ABOUT A MORE PERFECT UNION

A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy works to mobilize the American Jewish community to protect and strengthen American democracy in part by building and supporting a transpartisan Jewish collective-impact network. We pursue this work using three strategies:

1. We recruit and support Jewish institutions – our partners – to make and achieve contextually meaningful, action-based commitments to American democracy.
2. We weave our partners into a transpartisan collective-impact network of Jewish institutions learning from and supporting one another.
3. We articulate and elevate a compelling narrative about the Jewish commitment to protect and strengthen American democracy on both the Jewish communal and pro-democracy community’s agendas.

In 2022, we focused our work entirely on helping to ensure a free, fair, safe, and accessible election. Since then, we’ve widened our aperture to include additional strategic priorities, including expanding opportunities for civic learning, promoting ideological pluralism, and countering efforts to close civic space.

A More Perfect Union is committed to doing its work in a spirit of transpartisanship, working with pro-democracy leaders and institutions across the political and ideological spectrum in pursuit of our priorities.

A More Perfect Union is fiscally sponsored by Goodnation Foundation.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Vice President, Strategy and Communications, drives our strategy in the pro-democracy field, builds and maintains our partnerships with pro-democracy partners, and crafts and oversees a wraparound communications strategy that serves all dimensions of our mission. This work happens remotely under the direction of A More Perfect Union’s Executive Director.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Develop organization-wide pro-democracy strategies that utilize A More Perfect Union’s unique assets to protect and strengthen American democracy
• Serve as primary liaison between A More Perfect Union and the pro-democracy ecosystem of partners, including building and maintaining key relationships with subject matter experts
• Foster the connective tissue between the Jewish community and the pro-democracy field by identifying opportunities for connection, consultation, resources, and expertise to flow between them
• Act as internal subject matter expert on American liberal democracy, as well as landscape of appropriate and related social change levers
• Conduct, commission, or otherwise oversee necessary research to support organizational vision and message
• Speak, write, and attend events on behalf of A More Perfect Union with focus on the intersection of faith communities, civil society, and democracy preservation
• Represent A More Perfect Union in field-level coalitions, projects, research studies, landscape analyses, and more to bring a faith and civil society perspective to broader initiatives; similarly, represent A More Perfect Union in Jewish community initiatives to bring a liberal democracy perspective
• Support programming designed by VP, Programs by aiding in identifying and preparing expert speakers, acting as speaker, and/or supporting in logistical execution as needed

Communications

Cultivate a strong, unique, compelling organizational message

• Develop and maintain organization core narrative; evolve messaging, materials, and/or channels when necessary
• Develop and implement communications strategy and, with VP, Operations, define relevant success metrics and tracking tools to achieve organizational goals
• Ensure a consistent message across staff and all materials by developing and managing internal messaging assets and drafting and/or reviewing external-facing materials to reflect core narrative

Position A More Perfect Union as thought leader in both democracy and Jewish ecosystems

• Oversee rapid response activities considering both the Jewish and secular press, A More Perfect Union’s network of Jewish organizational partners, and opportunities to influence the larger field in messaging and mobilization
• Produce, pitch, place, and/or publish thought leadership content in various formats
• Strategically oversee email marketing program and growth of subscriber base. Oversee organization-wide editorial calendar; maintain database of earned media and thought leadership placements and/or engagements

Maintain and further brand excellence

• Maintain and grow A More Perfect Union’s brand identity as premium, trusted, forward-thinking actor working across fields
• Oversee all visual design including management of outside vendors and internal use of Canva, Adobe, and other design tools
• Ensure website is clear, actionable, beautiful, and well-functioning, including determining best ways to add or incorporate new content and workstreams
• Anticipate and mitigate risks to brand perception in various markets

Provide communications support for all parts of A More Perfect Union’s work:

• Advise and support the Executive Director with drafting of key communications, memos, talking points, funder emails, and other sensitive and high-risk correspondence

• Support the promotion of and recruitment all network programs across all channels
• In partnership with VP, Operations, support the development of digital tools for network engagement and brand development

• Develop, design, and distribute fundraising-related communications and materials in partnership with the Sr. Director of Finance and Development Operations and/or VP, Programs

Organizational leadership

• Oversee communications department including management of staff, budget, and vendors
• Serve on the organization’s leadership team to help shape long-term strategy
• Advise the Executive Director on organizational priorities and direction