Community Fundraising and Program Officer

About the Jewish Liberation Fund

The Jewish Liberation Fund (JLF) mobilizes resources to sustain and grow the progressive Jewish movement for justice and liberation. The Jewish Liberation Fund is a fiscally sponsored project of Proteus Fund.

JLF’s organizational culture is characterized by a relationship-first orientation: building trust both within and outside of the organization in order to support and facilitate taking risks with our grantmaking, exploring new and innovative approaches to sustaining our movement, and building an organization that reflects the world our movement is working to build: joyful, abundant, equitable, and liberatory. We seek to ground our work in deep, authentic knowledge of the issues and communities we fund, by investing in and trusting the leadership of those most directly impacted. JLF works to incorporate anti-racist principles and praxis into every level of the organization. As one concrete manifestation of that commitment, our Steering Committee is composed entirely of Black and Indigenous Jews, Jews of Color, Sephardi, and/or Mizrahi Jews (BIJOCSM).

The Opportunity

The Community Fundraising and Program Officer will work with the Executive Director to support JLF’s community-driven fundraising and grantmaking work.  As the second hire of a new and rapidly growing project, the Community Fundraising and Program Officer will work in close partnership with the Executive Director, with the opportunity to have input and ownership over a wide variety of tasks and work areas, determined in consultation with the ED based on the employee’s skills, interest, and organizational need. Final duties will likely include some but not all of the functions outlined below.

Key Responsibilities

Community Fundraising
Support the JLF Executive Director in raising JLF’s annual grantmaking and operations budget by:

  • cultivating meaningful relationships with JLF donors

  • designing and implementing a community-oriented donor stewardship and engagement program

  • maintaining JLF’s constituent database

Communications
Support the JLF Executive Director in communicating the impact of JLF’s work publicly by:

  • designing and implementing a communications calendar and strategy, in partnership with Executive Director

  • managing JLF social media accounts (Facebook and Twitter, at present)

Programs
Support the JLF Executive Director and Steering Committee in implementing a participatory grantmaking process by:

  • collaborating in the design and implementation of a community grantmaking panel process, possibly including process design, panelist recruitment, and [co]facilitation of panel convenings

  • liaising with prospective and current grantees on grant eligibility, application materials, and reporting

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following competencies:

  • Commitment to mission and values of a progressive social justice organization

  • Deep understanding of anti-oppression principles and practices, particularly racial, economic, and gender justice and liberation approaches

  • High emotional intelligence, empathy, and a demonstrated track record of building meaningful, authentic, appropriate relationships with constituents and stakeholders

  • Maturity and discretion in handling sensitive matters, including upholding a high level of confidentiality as appropriate, communicating about sensitive and/or complex decisions with empathy and discretion; a strong track record of exercising good judgment in complex or challenging situations 

  • Both/and thinking: the ability to maintain a collaborative mindset, acknowledge and respect seemingly contradictory perspectives, and approach complex problems with curiosity, creativity, empathy, and humility

  • Capacity to have an open mind to new, experimental ideas and approaches

  • Exceptionally strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Familiarity with the Jewish social justice landscape

To be successful in this role you will need:

  • 2-5 years of volunteer and/or work experience in any of the following areas: community organizing, grassroots movement building, communications, fundraising/development, philanthropy and grantmaking, or leadership development.

  • Life experience within the impacted communities and with the issues that many of our grantees are working to address is an asset, including but not limited to: racism, racial justice, and BIJOC communities; Sephardi and/or Mizrahi Jewish communities; economic justice, poverty, and class; and experiences of systemic and structural marginalization within and beyond the US Jewish community.

Position Type and Expected Work Hours

  • This is a remote, part time exempt role of approximately 24-32 hours a week (60%-80% time), with the possibility of increasing to full time as budget allows.

  • Hours may be scheduled at employee’s discretion, but should include at least 2 days per week with 2-4 hours of direct overlap with the Executive Director within the hours of 9am – 5pm ET Monday – Friday. (Standard Friday work hours are adjusted seasonally for Shabbat, and on the days preceding Jewish holidays.)

  • Employee may be asked to provide occasional staff support to JLF Steering Committee meetings, which take place on Sundays between the hours of 10am – 3pm ET.

  • Post-COVID restrictions, occasional work travel may be expected for conferences, JLF Steering Committee and/or grantmaking panel convenings, organizational retreats, and grantee or donor meetings; travel not expected to exceed an average of 1x/month for 2-4 days at a time, though travel may be concentrated seasonally.

 

compensation

This is a part-time salaried role with a salary range of $36,000 – 56,000, commensurate with experience, average expected work hours, and geography. JLF has a salary non-negotiation policy, for the sake of ensuring greater equity in hiring and compensation. Our salaries are set based on a salary band rubric accounting for role responsibilities, experience, and location.

Benefits

Proteus provides employees working more than 20hrs a week with a generous benefits package, including:

  • Medical and dental benefits for employee and eligible dependents available on first day of work

  • Retirement savings account (401k) with an organization contribution of 10% of annual salary

  • Three weeks paid vacation in first year of work; four weeks in subsequent years

  • Fifteen sick days per year

  • Three personal days per year

  • Twelve paid holidays

  • Professional development initiatives for growth

  • Paid Family Leave


To Apply

For immediate consideration, please provide a thoughtful cover letter and resume by March 5th  to: jobs@jewishliberation.fund.  

Frequently cited statistics show that women and structurally marginalized and/or underrepresented groups apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. The Jewish Liberation Fund encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. No one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. We look forward to your application.

JLF is a fiscally sponsored project of Proteus Fund. Proteus Fund is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. Proteus encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.