About UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

At UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, our vision is to lead the most vibrant Jewish community in North America - a community characterized by its diversity, unity, compassion, generosity and commitment to Jewish values. Together with our philanthropic,volunteerandprofessional leadership,we’re changing lives.

As one of North America’s leading Jewish non-profits, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto works topreserve and strengthenthe quality of Jewish life in Greater Toronto, Canada, Israel and around the world.UJA advances this mission through fundraising, programs, and research focused on our strategic pillars: fighting poverty and improving well-being, growing Jewish education and identity, countering antisemitism and hate, and strengthening connections with Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.

About the Prospect

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto is seeking an Associate Director, Editorial Writing with exceptional writing and editorial skills, strong strategic judgment, curiosity, and the ability to provide editorial leadership across a complex organization.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Editorial & Strategic Communications, the Associate Director is a senior editorial leader responsible for shaping and strengthening UJA's organizational storytelling and priority communications. The role provides strategic editorial direction across newsletters, community communications, digital content, donor and fundraising materials, executive communications, and other high-priority organizational content.

The Associate Director works closely with senior leaders and stakeholders across UJA to determine the strongest editorial approach for complex, sensitive, and high-profile subject matter.



The role is expected to independently assess communications needs, identify the appropriate audience, message, format, tone, and editorial approach, and provide strategic recommendations to stakeholders.

A major area of responsibility is UJA's newsletters and community communications. The Associate Director will provide leadership in determining editorial priorities, identifying compelling stories and emerging opportunities, and translating complex organizational and community issues into clear, accurate, engaging content.

This is a senior, hands-on role that combines exceptional writing and editing with editorial strategy, organizational influence, independent judgment, and functional leadership.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Provide editorial leadership and strategic direction for UJA's priority organizational communications, ensuring alignment with organizationalobjectives, audience needs, UJA's voice, and broader communications strategy.
- Lead the editorial planning and development of newsletters, community communications, blog and website content, donor and fundraising materials, social content, executive communications, and other priority organizational writing.
- Establish editorial approaches, messaging frameworks, content priorities, and standards for complex and high-profile communications.




- Exercise significant independent judgment indeterminingtheappropriate editorialdirection, messaging, audience approach, tone, structure, and format for assigned initiatives.
- Serve as a senior editorial advisor to internal stakeholders, providing expert counsel and recommendations on messaging, storytelling, positioning, tone, and communications approach.
- Partner with senior leaders and stakeholders across the organization to clarifycommunications objectives,identifykey messages,anticipateissues, anddeterminethe strongest approach to reaching intended audiences.
- Conduct interviews and original research toidentifycompelling stories, perspectives, themes, and opportunities that advance UJA's organizational and community priorities.
- Research complex and unfamiliar subject matter and develop comprehensive background briefs that bring together key facts, context, themes, source material, risks, and potential areas for discussion.
- Translate complex research, data, organizational priorities, and community issues into clear,accessibleand compelling content.
- Lead the editorial development of moderated conversations, panels, interviews, webinars, speeches, remarks, and event scripts, including research, questions, structure, messaging, and flow.
- Identifyemerging communications opportunities, challenges, and potential sensitivities and recommendappropriate editorialresponses.
- Influence and align stakeholders across departments on editorial priorities, messaging, and communications approaches while balancing differing perspectives and organizational requirements.
- Establish and promote editorial standards related to clarity, accuracy, consistency, tone, organizational voice, and audience.

📌 Associate Director, Editorial Writing (Toronto)
🏢 UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
📍 Toronto