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DIRECTOR OF Organizing

Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action is hiring a Director of Organizing to lead our talented, dynamic organizing team and help build a spiritually rooted Jewish climate movement.

The Director of Organizing will be responsible for overseeing Dayenu’s organizing program to build a multi-generational, multi-racial, multi-ethnic people-powered movement of diverse Jews to advance Dayenu’s climate justice mission.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the senior team of a progressive, young organization that is mobilizing the American Jewish community to confront the climate crisis with spiritual audacity and bold political action.

Location: Flexible

Position Type: Full time

Reporting Structure: The position reports to the Deputy Director

To apply, go to: d.aye.nu/apply

Applications Due: February 9, 2024

Anticipated Start Date: April 1, 2024

Responsibilities:

Team Leadership (40%)

Lead and support five-person Dayenu Organizing Team to achieve individual and team goals, prioritizing equity and inclusion and promoting professional growth and development
Recruit, hire, and onboard new staff as needed
Manage departmental budget, annual goal-setting, and performance evaluations
Maintain and build strong team systems and culture.

Campaigns, Actions, and Organizing (30%)

Oversee the growth of Dayenu’s base and develop Dayenu Circles across the country
Lead and contribute to direct organizing and relationship-building with new and longtime Jewish climate leaders, including growing our Young People organizing and state-based organizing
Help lead and manage Dayenu’s campaigns, including strategy development, public actions, digital advocacy, in-person canvassing, and GOTV efforts
Build and navigate relationships with existing Jewish, multi-faith, and secular organizations and movements, including frontline communities and activists in the climate justice and broader progressive movements
Oversee and guide support to volunteer leaders through regular trainings, coaching, regional gatherings, workshops, and community building

Strategy and Organizational Leadership (30%)

Develop and implement organizing strategy to grow Dayenu’s base, including experimenting and iterating new organizing tactics, including the use of digital organizing tools, and empowering volunteer leaders
As part of senior team, contribute to overall organizational strategy-setting, decision-making, prioritization, and learning
Collaborate across teams to support Dayenu’s campaigns, partnerships, communication, and spiritual adaptation work
Promote a culture of integrity, equity, excellence, and effective collaboration

Qualifications:

At least 10 years demonstrated success in field organizing
At least 5 years experience managing organizers and strong supervisory abilities
Experience working on the climate crisis very strongly preferred
Experience designing and/or managing successful chapter-based organizing programs
Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
Excellent listening skills, sound judgment, and strong problem-solving skills
Ability to collaborate across lines of difference, and a commitment to anti-racist and feminist practice
Experience using digital organizing tools such as AirTable, EveryAction, ControlShift, and others
Experience organizing on an electoral or ballot campaign a plus
Knowledge of and experience working in/with the Jewish community a plus

Compensation & Benefits

The salary range for this position is $100,000 to $120,000, commensurate with experience.

We offer a competitive benefits package, including paid vacation and sick days, paid civic engagement and spiritual resourcing days, national and Jewish holidays off, healthcare, professional development, a generous home office subsidy, family leave, and more. This role requires full status to work in the United States and willingness to provide employment verification as required.

If you’re ready to join an ambitious team of passionate people
dedicated to building a powerful Jewish climate movement,
please fill out this application by February 9, 2024.

About Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action

Dayenu is building a movement of American Jews confronting the climate crisis with spiritual audacity and bold political action. We mobilize Jewish support for climate solutions, build our collective power, and raise up a spiritual, religious, and moral voice in the national and global movements confronting the climate crisis. We care deeply about equity and justice in our world and about the future we create for our children and future generations. We believe that together, drawing from our Jewish tradition, experience, and faith, we have the power to create real and lasting change.

We focus on three main areas of work: Bold action to advance comprehensive climate policy and ensure a just transition away from fossil fuels; spiritual adaptation that helps people confront the reality of the climate crisis and grapple with the deep spiritual and existential questions it raises; and movement-building.

Through a growing network of Dayenu Circles across the country and partnerships with Jewish communal institutions and multifaith and secular organizations, we’re gathering, training, and taking collective action to advance systemic solutions to the climate crisis, at the scale that science and justice demand.

Dayenu is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to racial equity and accessibility. Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA people are strongly encouraged to apply. We know historically that women and people of color don’t apply to jobs unless they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to apply if you think you might be a good fit even if you don’t meet 100% of the listed requirements.

Dayenu does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, sex, age, gender identity or expression, or other status protected by applicable law.

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