Position Title: Communications Assistant

Reports to: Digital Director

Start Date: Sep 1, 2025

Status: Full Time, Non-Exempt

Location: Hybrid -Washington DC, (Hybrid) - 4 days a week in the office

J Street is looking to hire a communications assistant who will help us take our local, grassroots engagement email program to the next level. The chosen candidate will be an online voice for a major advocacy organization working on some of the most important — and contentious — foreign policy debates of our time. They’ll work with our communications and engagement teams in a fast-paced political advocacy environment.

The ideal candidate will be creative, a strong writer with digital content experience and a knowledge background in J Street’s issue area. There is significant room to shape the role to the individual’s interests and skills alongside delivering support for our nationwide engagement team as they work to build events and fundraisers.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Reports to Digital Director

• Draft, review and implement J Street’s regular email communications, to include: Recap emails, roundup emails, Government Affairs digest, JSPAN and leadership emails
• Work with J Street staff across the country to write and target local and national events email invites, including designing graphics and creating sign up pages
• Ensure J Street’s website is regularly updated, including posting blogs, statements, updating the homepage, updating event pages and other relevant updates
• Assist with monitoring the J Street email infobox
• Support the communications team on graphic design work
• Support communications team on social media posts with video editing and regular posting
• Other comms assistance as needed
  • Webinar/Substack live administration
  • Updating internal trackers (social, email, indicators)
  • Proofreading and editing emails, statements, blogs etc

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Exceptional writing ability
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Familiarity with J Street’s issues, particularly the US-Israel relationship and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• Ability to work independently, taking initiative to set and meet professional goals
• Ability to work collaboratively across the organization

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Some proficiency in Canva, Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator
• Prior experience with databases such as Salesforce and ActionKit or similar
• Proficient in or willing to learn basic HTML

About J Street

J Street organizes pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy Americans to promote US policies that align with Jewish and democratic values, that help secure the State of Israel as a just, democratic homeland for the Jewish people, and that advance freedom, safety and self-determination for the Palestinian people.

J Street focuses its work in three main areas: (1) Advocating and demonstrating support for pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy policies in Congress, the media and the Jewish community; (2) Endorsing and raising money for federal candidates who share J Street’s agenda; and (3) Educating the public and raising awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the two-state solution.

Salary and Benefits

The salary range for this full-time non-exempt position is $55,000-$60,000. Per J Street's Collective Bargaining Agreement, pay and title are commensurate with experience and according to pay bands outlined in our CBA.

J Street recognizes a staff bargaining unit affiliated with IFPTE Local 70, a union for non-profit workers. This position is included in J Street’s bargaining unit and is covered under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Unlimited personal time off, accrued sick leave, sabbatical leave
• generous parental and family leave, up to 12 weeks
• paid time off on many federal and Jewish holidays,
• Employer contributed health, dental, and vision insurance
• company-paid life insurance
• a 401k program including an employer un-match contribution and matched contribution
• Pre-tax benefits: commuter benefits, and a flexible spending account

To Apply

We are excited to receive applications from a broad range of applicants as we grow our organization to better reflect the diversity of the communities that care about our mission. Please submit the items listed below:

1. Resume
2. Answer three short-answer questions in the application process
3. List of Three References

Applications are being accepted now and the position will be filled as quickly as possible.

At J Street we value an inclusive, welcoming, and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to understanding and valuing each other’s perspectives at all levels of the organization thereby creating a culture that allows us to better serve our employees, and the communities we work with. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment and fellowship, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits, and termination.

J Street is an Equal Opportunity Employer.