Director, Global Movements Program

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Formulate and implement a long-term strategy for WhyHunger’s Global Movements Program.

• Recognize emerging opportunities, challenges, and trends in global food sovereignty, anti-hunger initiatives, agroecology, Indigenous food systems, climate justice and resilience, economic equity, human rights, and movement-building arenas.

• Assess and analyze program effectiveness, adjust strategies as necessary, and report on impact metrics.

• Establish and nurture relationships with grassroots organizations, leaders of social movements, networks, and coalitions.

• Create innovative initiatives such as leadership cohorts, agroecology school networks, peer-learning exchanges, and movement gatherings.

• Develop and oversee a portfolio of strategic grants, including conducting due diligence, reviewing proposals, making funding recommendations, monitoring grants, and stewarding partnerships.

• Seek and foster new collaborations with movement leaders, grassroots entities, and global networks.

• Formulate and promote WhyHunger’s international advocacy agenda.

• Organize and facilitate exchanges, gatherings, learning communities, and collaborative projects.

• Act as an internal expert to guide advocacy and narrative transformation strategies.

• Collaborate with the development team on institutional and significant individual funding opportunities.

• Represent WhyHunger in meetings with funders, philanthropic partners, donor prospects, and during site visits.

• Assist in drafting grant proposals, donor reports, concept notes, and funding strategies.

• Develop strategic storytelling and enhance partner communications and calls to action.

• Contribute to organizational messaging, content creation, thought leadership, public education campaigns, and opinion pieces.

• Serve as a public spokesperson through media interviews, speaking engagements, and multimedia content creation.

• Supervise the Global Movements Program Manager.

• Manage consultants and contractors as necessary.

• Develop, oversee, and monitor the global programs budget.

• Ensure effective planning, reporting, compliance, and cross-functional coordination of global programs projects.

• Participate in organizational initiatives and leadership discussions as part of the Program Leadership Team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in food sovereignty, food systems, international development, philanthropy, social movement building, human rights, or related fields.

• In-depth knowledge of global food systems, food sovereignty frameworks, agroecology, climate justice, and/or Indigenous food pathways, including the structural causes of hunger.

• Established credibility and existing connections within food sovereignty or related movements.

• Extensive experience in developing and managing strategic partnerships with social movements, community organizers, grassroots organizations, or community-based networks in the Global South.

• Proven experience in crafting program strategies with defined outcomes and aligned activities that show measurable impact.

• Experience in developing and managing grantmaking portfolios.

• Demonstrated success in designing and leading complex projects and multi-stakeholder initiatives, delivering effective results on schedule and within budget.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking proficiency.

• Ability to engage effectively with diverse audiences.

• Experience in managing diverse teams and consultants.

• Willingness to represent WhyHunger at evening or weekend events when necessary.

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.

• Fluency or professional proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or French is preferred.

• Experience in cultivating and managing institutional funders, major donors, and philanthropic partners is preferred.

• Background in representing an organization within global coalitions and advocacy contexts is preferred.

• Experience serving as a spokesperson and engaging with the press is preferred.

• Experience in designing and executing innovative organizational capacity-building programs is preferred.

• Familiarity with multilateral policy processes and/or advocacy with U.S. policymakers on international food and agriculture matters is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical insurance coverage for the employee and their family.

• 30 days of paid vacation.

• Office closure for one week during the summer.

• Office closure for one week at the end of the year.

• 5-hour Fridays.

• 403(b) retirement plan with discretionary employer contributions.