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Associate Director, Policy Initiatives

The Good Food Institute

The Good Food Institute

United States (Washington, D.C.)

Government, policy, lobbying, or legal

Full-time: 

Yes

Hybrid

Paid: 

Yes

Senior or middle management

Mgmt responsibilities: 

30/10/24

Date posted:

Deadline: 

19/11/24

About the Role

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead the development and execution of policy initiatives to advance alternative protein policy. Working out of our Washington D.C. Policy and Government Relations office, you will manage team members who work on policy initiatives while advancing your own portfolio of executive branch advocacy. The Associate Director, Policy Initiatives will be responsible for:

- Crafting GFI’s positions on diverse policy issues pertaining to alternative proteins.
- Developing and executing a portfolio of (non-regulatory) strategic executive branch advocacy.
- Managing and coaching team members who lead GFI’s policy initiatives: currently the Senior Policy - Specialist, Public Investment and Industry, and the Policy Specialist, Diplomacy.
- Honing these policy initiatives to do the most good and advancing our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Leading the department’s development and evaluation of action plans to achieve organizational objectives and key results (OKRs).
- Working with the Senior Vice President of Policy and Government Relations to improve and sustain coordination and collaboration among GFI’s policy team in the United States and those in our international affiliates.
- Cultivating a positive and collaborative team environment and helping to motivate the team.
- Performing other duties as assigned.

About the Organisation

The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a nonprofit think tank working to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals. Alongside scientists, businesses, and policymakers, GFI’s teams focus on making plant-based, fermentation-enabled, and cultivated meat delicious, affordable, and accessible. Powered by philanthropy, GFI is an international network of organizations advancing alternative proteins as an essential solution needed to meet the world’s climate, global health, food security, and biodiversity goals.

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