Senior Specialist, Government Relations

Job description

Job Summary The Specialist will be responsible for developing, leading, and implementing an advocacy strategy to advance a subset of agency priority advocacy activities related to U.S. foreign policy, global hunger, global health, emergency response, international assistance funding and finance, aid effectiveness and reform, climate change, and regional/country specific issues. The Specialist will advance CRS’ issues bilaterally in Congress and within the Executive Branch, while working with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Church partners, coalitions, and peer organizations to ensure that USG policy and funding decisions promote a strong enabling environment for CRS programming, advance integral human development, and address root causes of social injustice. Roles and Key Responsibilities: - Develop and lead USG advocacy and outreach strategy on agency sectoral and regional priorities to promote policies that advance integral human development and support CRS programs and that address root causes of social injustice. - Represent CRS at events and in meetings with congressional offices, relevant administration departments agencies, and DC-based multilateral institu...