Associate Director, Donor & Impact Communications

UJA-Federation of New York

Associate Director managing donor-facing impact communications for UJA Federation's initiatives. Overseeing content development and editorial direction to inform donors about funding and impact.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeNorth York • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$89,000 - CA$99,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in donor-facing writing and editing, with a strong ability to translate complex program and fundraising information into clear, impactful communications. Proven experience in managing content development across various digital channels and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance donor engagement.

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Impact ReportingDonor-Facing WritingContent Development for Digital ChannelsEditorial JudgmentTeam Leadership

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Hard Skills

Impact ReportingFundraising CommunicationsStewardship CommunicationsDigital Content DevelopmentStorytellingEditingWritingVisual StorytellingCampaign CommunicationsAnnual Reports

Soft Skills

Strong JudgmentRelationship BuildingCollaborationFeedback ProvisionCommunication

Industry Keywords

Jewish CommunityPhilanthropic LandscapeStewardshipCampaign PrioritiesDonor Expectations

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the planning, writing, editing, and quality control of donor-facing impact communications.
Translate program work, campaign priorities, fundraising information, stewardship needs, and impact data into clear donor language.
Lead content development for monthly impact communications, annual and impact reporting, transformational campaign reports, stewardship updates, donor stories, profiles, and program summaries.
Strengthen the connection between stewardship reporting, monthly impact communications, campaign priorities, and UJA’s broader communications calendar.
Work with fundraising, stewardship, program, marketing, design, digital, social, and communications teams to gather information, clarify details, identify stories, shape content, and adapt it for different channels.
Build strong relationships across UJA to support accurate, timely, and useful donor-impact communications.
Maintain and contribute approved donor-impact language for use across fundraising, communications, marketing, leadership, and stewardship.
Manage, assign, review, edit, and support the work of senior writers producing donor, stewardship, and proposal-related communications.
Provide clear editorial feedback so writers understand the purpose, audience, tone, structure, and quality standard for the work.
Work with designers and creative partners to ensure reports, presentations, donor-facing materials, web content, and digital products are accurate, well structured, and visually strong.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 years of experience with impact reporting, annual reports, stewardship communications, fundraising communications, campaign communications, or mission-driven storytelling.
4+ years of experience developing content for digital channels, including email, web, social media, digital reports, or other audience-facing platforms.
Strong donor-facing writing and editing ability.
Strong editorial judgment and the ability to distinguish between information and story.
Ability to translate program, campaign, fundraising, stewardship, and impact information into clear donor language.
Experience managing or directing writers and giving specific editorial feedback.
Experience working with designers or creative teams to develop reports, presentations, or visual storytelling products.
Strong judgment about tone, audience, accuracy, sensitivity, and donor expectations.
Comfort working with fundraising, stewardship, program, marketing, leadership, and communications teams.
Ability to balance team leadership with hands-on writing, editing, and production.
Knowledge of or strong interest in the Jewish community and philanthropic landscape is an asset.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work schedule
rich time off policy
UJA’s offices are closed on all Jewish holy days (yom tov)
early office closures to observe the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat)