Senior Director, Editorial and Strategic Communications

About UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

At UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, our vision is to lead the most vibrant Jewish community in North America - a community characterized by its diversity, unity, compassion, generosity and commitment to Jewish values. Together with our philanthropic, volunteer and professional leadership, we’re changing lives.

As one of North America’s leading Jewish non‑profits, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto works to preserve and strengthen the quality of Jewish life in Greater Toronto, Canada, Israel and around the world. UJA advances this mission through fundraising, programs, and research focused on our strategic pillars: fighting poverty and improving well‑being, growing Jewish education and identity, countering antisemitism and hate, and strengthening connections with Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto is seeking a Senior Director, Editorial and Strategic Communications to provide senior editorial leadership across UJA’s communications and content function.

Reporting to the Vice President, Content and Communications Strategy, this role will help translate organizational priorities, community issues, leadership messages, and major initiatives into strong communications across a range of formats and audiences.

The Senior Director will serve as lead writer and senior editor for UJA’s priority communications, including leadership messages, speeches, remarks, newsletters, op‑eds, campaign materials, video scripts, impact storytelling, social‑first content, and other high‑profile content.

This is a senior, hands‑on editorial role. It requires excellent writing, sound judgment, audience awareness, comfort working under deadline, and the ability to bring structure and clarity to complex information.

• Serve as lead writer and senior editor for UJA’s priority communications, including leadership messages, speeches, remarks, newsletters, op‑eds, campaign materials, video scripts, impact storytelling, social‑first content, and other high‑profile content.
• Ensure major communications are clear, accurate, well structured, audience‑focused, and aligned with UJA’s voice and priorities.
• Provide senior editorial leadership across recurring communications, major content products, and high‑profile editorial materials.
• Translate UJA’s priorities, programs, and community issues into clear, accessible communications that help different audiences understand our work, impact, and role in the community.
• Bring strong fluency in social media, digital storytelling, and audience engagement, helping shape content that works across owned channels, social platforms, newsletters, web, video, and other audience‑facing formats.
• Bring senior editorial judgment to fast‑moving, sensitive, or high‑profile communications, including leadership messages, statements, Q&A materials, remarks, and other content that requires clarity, accuracy, and careful tone.
• Apply strong news and story judgment to community developments and public conversations, helping identify relevant themes, story opportunities, and content needs for UJA’s owned channels and leadership communications.
• Shape video scripts, remarks, social‑first content, and impact storytelling materials so they have a clear purpose, strong narrative arc, appropriate pacing, and audience value.
• Coach writers and communications team members to strengthen story structure, clarity, tone, and editorial judgment.
• Develop editorial standards, templates, formats, and writing practices that improve consistency and quality across the team.
• Support editorial planning connected to UJA’s communications calendar, monthly themes, major campaigns, events, newsletters, social content, and priority initiatives.
• Serve as a senior editorial advisor to the VP and senior leadership on editorial strategy, narrative structure, content priorities, and major communications products.
• Use audience engagement data and feedback to evaluate major editorial products and recurring communications, applying those insights to strengthen content strategy, format, and audience value over time.
• Work with communications,…