Assistant Director of Community Advocacy- Buffalo

For more than 120 years, the Buffalo Jewish Federation has served as the voice and the backbone of the Jewish community in Western New York. Every day, we work to weave threads of Jewish connection, raise and allocate resources, convene and represent Jewish Buffalo, and secure Jewish life. Our vision is of a flourishing Jewish Buffalo that is joyful, inclusive, resilient, grounded in Jewish connection, and sustained by enduring relationships within and beyond our community.

Buffalo is a city where you can build a meaningful career and a fulfilling life. Known as the City of Good Neighbors, Buffalo combines an exceptional sense of community with an affordable cost of living, a vibrant arts and food scene, historic neighborhoods, and easy access to Lake Erie, Niagara Falls, and Toronto. It's a place where you'll find room to grow professionally, opportunities to make a tangible impact, and a community that believes in showing up for one another.

The Assistant Director of Community Advocacy is a dynamic, externally facing role that helps advance the Buffalo Jewish Federation's community relations, advocacy, and antisemitism response efforts. Working closely with the Senior Director of Communications, Federation volunteer leaders, and community partners, this professional will coordinate key initiatives, cultivate relationships across government and the broader community, develop educational resources, and help ensure the Federation responds thoughtfully and effectively to emerging issues.

This is a highly collaborative, hands-on position for someone who enjoys building relationships, solving problems, and turning ideas into action. Success requires exceptional organization, strong communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Because relationships are built face-to-face, this position requires regular attendance at community meetings, public events, and Federation programs, including weekday evenings, Sundays, and some travel.

• Monitor, assess, and coordinate the Federation's response to incidents of antisemitism affecting the Western New York Jewish community in partnership with the Senior Director of Communications, Director of HERO, and Senior Director of Community Security.
• Coordinate the Federation's incident response process by gathering information, documenting incidents, maintaining centralized records, facilitating communication & planning among internal and external partners, and ensuring timely follow-up.
• Serve as a key resource for community members, institutions, and partners navigating incidents of antisemitism, connecting them with appropriate Federation staff, resources, and support.
• Develop and maintain protocols for incident reporting, response, communication, and follow-up.
• Maintain the Federation's antisemitism incident database; analyze trends, identify emerging issues, and prepare reports and briefings for leadership.
• Support public messaging related to antisemitic incidents in partnership with the Senior Director of Communications.
• Develop and facilitate educational programs, presentations, and resources for the Jewish community, elected officials, civic and faith leaders, and other community partners focused on Jewish identity, contemporary antisemitism, and navigating antisemitism.
• Oversee the local Student to Student program, including recruiting and training teen presenters, coordinating school presentations, and serving as an on-site facilitator.

• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with local, state, and federal elected officials, their staff, government agencies, and key civic, business, education, and faith leaders.
• Monitor legislative and public policy developments, providing timely updates, analysis, and recommendations to Federation leadership.
• Coordinate and execute advocacy efforts, including scheduling and facilitating meetings, planning advocacy events, preparing briefing materials, drafting correspondence and testimony, and supporting advocacy campaigns.
• Track meetings, relationships, and advocacy…