Community Relations Manager

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of strategies to build authentic, long-term relationships across racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural communities in the Austin area.
• Support lay leaders through the community mapping process, engaging lay leaders to be liaisons to community leadership and organizations.
• Establish and manage partnerships with key external stakeholders, including local businesses, chambers of commerce, civic organizations, and major cultural entities such as ACL (Austin City Limits) and SXSW.
• Identify and coordinate opportunities for intergroup and interfaith collaboration that advance shared community goals.
• Represent Shalom Austin in community coalitions, public forums, and meetings across the city and region.
• Maintain awareness of and engagement with priority issues impacting diverse communities and stakeholders.
• Support and strengthen relationships and collaboration across the Austin Jewish community for Public Affairs priorities, including synagogues, schools, nonprofits, and community organizations.
• Facilitate dialogue across diverse sectors of the Austin Jewish community to strengthen understanding, collaboration, and shared community goals.
• Foster alignment and communication among stakeholders to build a unified and inclusive Jewish communal voice.
• Collaborate in the design and execution of innovative programs and initiatives that promote dialogue, understanding, and coalition-building.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years of professional experience in community engagement, public affairs, nonprofit leadership, coalition-building, government relations, or related fields.
• Excellent research, written, verbal communication and proofreading skills are essential.
• Experience working collaboratively and effectively with diverse lay leaders, volunteers and colleagues.
• Understanding of committee management and development.
• Skilled in program development, management and evaluation.
• Passion for community organizing, relationship-building, and civic engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to build partnerships across diverse communities and sectors.
• Familiarity with the Austin civic, cultural, and nonprofit landscape preferred.

Preferred

• Master’s degree preferred with coursework in religion, civic and community engagement, public affairs or related fields.

Benefits

• We’ll provide a FREE membership to the fitness and aquatics center, and offer you discounts on programs, including personal training.
• We are a learning organization! Our staff have regular opportunities for training and continuing education.
• We offer outstanding medical insurance coverage through Cigna, and we’ll pay over 80% of the premium cost of our base plan on your behalf.
• You will have the option to contribute to our 403(b) with and the opportunity for a company match.
• We provide life and long-term disability insurance, and we pay 100% of the cost for you.
• We will give you lots of paid time off. First-year employees receive: 18 days of paid time off, and more than 15 Jewish and Federal holidays.
• We’ll offer you up to a 50% discount for your kiddos in our amazing early childhood program, as enrollment allows.
• You will have access to our amazing Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• We understand that you need a work/life balance and that you have commitments outside of the workplace, so we’ll do our very best to offer you some flexibility in your work schedule.
• We’ll provide you with the opportunity to make a difference in the Central Texas Jewish community every day.