Communications and Operations Director Job Description
Seeking entry-level to mid-level candidates to senior level candidates. If interested email owen@jubileeusa.org with your resume and a cover letter.
Jubilee USA Network seeks to immediately hire a Communications and Operations Director in Jubilee USA’s fast-paced and results-motivated culture. Jubilee seeks exceptional, professional, strategic, organized and detail-oriented, effective communicators. Jubilee USA hires highly motivated individuals who are passionate to ensure all people live in dignity and to affect the structural policies that impact inequality, climate change and billions of people living in poverty.
Jubilee USA Network is an alliance of more than 75 US organizations, 750 faith communities and 50 Jubilee global partners. Jubilee’s mission is to build an economy that serves, protects and promotes participation of the most vulnerable. Jubilee wins critical global financial reforms and won more than $130 billion in debt relief to benefit the world’s poorest people. Annually Jubilee USA’s efforts on tax, trade, corruption, transparency, debt and disaster relief are featured in tens of thousands of news outlets around the world. Since the dawn of the pandemic, Jubilee USA has won and moved forward coronavirus response policies on jobs, poverty, vaccines, climate and solutions to prevent the crisis.
Supervisor: The Communications and Operations Director is hired by the Executive Director. Daily work is supervised by the Senior Policy Director.
Location: Washington DC
The Communications and Operations Director (CD) is an entry-level to mid-level position. The CD leads the network’s communications and operations efforts and supports central advocacy and organizing efforts, including: overseeing internal communications, promoting and supporting the executive director, general administration, supporting external media relations and communications with decision makers, policy makers and partners. The CD drafts policy briefs and supports organizational representation to local, national and international decision makers. He/She works directly with the Senior Director of Policy, Managing Director and other staff to achieve the organization’s media and advocacy goals, faith and inter-religious relations, effective donor communications, mass e-mail communications, website updates, volunteer and event coordination and oversees a significant variety of administrative office operations. The CD oversees the organization’s internship program.
Responsibilities:
Support, design and implement Jubilee USA’s communications work
Support media relations, garnering earned media in online and print sources
Update website and database development; manage and ensure implementation of new and updated content for site
Draft and edit, design, and produce Jubilee USA materials including educational materials, reports and donor communications
Ensure effective communication of key organizational news, priorities, and action opportunities via the web, email and regular mail
Support congregation and grassroots outreach to support Jubilee’s policy goals and grow Jubilee’s congregations and faith community membership
Draft program, education, and advocacy materials for faith-based and grassroots organizers to spread Jubilee’s mission
Maintain and deepen relationships with Jubilee’s key organizational partners and funders
Support Jubilee’s public policy advocacy and coordinate with other staff on advocacy with international institutions, United Nations agencies, high-level fora, Congress, embassy officials and staff, and the Executive Branch in support of Jubilee’s advocacy agenda
Travel when necessary to support the activities of the organization
Stay abreast of Jubilee USA advocacy, educational and outreach issues
Draft and edit education, advocacy, funding, and communications materials for Members of Congress, journalists, donors, funders, other decision makers, supporters, and partners
Other duties as assigned by Executive Director or Managing Director
Support Executive Director and staff to garner media coverage when appropriate
Lead regular national grassroots conference calls
Liaise with Jubilee’s 75 Network Council members and build Network Council member collaboration on Jubilee’s primary policy initiatives
Support monitoring organizational finances
Support organization’s fundraising communications
Draft and implement donor communications (regular mail and email) to individual and major donors.
Generate and analyze reports on major donors, tracking progress towards goals.
Ensure efficient processing of donations, maintenance of donor records, and regular donor correspondence.
Coordinate the intern program
Support Jubilee USA’s Annual Network Council meetings and other large events
Ensure that managerial, operations and general administrative tasks are completed or delegated to appropriate position, including bill and donation processing, listserv and database upkeep and liaising on building issues
Leading candidates possess the following qualities:
Bachelors Degree
1 to 3 years of experience in a professional office environment
Strong attention to detail and highly organized
History of volunteer, staff, event and project coordination
Strong writing and editing skills for a wide range of audiences, including policy makers, grassroots supporters, and funders
Experience working with religious community and working knowledge of various faith traditions
Experience working with and managing online fundraising and communications databases. Familiarity with Nation Builder and web design a strong plus
Able to coordinate communications and logistics for large events and network activities
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, campaign-focused, deadline environment
Knowledge of international development and international financial system
Highly effective verbal and written communication skills
Can work in a bipartisan and interfaith environment
Respectful communicator
Able to coordinate communications and logistics for large events and network activities
Ability to support and promote Executive Director
Demonstrated interpersonal skills
Willingness to commit to Jubilee USA for a minimum of at least 2 years
Ability to represent the organization and Executive Director professionally in a wide range of high-level fora
Willingness to learn and work hard to fulfill the mission of Jubilee USA Network
Candidates must either hold US citizenship or a US work permit.
