State Organizer & Campaigner - Massachusetts

Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action seeks a State Organizer & Campaigner to help build a spiritually rooted, multigenerational, multi-racial Jewish climate movement in Massachusetts.

Grassroots leadership is the engine that drives our strategic campaign work to confront the climate crisis. This role will design and run a statewide or local campaign, and directly organize, train, and manage Dayenu activists and leaders primarily in Massachusetts, developing individuals as organizers as well as supporting and establishing Dayenu Circles, our chapter-based organizing model. The person in this role will also support Dayenu’s work nationally and in other key states.

Location: This is a remote position, but residency in Massachusetts is preferred; being in the region and able to travel by car or train to Boston approximately twice a month is required..

Position Type: Full time

Reporting Structure: The position reports to the Director of Campaigns & Organizing

Application deadline: Monday September 15

Link to apply: http://d.aye.nu/app

Responsibilities:

• Organizing
  • Grow our grassroots presence in Massachusetts and other assigned states - recruiting new leaders, supporting their organizing structures, and engaging people in our campaign and movement-building work at various levels.
  • Develop Dayenu leaders into strategic organizers through regular 1:1s, formal and informal trainings, political education, coaching, feedback, and active management.
  • Build a multi-generational movement, with focused work to engage young adults and Jews of Color in our organizing.
  • Provide education and coaching to Dayenu Circles and other Dayenu grassroots leaders around climate policy and action.
  • Support some elements of our national work such as trainings or recruitment for programs.
• Priority state campaign work in Massachusetts
  • Manage Dayenu state campaigns, responsible for shaping day-to-day workflow and delivering on overall campaign objectives.
  • Design the goals, strategies, tactics, and timeline for state campaigns in coordination with Circle leaders and Dayenu staff.
  • Lead and coordinate project teams made up of staff from Dayenu’s campaigns, organizing, communications, and spiritual adaptation departments to ensure that work is aligned and advances shared objectives.
  • Develop and implement management systems to ensure that all campaign activity remains on track.
  • Track and assess campaign opportunities, and support development of new campaigns and initiatives that advance Dayenu’s mission.
  • Work with Director of Campaigns & Organizing on campaign selection and prioritization.
• Engagement with External Partners
  • Engage key allies, partners, and other external stakeholders within Jewish, multi-faith, and secular organizations and movements, including frontline communities and activists in the climate justice and broader progressive movements in Massachusetts.
  • Represent Dayenu in state and local coalitions to explore collaboration and coordinate advocacy initiatives and campaign activities.
  • Present, speak, and share Dayenu’s vision and work to a variety of audiences.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to develop leaders and organizers through training, delegation, feedback, and active management.
• Strong ability to make and implement organizing plans, including crafting recruitment plans, delegating, and teaching leadership skills.
• Ability to design and manage a campaign, including working with others to establish goals, strategy, tactics, and timeline, and supporting peers and leaders in executing that work.
• Experience organizing people through the ladder of engagement - including building a list, outreach through calls, emails, texts, and in-person visits, 1:1s, making asks, and supporting them in growth.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to delivering strategic and high quality work with integrity and good judgment.
• Ability to foster collaborative relationships with partner organizations.
• Passionate about Dayenu’s mission and committed to growing a Jewish climate movement.
• Ability to communicate proactively, clearly, and in a compelling way both with colleagues and the communities we’re organizing.
• A track record of working effectively with people across lines of difference and a demonstrated commitment to anti-racist practice.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends; ability to travel regularly to conduct site visits, lead in-person trainings, and attend conferences and retreats.
• Experience working in/with the Jewish community strongly preferred.
• Experience working to address the climate crisis, including climate and environmental justice movements, preferred.

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.