The Good Food Institute
Communications Project Manager
The Good Food Institute, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22201
Advance strategic communications that can transform the food system
The Good Food Institute 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.How You Will Make a Difference
In this role, you will have the opportunity to manage major projects and initiatives and produce, publish, and share work that informs and catalyzes the alternative protein field around the world. Working closely with the Senior Vice President of Communications and overseeing the team’s administrative functions, you will help ensure the effective operation and management of GFI’s Communications (Comms) department. The
Communications Project Manager
will be responsible for:Overseeing the Comms team’s project management efforts and providing guidance to Comms Coordinators; ensuring all types of projects have achievable timelines, clear assignment of responsibilities, and are generally well-coordinated and efficiently executed.Serving as lead project manager for the organization’s signature “State of” series of reports and supporting materials, working with contributors across multiple teams to develop, produce, publish, and disseminate on an annual basis.Partnering with Comms and Executive (Exec) team leaders on annual planning and longer-term strategic planning with a focus on external facing work, leading schedule development of the communications elements of GFI’s signature and landmark projects, donor-driven campaigns, and major events.Leading the development, documentation, improvement, and training of systems, processes, and workflows that strengthen cross-organizational collaboration around external facing products, and ensure alignment with organizational priorities.Organizing the Comms team’s cycle-based Objectives and Key Results (OKR) planning process and overseeing weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting toward achieving OKRs.Establishing project goals, objectives, and deliverables for signature and landmark projects, donor campaigns, and major events.Monitoring resourcing across all Comms work streams through close work with Comms Coordinators, alerting Comms Leadership to risks and opportunities related to the allocation of team resources.Scheduling/facilitating debriefs for all major campaigns and events, gathering actionable feedback, and reporting on project success to relevant stakeholders.Ensuring smooth workflows between Creative and Editorial & Engagement (E&E) zones, working closely with Directors to achieve and sustain cohesion across teams and individual contributors.Facilitating initial onboarding and ongoing training for new and existing Comms team members for team-wide workflows and processes.Keeping the Comms shared drive organized and easy to navigate, developing new storage systems or processes as needed to support healthy and efficient cross-team collaboration.Maintaining alignment with Legal on licensing and asset storage method best practices.Triaging incoming requests to Comms as tier-two support to Comms Coordinators, escalating strategic decisions to Comms Leadership, and otherwise acting independently to make decisions related to the allocation of team resources to best achieve strategic objectives.Supporting the annual budgeting process as needed and tracking communications expenses to budget throughout the year.Building strong internal relationships to ensure consistent, accurate information exchange between Communications and other departments, including international affiliates.Serving as Communications team lead for key technologies, systems, and platforms including Salesforce, Asana, and Google tools.Performing other duties as assigned.Who We’re Looking For
An ideal candidate for the
Communications Project Manager
position will have experience that reflects the following:Experience: Minimum five years of project management experience in a communications setting, preferably at a nonprofit organization. A bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, or a related field is preferred.Leadership: Ability to mentor and inspire team members, guide workflows, and manage competing priorities.Skills: Excellent project management, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills. Highly detail-oriented. Demonstrated strong judgment.Software fluency: Salesforce, Asana, and Google Workspace experience preferred.Adaptability: Capacity to thrive in a dynamic environment and pivot to meet opportunities while advancing strategic priorities. Ability to problem-solve under pressure.A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong.Comfort working remotely and in a rapidly growing and evolving organization.Strong support for GFI’s philosophy and mission; demonstrated interest in plant-based & other alt proteins, public health, environmentalism, climate change, animal protection, or hunger relief.A commitment to GFI’s values: believe change is possible, do the most good we can, share knowledge freely, act on evidence, and invite everyone to the table.We want the best people and we don’t want biases holding us back. We use a third-party anonymizing tool to redact personal information from submitted applications — including name, location, contact details, and several other factors — to reduce bias and increase fairness in our process. We strongly encourage people of every race, color, orientation, age, gender, origin, and ability to apply. Since we value a diverse workplace, we prioritize an inclusive climate absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team.Research indicates that men tend to apply for jobs when they meet just 60% of the criteria, while women and people from other marginalized groups only apply if they are a 100% match. If you are passionate about GFI’s mission and think you have what it takes to be successful in this role even if you don’t check all the boxes, please apply. We’d appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.The Fine Print
Terms of employment:
Full-time, exemptReports to:
Sheila Voss, Senior Vice President of CommunicationsLocation:
Remote; United StatesTravel:
Up to two weeks per year for organization retreats (reasonable accommodations for and exemptions from organization retreats considered on a case-by-case basis).Benefits:
Working from home, full medical coverage, optional dental and vision packages, a 401(k) plan with employer match, flexible holiday and vacation plans, lifestyle spending account, opportunity for advancement, respectful managers, and supportive colleagues. More information here: https://tinyurl.com/GFIBenefits.This is a U.S.-based position:
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.COVID vaccination policy:
GFI requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination will be requested before the start of employment. GFI will consider requests for accommodations or exemptions from this policy on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with applicable laws. More information here: https://tinyurl.com/GFICovidPolicy.Salary:
$74,552.14 -
