organization and administration, with a focus on:
- Planning, delivery, and logistical support of Fellow cohort learning and other program events
- Completion and deployment of 11th class Leland Fellows’ food security curriculum
- Program communications and reporting support
- Collection and analysis of fellow experience and demographic data.
Other tasks will be assigned based on program need and intern interest.
Desired skills:
- Event (virtual, hybrid, or in-person) management and planning experience
- Program evaluation experience (survey creation and data collection)
- Strong Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Forms) experience
About the Application Process
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 May 1, 2021. Once an assignment is confirmed, an internship plan will be created. College credit may be available.
Please note that the Hunger Center currently operates using a hybrid-work model. Therefore, applicants should be based in the Washington, D.C., area and be able to visit the Hunger Center office. Specific schedules will be determined based on organizational COVID guidance, supervisor need, and intern availability.
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 125 hours over 10-14 weeks between the months of January and May. A stipend of up to $1,750.00 will be provided to each intern, payable at the start and end of the internship.
About Us
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 three leadership development programs: the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program, Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program, and the Zero Hunger Internship Program.
To be considered, please apply through the webform linked above. People of color, women, people with disabilities, Veterans, LGBTQ people, returning citizens, and gender non-conforming people are strongly encouraged to apply. The Hunger Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
This opening was originally posted on December 13, 2021