Southwest Community Mobilization Manager

KEY DETAILS:

• Location: Texas
  
• Salary: $65-70,000/year, commensurate with experience
• Rolling applications

Summary:

Put yourself at the intersection of LGBTQ+ rights, Jewish identity and the broader movement for social justice in American society. Keshet seeks a dynamic and experienced professional to join a phenomenal team. The Southwest Community Mobilization Manager will work with the Director of Community Mobilization to plan and implement campaigns to engage regional Jewish communities in taking action for LGBTQ rights in the Southwestern region of the United States and nationally. This position will work throughout OK, TX, UT, NM, NV, and AZ, with a particular focus on Jewish communities in Texas and Arizona.

The Southwest Community Mobilization Manager, in collaboration with the Director of Community Mobilization, will organize, activate, and inspire Jewish communities in the Southwest, through public education, organizing, digital campaigns, political action, and strategic partnerships.

This is a Texas-based position. This staff person will work closely with a newly-established Keshet Southwest Education & Training Manager, with local partners, and with Keshet staff across the United States. The Southwest Community Mobilization Manager reports to the Director of Community Mobilization.

About Keshet:

Keshet works for the full equality of all LGBTQ Jews and our families in Jewish life. We turn values at the heart of Judaism—equality, inclusion, and human dignity—into action in Jewish communities across North America. We equip Jewish organizations with the tools to build LGBTQ-affirming communities, create spaces for queer Jewish teens to feel seen and valued, and mobilize the Jewish community to fight for LGBTQ rights nationwide.

As an organization that teaches the importance of proactive LGBTQ inclusive messages and actions, Keshet recognizes the similar need to make our commitment to racial equity and justice clear and explicit. We commit to embed a racial equity and justice lens into Keshet’s leadership and staff structure, political analysis, organizational policies, communications, and program content.

Keshet's national office is in Boston with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, New York, and Florida, as well.

Responsibilities:

• Educate and activate Jewish communities in the region to support strategically selected state and/or national LGBTQ rights campaigns
• Participate in identifying campaigns that most effectively leverage Keshet’s network and assets in the region
• Execute strategies for engaging Keshet’s extensive network of relationships with national, regional, and local Jewish institutions to support LGBTQ rights
• Facilitate public education programs to educate the Jewish community about key LGBTQ rights issues
• Provide key logistical support for Community Mobilization campaigns and public education efforts.
• Support the production of effective campaign and educational materials in coordination with Keshet’s Communications Department

Qualifications:

• Passionate commitment to Keshet’s vision and mission of advancing LGBTQ equality in Jewish life.
• Organizing, public or community education, mobilization and/or campaigns-related experience
• Excitement about diving into the day-to-day work of organizing and mobilizing
• Flexibility, skill, and excitement about pivoting to respond to a highly variable political environment
• Experience with digital organizing and skill in using online tools to support constituent engagement and mobilization
• Commitment to bring a racial justice and gender equity lens to programs/work products as well as staff culture
• Experienced in cultivating and managing partnerships and relationships across diverse communities
• Ability and enthusiasm to work in a fast-paced, high energy, dynamic, and creative environment effectively and efficiently
• Extensive knowledge of LGBTQ identities and experiences and the ability to articulate the intersections among diverse Jewish and LGBTQ identities
• Knowledge of Jewish tradition, identity, and experience is preferred; ease working across a wide range of Jewish communities is essential
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences
• Excellent planning, project management, and execution skills
• Ease working with colleagues in multiple geographic locations and using technology to facilitate daily work and collaborative projects
• Willing and able to travel regularly, as needed

Important Note:

Frequently cited statistics show that women, trans, and nonbinary people as well as other structurally marginalized groups are more likely to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Keshet encourages you to break that statistic and to apply for stretch positions. No one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. We look forward to your application. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until we find the right candidate for the position.

Keshet Equal Employment Opportunity:

Keshet is dedicated to building a culturally diverse and pluralistic staff. Keshet provides equal opportunity to all people regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, veteran status, disability, citizenship status, or any other proscribed category set forth in federal or state regulations. This policy applies to all employees and candidates for employment.