Coordinator, Public Affairs

At Food Bank For New York City, our greatest asset is our people. Our dedicated team, known proudly as "Food Bankers" represents a diverse community united by a shared mission: To empower every New Yorker to achieve food security for good. We're a collaborative, driven, and passionate team dedicated to social impact. If you're energized by purpose-driven work and a values-led culture, we'd love to meet you.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Public Affairs Operations & Administrative Management

• Own day-to-day administrative operations for the Public Affairs function, ensuring seamless execution across government relations, policy, and advocacy portfolios.
• Manage full-cycle department expense administration, including processing invoices and purchase orders in NetSuite, tracking payments, and supporting staff expense reporting.
• Coordinate scheduling across internal and external stakeholders, including high-volume meetings with offices of city, state and federal elected officials and agency leadership.
• Maintain centralized filing systems (SharePoint) and ensure accurate documentation of materials, correspondence, and meeting records.
• Manage and maintain the Public Affairs calendars, ensuring alignment across events, advocacy milestones, and internal priorities.

Government Relations & Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate logistics and scheduling for one-on-one meetings with city, state, and federal elected officials, including budget advocacy engagements.
• Serve as an administrative liaison with government offices, managing invitations, follow-ups, and participation in Food Bank events, tours, and volunteer opportunities.
• Track and maintain ongoing engagement with elected officials and agencies through CRM systems (e.g., Raisers Edge), ensuring accurate and timely reporting of lobbying activities in coordination with Finance Department.
• Conduct background research and prepare briefing materials to support meetings, proposals, and strategic outreach.

Events, Advocacy, and External Engagement

• Coordinate logistics for Public Affairs participation in conferences, lobby days, legislative events, and coalition activities.
• Support planning and execution of external-facing events, including roundtables, legislative breakfasts, panels, and community activations.
• Manage event coordination workflows, including invitations, materials, run-of-show, and post-event follow-up.

Data, Reporting & Knowledge Management

• Gather, synthesize, and manage data for internal and external reporting, including KPIs, board reports, grant reporting, and advocacy communications.
• Support development and maintenance of departmental work plans and budget tracking processes.
• Lead documentation and continuous improvement of Public Affairs standard operating procedures (SOPs) and knowledge management systems.

Project & Team Support

• Provide project management support across the Public Affairs team using tools such as Microsoft Planner and, Salesforce to track deliverables and timelines.
• Assist in coordinating cross-functional workflows with Marketing & Communications, Finance, and Programs teams.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and supervision of interns, fellows, and volunteers to expand departmental capacity.
• Manage special projects and cross-cutting initiatives as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 2-4 years of relevant professional experience in public affairs, government relations, nonprofit administration, public policy, or a related field; experience in NYC government or a mission-driven organization, preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting executive-level scheduling, stakeholder engagement, and event coordination, ideally involving elected officials, agencies, or external partners.
• Familiarity with NYC and New York State government structures, budget processes, and/or advocacy campaigns is highly desirable.
• Strong administrative and operational skills, including experience managing complex calendars, invoices, purchase orders, and expense tracking; familiarity with systems such as NetSuite or similar financial platforms is a plus.
• Experience using CRM systems (e.g., Raiser's Edge, Salesforce) to track stakeholder engagement, as well as project management tools such as Asana or Monday.com.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft professional correspondence, meeting materials, and internal reports for diverse audiences.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, particularly during peak advocacy and budget cycles.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional judgment, with the ability to interact effectively with elected officials, senior staff, community partners, and internal teams.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively across departments.
• Commitment to Food Bank For New York City's mission and an interest in hunger policy, public systems, and social impact work.

Working Conditions / Additional Information

This position is hybrid, with expectation of in-person engagements through NY City and State, including weekend and evening, as required, and travel to Albany, Washington, DC, and other locations approximately 6-8 times per year.

The pay range for this role is between $33.00 - $35.71 hourly ($60k - $65k annually)

Featured Benefits

• Competitive Health Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with company match
• Generous paid time off (PTO, Holidays, Birthday Off, Volunteer Time, 4-Day Work Weeks during the Summer & more!)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Dependent Care Accounts (DCA) & Commuter Reimbursement Accounts (CRA)
• Learning & Development Opportunities (Robust LinkedIn Learning library, Lunch & Learn Sessions, internal employee development & more)
• EAP, wellness and mental health resources
• Discounted staff perks (e.g., movie tickets, gym memberships, travel)

People-First Culture

At Food Bank for New York City, we pride ourselves on having a People-First Culture, our people are our greatest strength. In addition to our benefits, we offer employee engagement opportunities such as our culture committee, annual organization celebrations and more!