Vice President, Leadership & Organizing
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Vice President developing strategy to activate Jewish leaders against threats to democracy. Joining a nonpartisan organization strengthening American democracy.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the activation (grasstops organizing) strategy
- Monitor the democratic threat landscape to identify emerging moments, priority geographies, and issue areas that call for leader engagement
- Design, implement, evaluate, and iterate strategic and annual work plans to achieve our desired outcomes for Strategic Priority 3: Activate Jewish leaders to counter threats to American democracy
- Represent A More Perfect Union and coordinate our strategic participation in ideologically diverse networks and emerging coalitions of pro-democracy partners focused on countering threats to democracy
- Develop and maintain the systems, tools, and processes to implement, measure, and evaluate this new workstream, supported by the Operations team
- Identify, hire, and supervise external vendors to supplement capacity as needed
- Manage key relationships and serve as a powerful ambassador
- Conduct regular, diplomatic outreach to influential Jewish leaders to build awareness of the threat landscape
- Develop tailored approaches for engaging different types of Jewish leaders on democracy issues and motivate and recruit them to lead courageously and strategically in the face of democratic backsliding
- Build and maintain relationships across the broader pro-democracy, rule-of-law, and civil society ecosystem to ensure Jewish leaders are meaningfully connected into wider efforts and coalitions
- Support the Communications and Fundraising teams to tell the story of the impact of this work by collecting and curating stories from leaders
- Support the Executive Director’s stewardship of key leadership relationships
- Develop experiences and resources to activate leaders
- Design and facilitate high-impact experiences including trainings, briefings, and scenario-planning exercises for key leaders that deepen knowledge, commitment, and preparedness to recognize and respond to democratic backsliding
- Develop and test action pathways — including scenario-planning tools, mutual support networks, and solidarity infrastructure — for Jewish leaders to counter threats to American democracy that are meaningful and effective, and strike an optimal risk-reward balance
- Oversee the logistical details of delivering virtual and in-person experiences for key Jewish leaders
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in community organizing, grasstops organizing, or similar relevant experience
- Deep familiarity with the American Jewish communal landscape
- Experience navigating sensitive political dynamics within faith-based or communal settings
- Meaningful relationships with and/or fluency in the broader pro-democracy ecosystem, a plus
- Experience working at an early- or mezzanine-stage, entrepreneurial nonprofit, or leading a start-up initiative within an established organization, a plus
- Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and adapt strategic plans or campaigns
- Demonstrated ability to develop rapport and build trust with leaders across ideological and religious divides, including those with competing policy priorities and concerns
- Outstanding communication and analysis skills, especially the ability to break down and communicate ideas in ways that inspire others to action
- Demonstrated expertise in developing and facilitating trainings, scenario-planning exercises, and other high-impact leader experiences as tools for awareness-raising and capacity-building; experience design and human-centered-design expertise a plus
- Strong project management skills with a track record of leading complex, multi-workstream projects from conception to completion while managing both strategic vision and logistical details
- Tech-savvy, particularly with Google Workplace, CRMs (we use Zoho), Zoom, Slack, and Asana
Benefits:
- comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
- paid time off
- life insurance
- short- and long-term disability insurances
- retirement plan with 4.5% match
- 100% paid family leave (12 weeks)
- employee resources designed to support the passion and commitment that is vital to our team members
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