Fundraising Campaigns Organizer

About us

As the JVP family of organizations, we are growing, developing and mobilizing a powerful grassroots, multiracial base of Jews toward Palestinian freedom and the end of Israeli apartheid and occupation.

About the program

JVP’s fundraising model integrates fundraising, organizing, and strategic communications. Roughly 85% of our income comes from individual people — our average donation is $60, our most common donation is $18. We are an organization funded by our membership. From member-to-member phone banks to seasoned volunteer donor organizers holding major gift portfolios, JVP members actively participate throughout our entire fundraising program.

About You

You love getting fundraising volunteers fired up about moving financial resources into the movement for Palestinian liberation. You love phone banking and are tech savvy enough to make phone banking a fun, exciting, and easy way for members to get involved in resource mobilization. You're an organized and detail-oriented project manager who is able to get a project done from beginning to end with minimal support. You’re a strong writer able to adapt programmatic materials and internal notes into compelling donation pitches for members to use. You thrive on an empty inbox and an organized calendar, making sure to not let anything slip through the cracks. You’re comfortable with frank, open conversations about money and the power it can bring to the movement for Palestinian liberation.

About the role

The Fundraising Campaigns Organizer will coordinate JVP’s annual fundraising campaigns and regular grassroots donor engagement phone banks — including leading recruitment for JVP’s innovative, grassroots fundraiser team. The individual in this role must be able to effectively manage timelines, provide skill-building support for volunteer fundraisers, and collaborate across the organization.

The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills and will be someone who understands how to activate and engage supporters through a multi-tactic approach that includes phone banking, text banking, and peer-to-peer outreach. Candidates should possess a depth of knowledge and experience in fundraising and organizing grounded in grassroots, social justice movements.

Duties & responsibilities

Project management of annual campaigns (50% of time)

• Project manages one-to-one donor outreach components in two annual fundraising campaigns: summer appeals and year-end appeals.
• Recruits, trains, and manages volunteer and staff/board grassroots fundraising team.
• Coaches member-volunteers in fundraising skills.
• Makes recommendations and supports evaluations for annual fundraising campaigns and member-to-member fundraising tactics.
• Drafts volunteer-facing materials for each campaign, such as a toolkit, donor pitches, updates on our work, and other materials as assigned.
• Develops a plan for text banking in fundraising campaigns.

Grassroots donor phone banks (40% of time)

• Recruits volunteers for and leads monthly member-to-member phone banks targeting grassroots donors 1-2x/month.
• Develops fundraising training and support materials for peer-to-peer fundraising.
• Trains staff and members as needed in using phone bank platforms.
• Implements list segmentation and targeting strategy for JVP's phone and text banking with members and supporters.
• Sets up and run phone and text banking on a regular basis.
• Engages with donors directly through phone banking.

Other duties (10% of time)

• Member of staff grassroots fundraising team.
• Supports and coaches chapter and pod leaders in local fundraising tactics.
• Works closely with other fundraising team members on ways to grow general donor and member acquisition, retention, and reactivation.

Position is fully remote and typical work hours are 9:30am - 5:30pm local time, though this is a highly flexible work environment. Given this role heavily works with members across timezones, working hours may fall outside of a standard business hours; and depending where the candidate is based, may require evening hours on a semi-regular basis. Role requires staff to be on a computer for extended periods of time. Occasional travel on nights/weekends.

Core Competencies

We do not expect the person in this role to have every single competency listed, and value the range of backgrounds that would make someone successful in this role. If you feel you meet at least 70% of these requirements, we strongly encourage you to apply.

• Political and strategic alignment: Commitment to building power towards JVP’s political goals. Rooted in values of justice for all people, and works to express those values in their work & fundraising approach, including in forging connections across movements and to deepen accountability to Palestinians. Understands grassroots fundraising as a core piece of how we connect people to JVP’s wider work. Able to hear, reflect, act on, and/or learn from feedback about identity and equity.
• Resourceful and goal-oriented project manager: Demonstrated ability to successfully see projects and campaigns with many moving pieces through from start to finish. Thinks ahead to anticipate challenges and propose solutions. Quickly pivots when needed, while keeping other work moving forward on time. Proactively asks for help when needed.
• Develops the leadership of others: Excited about recruiting and training volunteer fundraisers. Engaging training facilitator and coach who is able to adapt to varied learning styles. Technical proficiency in developing materials such as toolkits and instructional guides.
• Technologically savvy: High degree of comfort using a range of digital platforms, ranging from Google Suite and Zoom to project management software and virtual phone bank platforms. When new software is introduced, you are able to quickly become proficient. Ability to train people on using new platforms.
• Relational, principled approach: Enthusiastic about working with people and building authentic relationships. Values the person and the relationship before the task, while thoughtfully holding people accountable to their tasks. Seeks out input and feedback from others. Exhibits professionalism, integrity, curiosity, and patience.
• Highly organized & self-motivated: Ability to prioritize when receiving a number of requests to meet deadlines, excellent at prioritizing, and problem-solving in a fast-moving, remote work environment. Self-motivated, requiring minimal direction to accomplish high-level work.
• Excellent communication skills: Can clearly and persuasively communicate to a variety of audiences verbally and in writing on a variety of platforms from email to phone scripts.

Ideal, but not required:

• Knowledge of or experience with Jewish community, values, and traditions (Note: While not required for hiring, willingness to learn on the job is required.)
• Experience working with CRMs and digital phone banking platforms is ideal.

Benefits of working at JVP

• Up to 16 accumulated vacation days per year
• Up to 12 sick days per year
• Paid time off for political education and anti-racist training
• 17 paid holidays (9 floating and 8 federal)
• Health, vision, and dental insurance with premiums currently paid by JVP, and 15% of family benefits to be paid by JVP
• A supplemental health fund for trans and gender nonconforming staff
• Bereavement, parental and medical leave
• Flexible Spending benefit
• 1% of salary paid into 401k by JVP
• Please note: As part of JVP’s commitment to equity and transparency, we have a no salary negotiation policy. Salary negotiations can introduce bias and perpetuate wage inequality.
• JVP is a union workplace, and this role is part of our staff bargaining unit.
• Application Process
• We aim to be transparent and efficient in our hiring process. Each question you will be asked throughout our hiring process ties directly back to one of the skills and experiences listed above. In each stage, you will be asked to provide examples of these skills and experiences or how you would draw on your experience to handle a scenario commonly found at JVP. Our typical hiring process includes:
• Job application: You will not be asked to submit a cover letter. Instead, the application consists of several questions related to the role you are applying for, in addition to uploading an optional resume or CV. Your answers will be assessed anonymously by the hiring committee, based on the skills outlined above. The hiring committee will not look at your CV/resume, if included, or any identifying information until you have been invited to a first round interview, and will make those decisions based on your answers to the initial set of questions.
• 30 min video interview: Typically with the hiring manager, staff members, and member-leaders you would work with on a regular basis.
• Written work assessment, responding to a scenario commonly found on the job.
• 60 min video interview: Typically a slightly larger group as the first interview.
• Reference check

People of color, Sephardi and/or Mizrahi applicants, people with disabilities, and transgender or gender non-conforming applicants are strongly encouraged to apply. Jewish Voice for Peace opposes anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, and anti-Arab bigotry and oppression. JVP does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, ethnicity, religion, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran.