JYCM National Coordinator

Jewish Youth Climate Movement (JYCM) National Coordinator (Part Time)

Reports to: JYCM Manager

Start date: Early to mid-February 

This is a part time position, approximately 15 hours per week.

Preference will be given to candidates who live in or near Boston, the Midwest, or the DMV area, though all are welcome to apply.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Support the activities and organizing of existing local chapters of JYCM (known as “kvutzot”)
• Create and implement systems to support kvutzot as they grow, develop, and troubleshoot.
  • Collaborate with the JYCM Manager and kvutzah staff team to design these systems and other strategic directions for kvutzah organizing. 

• Hold seasonal one on one meetings with kvutzah leaders and communicate regularly with kvutzah leaders via email and text message on a monthly basis. 
• Support teens to plan and run meetings, events, direct actions, and components of JYCM national campaigns, both among their individual kvutzot and across multiple kvutzot in a region.
• Identify potential kvutzah members, track members, and maintain engagement with members.
• Support each kvutzah in centering equity and inclusion.
• Encourage kvutzah members to share pictures of activities they are carrying out, write blog posts about their work, and engage with JYCM’s national social media to further develop our digital organizing practices and PR. 

Grow JYCM’s national network of kvutzot  

• Hold recruitment one on one meetings with teens or groups who indicate interest in starting kvutzot. If they decide they would like to, closely support them in the creation of a kvutzah in their Jewish community. This includes helping teens to: 
  • Recruit other kvutzah leaders.
  • Recruit kvutzah members.
  • Find an adult mentor.
  • Make a plan to launch their kvutzah. 

• Work closely with any National Leadership Board members and Regional Council members who have indicated interest in starting kvutzot in their communities. 
• Onboard new kvutzot to JYCM’s theory of change and strategy. Ensure that new kvutzot have engaged with our onboarding training content.
• Provide resources about climate education, action, and organizing to affiliated Jewish institutions and organizations, for both programmatic partnership and seeding new kvutzot. 

Coordinate JYCM engagement at the regional level 

• Oversee the launch and activity of 1-2 JYCM Regional Councils, including staffing meetings and supporting local social or Jewish holiday events, direct actions, trainings, and campaign projects.
• Coordinate kvutzah-led efforts to organize network- and community-building opportunities (including gatherings and actions) in key regions across the country. 
• Work closely with partner organizations in our main regions to organize events, retreats, activities, programming, and community building efforts.
• Attend in-personal regional events near you, and if possible, travel a few times per year to attend events in further regions.
• Center equity and inclusion in all activities. 

Collaborate across Adamah teams/departments and offer administrative support 

• Provide ad hoc thought partnership and logistical support for national JYCM programs and projects (such as the annual Kvutzah Leaders Fellowship), as relevant.
• Attend or facilitate consistent meetings, including: 
  • Weekly 30-45 minute check-in sessions with supervisor to touch base on how things are going; space for questions and concerns
  • 45 minute biweekly strategy call with JYCM Manager and the JYCM kvutzah staff team
  • 1 hour monthly Adamah Youth Empowerment Team staff huddles 
  • 90 minute monthly Adamah All Staff meetings
  • 1 hour twice monthly meetings each for 1-2 teen JYCM Regional Councils 

• Work closely with our Adamah on Campus staff team and college campus chapters, particularly supporting national campus work and students.
• Liaise with Adamah’s Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition to ensure synergy and collaboration across projects.
• Consistently log and maintain data pertaining to kvutzot in Salesforce.

Helpful prior skills and experience include:  

• Experience working with youth as an educator, counselor, organizing coach, or youth advisor. 
• Organizing experience and movement-building skills, such as in the climate movement or other social justice spheres.
  • Recruitment and base-building knowledge a plus. 

• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.  
• Strong administration and Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft SharePoint, and Salesforce experience.
• Ability to multitask and hold multiple projects at once.
• Self-starter, ability to self-motivate and work on solo projects as needed.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote work environment.
• Willingness to travel nationally multiple times per year (with travel costs covered by Adamah).
• Willingness to work occasional weeknights and weekends.
• Strong attention to detail as well as ability to hold a big-picture view.
• Commitment to deadlines and task completion.  
• Retreat, conference, or event planning and coordination a plus.