JOB POSTING: Regional Food Policy Advocate – Southwest Kansas
Kansas Appleseed, a nonprofit advocacy organization, is hiring a full-time food policy
advocate in southwest Kansas to strengthen regional and statewide efforts to increase
participation in the food assistance program. The advocate’s office will be in southwest
Kansas, focusing outreach and assistance efforts in Finney, Ford and Seward Counties.
Kansas Appleseed is a nonprofit, nonpartisan justice center dedicated to vulnerable and
excluded Kansans. We investigate social, economic and political injustice in Kansas and
advocate for system-wide solutions. We are expanding our work on childhood hunger in
Kansas with the launch of the Children’s Hunger Reduction Project. In many parts of
Kansas, significant numbers of eligible persons are not receiving food assistance benefits
(previously known as food stamps, now known nationally as SNAP benefits). The USDA
estimates only 72% of eligible Kansans are receiving the food assistance benefits for which
they qualify.
Responsibilities:
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Community organizing (connecting individuals, schools, nonprofits and faith-based
organizations to create a network of supporters to increase food assistance access and
participation)
Policy advocacy (extensive collaboration with the project’s statewide coordinator and
other project advocates to craft administrative and legislative policy advocacy agendas)
Direct services (providing application assistance to persons eligible for food assistance
benefits)
Qualifications:
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Experience: Candidates should have experience in social justice advocacy, including
coalition management, policy advocacy at the local and state level, media outreach and
strategic communications, and/or research and writing.
Education: Candidates should have an advanced degree related to social justice law
and policy, such as a JD, MPP or MSW. Work experience may substitute for education
requirement.
Schedule: Candidates must be available for some evening and weekend commitments.
Candidates will need a personal vehicle, valid driver’s license and insurance as the
position requires frequent local travel. All travel expenses will be reimbursed.
Compensation: $40,000 plus health, dental and retirement benefits.
We strongly encourage minorities to apply. Kansas Appleseed believes diversity and
inclusion strengthen our communities and workplaces. Kansas Appleseed does not
discriminate based on race, gender identity, religion, age, ethnicity, disability, military
status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status or citizenship status.
Application procedure:
Please send a resume and cover letter to Kansas Appleseed executive director Benet
Magnuson at bmagnuson@kansasappleseed.org. Applications will be accepted until the
position is filled, but those received by May 14 will receive priority consideration.