Communications Manager

T’ruah is seeking a full-time Communications Manager who will implement our communications strategy. T’ruah rabbis and cantors reach millions of people with their moral voices, and T’ruah’s Communications Manager will support them in doing so by drafting, editing, and tracking emails, social media posts, and other communications. This person will add value to the communications team by ensuring that external communications are clear, consistent, and in service of our organizational mission.

This is an essential role for T’ruah. The Communications Manager will work closely with the program team, the development team, and the executive office to ensure our communications are timely, accurate, and effective in reaching the widest audience, powerfully disseminating our message and engaging more people over time.

The ideal candidate has previous communications experience, is an excellent writer, has demonstrated attention to detail, can create systems to complete daily tasks and long term projects start to finish, and can do so both independently and in collaboration with others.

Who We Are

T’ruah:
The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights brings the Torah’s ideals of human dignity, equality, and justice to life by empowering rabbis and cantors to be moral voices and to lead Jewish communities in advancing democracy and human rights for all people in the United States, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories. To learn more about our work, visit www.truah.org or find us @truahrabbis on Facebook and Instagram.

What You’ll Do

The Communications Manager reports directly to the Chief Communications Officer (CCO) and is responsible for the following:

• Manage implementation of organization’s communications strategy; create compelling messaging to inform, inspire, and engage our audience, including rabbis and cantors, donors, and other stakeholders; exercise independent judgment and make decisions about prioritization of messages within our strategic framework
• Project manage the editorial calendar
  ; field communications requests from program and development staff, ensuring clear and timely communication about those requests; manage the timing of a high volume of social media posts, emails, and website updates weekly; track the progress of communications requests, keep tasks moving, and ensure they are completed on time
• Follow and understand the details of T’ruah’s issue work; write about it in an accurate and compelling way that is tailored to different audiences; identify moments when specific modes of communication can be effective interventions
• Collaborate with program and development staff to draft and finalize mass emails, action alerts, one-pagers, talking points, statements, social media posts, and updates to our website; track key metrics to determine the success of these communications
• Use digital media to increase T’ruah’s reach and educate our community about our issues; work across departments to draft, finalize, and schedule social media posts; monitor our pages for questions and comments and respond as needed; monitor trending topics related to our issue areas; create graphics, slideshows, and simple social videos as needed
• Proactively keep truah.org up to date and functional, including with current press releases, media, events, and actions; work with our web developers to solve Word Press technical issues; source and edit images; follow best practices for accessibility; and track and report traffic and downloads
• Maintain updated marketing collateral; keep T’ruah’s photo and video archives up to date by gathering media during and after events; track T’ruah’s media requests and appearances
• Serve as a thought partner to the Chief Communications Officer on how to strengthen communications and…