Senior Policy Manager - Agriculture

ONE is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing public opinion and advocating policies to help the citizens of African and other developing nations fight extreme poverty and preventable disease.  We have offices in Washington, DC, London, Berlin and Abuja.  This position will work out of our Washington DC or London office.

ONE is seeking a Senior Policy Manager - Agriculture with approximately 5-7 years work experience to work as part of its policy team.  The Senior Policy Manager will be responsible for providing broad based policy analysis and writing on issues key to ONE's mission specifically in several areas of agricultural development and food aid as well as broadly in aid effectiveness and development assistance levels in support of ONE's advocacy and legislative goals.   This position will report to our European Policy Director.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead general research and policy analysis on ONE's policy work across all markets in agriculture and food aid, as well as other development assistance initiatives as relevant to key advocacy moments
• Represent ONE at meetings and conferences on specific agriculture and food aid policy topics, as needed
• Manage all aspects of one or more policy issues, including research, preparing briefing documents, engaging externally with NGO partners, and working internally with other organizational teams (field outreach, communications, legislative, Europe, online, etc) on this issue
• Develop/maintain relationships with key contacts, including those in African countries and the Rome based food and agriculture organizations, on specific policy issues and experiences implementing key programs
• Follow news and related reports on policy issues relevant to ONE's policy mission
• Prepare or work with other team members to prepare all types of policy documents on specific policy issues - briefing papers, policy analysis, documents for website, talking points, and press releases

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Masters degree preferred, preferably in a development-related field
• 5-7 years experience working on agriculture or food aid policy in an NGO, think tank or government agency
• Experience working on issues of development, particularly in Africa; basic understanding of the links between advocacy, policy-making, legislation, and implementation of programs
• Specific experience with global food security policy in African countries (or donor policies towards Africa) and knowledge of the Rome-based food and agriculture organizations
• Ability to synthesize policy documents with any eye to key points and relevance to ONE
• Ability to work as part of a global team
• Quick turnaround research skills-must have the ability to seek out key facts and statistics that help explain complicated policy topics to broad audience
• Excellent research, writing, and analytical skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with shifting priorities and occasional heavy workloads
• Generally very well-organized; proven ability to multi-task
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Previous work experience in Africa and/or international development

TO APPLY:

ONE Campaign offers a salary commensurate with experience, a great benefits package and metro accessible location.  Qualified candidates are asked to submit cover letter and resume to recruitment@one.org.  For more details, visit www.one.org.  No phone calls please.