Senior Associate, Jewish Communal Engagement

Position Title: Senior Associate, Jewish Communal Engagement
Reports to: Director of Jewish Communal Engagement
Start Date: As soon as possible
Status: Full Time, Exempt
Location: Remote or Hybrid.
Preferred
candidates based in or near a city where J Street has offices: New York City, Washington, DC, Boston, Chicago, or California. Requires regular regional travel.
Are you someone who knows how to navigate Jewish communities—and loves organizing within them?
J Street is looking for a relationship-driven organizer with deep Jewish communal fluency to help bring our national communal strategy to life in local Jewish communities. Working as part of a team with J Street lay leaders, regional staff, and the national Communal Engagement department, the Senior Associate will help map communities, identify opportunities, and equip local leaders to build lasting relationships with rabbis, synagogues, and Jewish institutions.
The ideal candidate brings a passion for the American Jewish community, strategic judgment, and the organizing skills to engage a community, identify key people and institutions, and work with the right J Street leaders to set priorities and move work forward. They are an outgoing team player aligned with J Street’s mission and bring a strong interest in broadening Israel discourse within the Jewish community.
Apply today to help expand J Street’s national communal strategy to local communities in one of J Street’s four geographic regions.
About J Street
J Street organizes pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy Americans to promote US policies that align with Jewish and democratic values, that help secure the State of Israel as a just, democratic homeland for the Jewish people, and that advance freedom, safety and self-determination for the Palestinian people.
J Street focuses its work in three main areas: (1) Advocating and demonstrating support for pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy policies in Congress, the media and the Jewish community; (2) Endorsing and raising money for federal candidates who share J Street’s agenda; and (3) Educating the public and raising awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Our Core Values
At J Street, everything we do is grounded in three core values that guide how we work, collaborate, and show up for our mission.
Impactful — We act with intention. We measure success not just by what we do, but by the progress we make and the change we help bring about.
Adaptable — We treat every challenge as an invitation to think creatively, reframe the problem, and find a better path forward.
Aligned — We are united by shared principles and an unwavering commitment to our mission. Our strength comes from believing in what we're building together.
Responsibilities
The Senior Associate, Jewish Communal Engagement is a regional organizer responsible for helping J Street leaders and supporters build and deepen relationships within Jewish communities. Working with J Street’s national and regional teams, this position will create strategic opportunities, organize and equip local leaders, and help turn J Street’s national communal strategy into meaningful local engagement and activity.
Specific responsibilities include:
Organize and activate J Street leaders: Recruit, develop, and support lay leaders to open doors in their communities to J Street, developing relationships with Jewish clergy and institutions. Connect them with one another and with J Street staff and resources.
Drive regional strategy and execution: Execute J Street’s national communal priorities at regional and local levels via engagement plans; coordinate with regional and national staff; ensure strong follow-through; and support events, programs, and other opportunities that advance J Street’s communal goals.
Map and prioritize local Jewish communities: In collaboration with J Street leaders, supporters, and regional staff, learn the communal landscape in assigned communities: key institutions, clergy, and leaders. Help decide where J Street should focus its time and energy.
Support broader Communal Engagement work: Contribute to department-wide projects, including events, data management, communications, and the development of resources and materials.
What You Bring
Required:
A strong commitment to J Street’s mission, including: Commitment to J Street's mission, including support for a secure, Jewish, and democratic Israel. This includes an active US role in ending the occupation and resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Strong Jewish communal fluency: You are deeply knowledgeable with the language, rhythms, and institutions of American Jewish life, across denominations, synagogues, clergy roles, and communal organizations.
Organizing and leadership skills: You build trust across backgrounds and affiliations. You can identify and cultivate leaders and help them use their relationships toward shared goals. You leverage your outgoing personality and knowledge base to establish yourself as a leader to whom others can look for guidance.

Employment type
Full-Time

Work arrangement
No