International Policy Intern, Government Relations

Job Description

Job Description

Bread for the World is a Christian advocacy organization urging U.S. decision makers to do all they can to pursue a world without hunger. Our mission is to educate and equip people to advocate for policies and programs that can help end hunger in the U.S. and around the world. The Karen Sue Smith and Rose DiMartino Internship Program enable you to contribute your efforts to this mission while benefiting from opportunities for supervised learning, personal development, and gain work experience.

DEPARTMENT: Government Relations

REPORTS TO: Senior International Policy Analyst

SEMESTER: Fall (Sept - Dec. 2026)

SCHEDULE: Part Time: 22.5 hours per week

APPLY BY: Sept. 4th, 2026

PRIMARY PURPOSE: As the Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance intern for international policy issues, you will support the organization's growing humanitarian aid and stakeholder portfolio. The intern will help prepare for the international aspects of the upcoming appropriations requests and reauthorization legislation, including the Farm Bill and Emergency Supplemental requests to push for robust humanitarian aid for people experiencing food insecurity around the world.

• Schedule weekly congressional meetings by emailing target staff and adding meetings with zoom link to the calendar.
• Monitor Politico Pro upcoming hearings and votes and add to Bread GR and PRI calendars.
• Prep leave behind folders to include relevant international policy ask.
• Attend in-person and virtual meetings.
• Assist with planning and preparation for Bread mini-Farm bill fly in.
• Assist with planning and preparation for Bread Advocacy Summit.
• Scrub GR Team Politico Pro Dashboard.
• Attend relevant committee hearings, briefings, and receptions providing a written summary.
• Record meeting minutes for IWGFA monthly meetings and create draft agendas and follow up actions.
• Assist with planning and prep for IWGFA actions.
• Prepare end of internship 5-page paper on topic related to effective international humanitarian assistant strategy in Congress to include a slide deck to present.
• Maintain Bread Code of Ethics and Values inside and outside of the Work place.
• Engage with Bread staff and work on additional project as requested.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

• Pursuing a BA or BS degree with some prior office work experience
• Experience in advocacy with the US Congress
• Demonstrated interest in US policy making and advocacy or vulnerable populations globally
• Strong relationship, administrative and writing skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (written, oral, and electronic)
• Be detail-oriented, flexible, organized and able to meet deadlines
• Ability to think critically about complex issues
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office Suite, database software and Internet
• Willingness to learn
• Commitment to the mission of Bread for the World
• Strong faith background (preferred)

WORK ENVIRONMENT ISSUES:

• This internship will be based in Washington, DC
• Bread is a hybrid organization

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS:

Bread is committed to advancing racial equity externally and internally, all staff members play a vital role. In the course of our work, each staff person should work to apply a racial equity lens to their work and practices; and participate in racial equity on-going training. Bread is also committed to being an equal opportunity employer.

OUR VALUES:

1. We value our faith. Our faith in Christ compels us to love our neighbors near and far and is the foundation for our hope, story, mission, and values.
2. We value human flourishing. We believe that every human being, created in the image of God, has inherent dignity that affords an opportunity to thrive in relationship with God, self, neighbor, and the environment; and to access enough nutritious food for good health.
3. We value justice. We seek to establish effective systems, structures, and policies that affirm equality and advance equity among all human beings to alleviate hunger and poverty.
4. We value courage and prophetic voice. In a spirit of wisdom and love, we will be bold in articulating and pursuing our vision of a world without hunger.
5. We value nonpartisanship. We believe that effective and sustainable public policies are made when, in good faith, we employ a civil and bipartisan approach to develop and implement laws and programs to achieve our mission.
6. We value collaboration. We believe in working alongside and building community with a diversity of churches, interfaith communities, institutions, and individuals, including people experiencing hunger, to achieve our mission.
7. We value impact. We strive for excellence in our work and hold ourselves and our nation’s leaders accountable in the pursuit of public policies that render measurable results and meaningful change for people everywhere affected by hunger.

DISCLAIMER:

Background and reference checks will be conducted on all final candidates. The information in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.