$77,534.34 (depending on experience and qualifications)Application deadline:
August 21, 2024Anticipated start date:
October 1, 2024
The Good Food Institute 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.How You Will Make a Difference
In this role, you will have the opportunity to manage major projects and initiatives and produce, publish, and share work that informs and catalyzes the alternative protein field around the world. Working closely with the Senior Vice President of Communications and overseeing the team’s administrative functions, you will help ensure the effective operation and management of GFI’s Communications (Comms) department. The
Communications Project Manager
will be responsible for:Overseeing the Comms team’s project management efforts and providing guidance to Comms Coordinators; ensuring all types of projects have achievable timelines, clear assignment of responsibilities, and are generally well-coordinated and efficiently executed.Serving as lead project manager for the organization’s signature “State of” series of reports and supporting materials, working with contributors across multiple teams to develop, produce, publish, and disseminate on an annual basis.Partnering with Comms and Executive (Exec) team leaders on annual planning and longer-term strategic planning with a focus on external facing work, leading schedule development of the communications elements of GFI’s signature and landmark projects, donor-driven campaigns, and major events.Leading the development, documentation, improvement, and training of systems, processes, and workflows that strengthen cross-organizational collaboration around external facing products, and ensure alignment with organizational priorities.Organizing the Comms team’s cycle-based Objectives and Key Results (OKR) planning process and overseeing weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting toward achieving OKRs.Establishing project goals, objectives, and deliverables for signature and landmark projects, donor campaigns, and major events.Monitoring resourcing across all Comms work streams through close work with Comms Coordinators, alerting Comms Leadership to risks and opportunities related to the allocation of team resources.Scheduling/facilitating debriefs for all major campaigns and events, gathering actionable feedback, and reporting on project success to relevant stakeholders.Ensuring smooth workflows between Creative and Editorial & Engagement (E&E) zones, working closely with Directors to achieve and sustain cohesion across teams and individual contributors.Facilitating initial onboarding and ongoing training for new and existing Comms team members for team-wide workflows and processes.Keeping the Comms shared drive organized and easy to navigate, developing new storage systems or processes as needed to support healthy and efficient cross-team collaboration.Maintaining alignment with Legal on licensing and asset storage method best practices.Triaging incoming requests to Comms as tier-two support to Comms Coordinators, escalating strategic decisions to Comms Leadership, and otherwise acting independently to make decisions related to the allocation of team resources to best achieve strategic objectives.Supporting the annual budgeting process as needed and tracking communications expenses to budget throughout the year.Building strong internal relationships to ensure consistent, accurate information exchange between Communications and other departments, including international affiliates.Serving as Communications team lead for key technologies, systems, and platforms including Salesforce, Asana, and Google tools.Performing other duties as assigned.Who We’re Looking For
An ideal candidate for the
Communications Project Manager
position will have experience that reflects the following:Experience: Minimum five years of project management experience in a communications setting, preferably at a nonprofit organization. A bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, or a related field is preferred.Leadership: Ability to mentor and inspire team members, guide workflows, and manage competing priorities.Skills: Excellent project management, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills. Highly detail-oriented. Demonstrated strong judgment.Software fluency: Salesforce, Asana, and Google Workspace experience preferred.Adaptability: Capacity to thrive in a dynamic environment and pivot to meet opportunities while advancing strategic priorities. Ability to problem-solve under pressure.A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong.Comfort working remotely and in a rapidly growing and evolving organization.Strong support for GFI’s philosophy and mission; demonstrated interest in plant-based & other alt proteins, public health, environmentalism, climate change, animal protection, or hunger relief.A commitment to GFI’s values: believe change is possible, do the most good we can, share knowledge freely, act on evidence, and invite everyone to the table.We want the best people and we don’t want biases holding us back. We use a third-party anonymizing tool to redact personal information from submitted applications — including name, location, contact details, and several other factors — to reduce bias and increase fairness in our process. We strongly encourage people of every race, color, orientation, age, gender, origin, and ability to apply. Since we value a diverse workplace, we prioritize an inclusive climate absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team.Research indicates that men tend to apply for jobs when they meet just 60% of the criteria, while women and people from other marginalized groups only apply if they are a 100% match. If you are passionate about GFI’s mission and think you have what it takes to be successful in this role even if you don’t check all the boxes, please apply. We’d appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.The Fine Print
Terms of employment:
Full-time, exemptReports to:
Sheila Voss, Senior Vice President of CommunicationsLocation:
Remote; United StatesTravel:
Up to two weeks per year for organization retreats (reasonable accommodations for and exemptions from organization retreats considered on a case-by-case basis).Benefits:
Working from home, full medical coverage, optional dental and vision packages, a 401(k) plan with employer match, flexible holiday and vacation plans, lifestyle spending account, opportunity for advancement, respectful managers, and supportive colleagues. More information here: https://tinyurl.com/GFIBenefits.This is a U.S.-based position:
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.COVID vaccination policy:
GFI requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination will be requested before the start of employment. GFI will consider requests for accommodations or exemptions from this policy on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with applicable laws. More information here: https://tinyurl.com/GFICovidPolicy.Salary:
$74,552.14 -
$77,534.34 (depending on experience and qualifications)Application deadline:
August 21, 2024Anticipated start date:
October 1, 2024