Organizer

JALSA, a membership based social justice organization, is devoted to the pursuit of social, economic, environmental, and racial justice. Our organization focuses primarily on state legislative campaigns, working in close relationships with many grassroots organizations and coalitions.

Our volunteers are passionate and energized, and want to make impactful change. We are looking for a Community Organizer to join our team who will build upon our history of success and expand our impact by working with the Jewish community, and interfaith and interracial coalitions across Massachusetts.

As an organizer some of your responsibilities may include:

• Work with our government affairs and communications staff to enhance our legislative mission and engage members of the public in this work
• Collaborate with other organizers who work for our coalition partners.
• Assist in the development and delivery of curricula for presentation at synagogues across Massachusetts.
• Engage with Jewish communal organizations on a variety of issue based organizing
• Identify and create opportunities to expand JALSA’s advocacy efforts by establishing relationships with individuals, synagogues, and other organizations that haven’t previously been connected to our work
• Some work in the evening and on the weekends

Skills You Need

• Work closely and effectively with Jewish institutional leaders
• Assess leadership potential and develop volunteer skills
• Create and participate in a culture of accountability, urgency, warmth and hope in interactions with local group leaders, volunteers, and other staff
• Effectively plan and delegate work, and manage time and resources to maximize organizational impact
• Familiarity with Volunteer Management Systems(We use Nationbuilder)

Qualifications

• One or more years of organizing experience for a political campaign, community, or advocacy organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Outstanding leadership qualities and the ability to inspire and connect with volunteers and community leaders.
• Proven success developing relationships and building a base to support a cause.
• Demonstrated ability to break down large projects into smaller discrete tasks that can be distributed to multiple volunteer leaders
• A sense of humor, a passion for social justice and making positive change in the world, and a genuine commitment to working in a collaborative team setting.

This is a full-time position including benefits. Please send a cover letter and resume to david@jalsa.org. Our office is located in Boston near the State House and we currently use a hybrid work model with both working from home and days in the office. As an organizer you may be required to work in person or on zoom events on occasional evenings and weekends.