[Hiring] Vice President, Leadership & Organizing @A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy

Role Description

A More Perfect Union seeks a full-time, entrepreneurial Vice President, Leadership & Organizing. This is a new role with primary responsibility for developing and strengthening our emergent strategy to activate Jewish leaders to counter threats to American democracy, the newest body of work in our strategic plan. The VP will work closely with the Executive Director to scale and execute a coherent “grasstops” organizing strategy (i.e., engaging influential community leaders) to persuade, train, galvanize, and support influential Jewish leaders to recognize and respond to threats to democracy.

• 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 desired outcomes for Strategic Priority 3: Activate Jewish leaders to counter threats to American democracy
• Represent A More Perfect Union and coordinate participation in ideologically diverse networks and emerging coalitions of pro-democracy partners
• Develop and maintain systems, tools, and processes to implement, measure, and evaluate this new workstream
• 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
• Develop tailored approaches for engaging different types of Jewish leaders on democracy issues
• Build and maintain relationships across the broader pro-democracy, rule-of-law, and civil society ecosystem
• Support the Communications and Fundraising teams to tell the story of the impact of this work
• 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
• Develop and test action pathways for Jewish leaders to counter threats to American democracy
• Oversee the logistical details of delivering virtual and in-person experiences for key Jewish leaders

Qualifications

• 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

Requirements

• 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
• Outstanding communication and analysis skills
• Demonstrated expertise in developing and facilitating trainings, scenario-planning exercises, and other high-impact leader experiences
• Strong project management skills with a track record of leading complex, multi-workstream projects
• Tech-savvy, particularly with Google Workplace, CRMs (we use Zoho), Zoom, Slack, and Asana

Benefits

• Generous benefits package including 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 passion and commitment
• Starting salary range of $145,000 - $160,000 per year