Internal Communications Lead

Food Lifeline; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical, dental, &视

Employer-paid life & disability

403(b) retirement plan with employer 3

Generous paid time off, holidays & PD

Organization-wide time off from Dec 24

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Professional development opportunities

Mission-driven workplace supporting WA

Job summary

Food Lifeline is creating an Internal Communications Lead role to build how information flows across the organization and help teams communicate clearly with agency network and community partners.

You'll partner closely with the CEO, Chief Administrative Officer, and other leaders to develop systems, templates, and rhythms that improve organizational clarity and staff access to information.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear messages.
• Experience in collaborative, cross-functional environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and strengthen information flow across the organization.
• Partner with the CEO and executive leadership to shape messaging.
• Create templates, streamline processes, and coach leaders on messaging.

Skills

Turning complexity into clarity

Communication as a tool for improving

Fixing processes, messages, or systems

Strategic thinking and hands-on author

Cross-department relationship building

Influence without authority

Job description

Job Description

At Food Lifeline, great communication is about helping people understand priorities, stay aligned, make better decisions, and work together more effectively in service of our mission. We're creating a new Internal Communications Lead role to build and strengthen how information flows across our organization and help our teams communicate clearly and consistently with agency network and community partners. This is an opportunity to build something from the ground up. You'll help establish the systems, practices, and rhythms that improve organizational clarity while partnering closely with the CEO, Chief Administrative Officer, Executive Team, and leaders across the organization. This is a highly collaborative individual contributor role for someone who enjoys both strategy and execution. One day you might be helping prepare a CEO message, facilitating communication around a major organizational initiative, or helping a team make complex information clearer and more useful for our agency partners. The next, you might be building templates, streamlining communication processes, coaching leaders on effective messaging, or identifying ways to make information easier for staff to find and understand. Success in this role isn't measured by the number of emails you send. It's measured by whether people across the organization have greater clarity about where we're going, why decisions are being made, and how to do their work effectively.

You might be a great fit if you:

• Enjoy turning complexity into clarity.
• See communication as a tool for improving organizational effectiveness.
• Naturally notice when processes, messages, or systems create unnecessary confusion - and enjoy fixing them.
• Are equally comfortable thinking strategically and rolling up your sleeves to write, edit, organize, and execute.
• Build trusted relationships across departments and know how to influence without formal authority.
• Thrive in environments where no two days look exactly alike and where you'll help shape how the role evolves over time.

This is a unique opportunity to help build an important organizational function while working closely with senior leaders on initiatives that directly support Food Lifeline's mission and impact. This could be a great next step for a strong communications professional who is ready to take on broader organizational responsibility and help shape an internal communications function from the ground up.

Compensation

The full salary range for this position is $34.00 to $46.00 hourly. Starting salary will be determined based on relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. Most new hires should expect to start in the middle portion of the range, with opportunities for compensation growth as they gain experience and proficiency in the role.

Why Food Lifeline?

When you join Food Lifeline, you’re joining a team committed to collaboration, compassion, and our shared mission of ending hunger in Western Washington.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and growth, including:

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off, holidays, and personal days
• Organization-wide time off from December 24 through January 1
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Professional development and learning opportunities
• A collaborative, mission-driven workplace where your work directly helps nourish communities across Western Washington

This position will remain open until filled.

Food Lifeline is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive, and equitable workplace where people of all backgrounds, identities, experiences, and perspectives have the opportunity to contribute, grow, and thrive. We strongly encourage candidates with lived experience related to food insecurity, poverty, or the communities we serve to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, we encourage you to let us know.

Join us in working toward a future where everyone has access to the food they need to thrive.