Advertiser's description (via Center for Science in the Public Interest):
About our Organisation
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has long worked to reduce the amount of unhealthy food marketing to children, strengthen marketing regulatory practices, and counter food industry messaging. This work has resulted in the establishment of an Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports on food marketing to kids expenditures, and the establishment of the food industry’s marketing to kids self-regulatory program, the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI). CSPI is looking to continue food marketing to kids federal legislative, regulatory, corporate, and research activities, as well as expand its work on digital marketing to create a healthy digital food environment as food marketing increasingly shifts online.
CSPI’s office is in Washington, DC, where we offer a hybrid work environment, but many of our staff work remotely across the US. We will consider DC-based or remote applicants within the US. As a public health organization, CSPI makes efforts to maintain a safe workplace for employees and visitors. We require all employees to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines as soon as they are eligible, and the vaccine is available to them. Proof of vaccination is required during the onboarding process
About the Opportunity
We are searching for a Policy Associate to join the Healthy Food Environment team and lead CSPI’s food marketing project. This is a 12-month, grant-funded position with the likelihood of extension, and reports to the Deputy Director, Healthy Food Environment. The anticipated start date is mid-September 2024.
Position Responsibilities
- Oversee CSPI’s food marketing to kids strategy and tactics, including federal legislative, regulatory, corporate, and research activities, particularly as it pertains to digital food marketing to kids.
- Develop organizational strategy and position on federal privacy and tech regulation legislation as it relates to food marketing and other organizational priorities.
- Work with other CSPI teams on projects intersecting with digital marketing issues (e.g., digital targeted advertisement of supplements, restaurant kids’ meals, and online groceries; digital out-of-home campaigns for unhealthy foods and beverages).
- Develop and maintain advocacy materials, including toolkits, factsheets, comments, letters, website content, petitions, social media content, and action alerts to support digital marketing priorities.
- Engage food manufacturers, entertainment companies, tech companies and other relevant industry groups and associations on initiatives to improve their products and practices. Lead corporate campaigns.
- Prepare grant applications, and reports, and manage project budgets in collaboration with the senior leadership team and development and accounting departments.
- Build new and strengthen existing relationships with community-based organizations, academics, policymakers, and advocates to expand the base of support for relevant food policy and digital rights and privacy campaigns at the national, state, and local level.
- Organize events, including workgroup meetings, convenings, briefings, and webinars.
- Work with CSPI’s communications team on traditional and social media campaigns on food marketing topics.
- Represent CSPI in coalitions, meetings, events, briefings, webinars, and calls.
- Manage contractors, interns, and other project staff where applicable.
- Carry out other departmental activities as needed.
- Communicate program opportunities to target audiences using traditional and social media outlets.
Our Benefits
CSPI offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes: 3 weeks of annual vacation leave; additional paid holiday leave between December 24 and January 1; 8 weeks of paid parental leave; excellent medical and dental insurance with CSPI paying a significant portion of employee and dependent premiums; and a 3% employer match contribution to the retirement plan after six months of service. We also offer ½ day Fridays which means our work week is 36 hours.
Terms of Employment
Full-time
Location
Hybrid (Washington D.C.) or Remote
