JOB TITLE: Media & Communications Coordinator
DURATION: Part-Time Role (15-20 hours/week)
LOCATION: New York City (Hybrid)
START Date: Summer/Fall 2026
JOB DESCRIPTION
Jahajee is seeking a Media & Communications Coordinator to help amplify our work through storytelling, digital communications and community engagement. This role will manage social media platforms, email communications and digital content while helping ensure consistent, values-aligned messaging across all communications channels. The Coordinator will work closely with the Jahajee team to elevate community voices, promote programs and campaigns, strengthen engagement with supporters and members and increase the visibility of our work to end gender-based violence in the Indo-Caribbean community.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Email & Communications Management
- Monitor and manage the hello@jahajee.org email inbox
- Respond to general inquiries and route communications to appropriate staff members
- Track follow-up requests and ensure timely communication
- Flag urgent, sensitive or time-sensitive correspondence
Social Media & Digital Communications
- Manage Jahajee's social media platforms, including Instagram and Facebook
- Create and maintain a monthly communications and social media calendar
- Draft captions consistent with Jahajee’s tone, values and messaging
- Design graphics, flyers and visual content using Canva and other design tools
- Schedule and publish posts, stories, reels and other digital content
- Monitor comments, direct messages, tags and engagements
- Track analytics to help inform strategy
Storytelling & Content Creation
- Gather stories, testimonials, photos, videos and updates from staff and members
- Develop and implement storytelling projects that highlight the impact of Jahajee's work and the experiences of survivors, members and program participants
- Create recap content following events, workshops and organizational milestones
- Draft newsletters and other public-facing communications
- Maintain organized archives of photos, videos, graphics and communications assets
Events, Campaigns & Public Visibility
- Promote workshops, community events, fundraising initiatives and advocacy campaigns
- Support communications planning before, during and after events
- Assist with real-time social media coverage at events when appropriate
- Coordinate photography, videography and content collection at programs and events
- Draft post-event thank-you communications and follow-up content
Website & Communications Systems
- Update website content, including events, resources and organizational information
- Support email marketing through Mailchimp and other communications platforms
- Maintain communications templates, branding materials and digital assets
Fundraising & Development Communications
- Support fundraising campaigns, including Giving Tuesday and year-end appeals
- Assist with donor-facing materials, sponsorship packets, impact reports and organizational updates
- Collaborate with the Executive Director to communicate Jahajee's impact to supporters, funders and community members
QUALIFICATIONS
Core Competencies
- Experience in communications, digital media, marketing, storytelling, public relations, community engagement or related fields
- Experience developing content that elevates community voices and advances social change narratives
- Excellent writing, editing and verbal communication skills
- Experience managing social media platforms and creating engaging digital content
- Experience using Canva or similar design platforms to create promotional materials
- Experience creating or editing short-form video content for social media
- Experience using email marketing tools like Mailchimp
- Comfortable learning and navigating Google Workspace, Linktree (or equivalent) and social media scheduling tools (Meta Business Suite, Later, or Buffer)
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines independently
- Ability to communicate about sensitive issues with a trauma informed approach
- Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends for events
- Clear and responsive communicator who is transparent about progress and needs
- Demonstrates emotional intelligence and communicates with care and respect
- Proactive, takes initiative and thrives in a collaborative team environment
We recognize that candidates may have gained relevant skills through community organizing, movement work, volunteer leadership, creative practice or lived experience. We encourage applicants to apply even if they do not meet every qualification listed.
Values Alignment
- Familiarity with, connection to or demonstrated commitment to learning about Indo-Caribbean communities and cultures
- Intersectional analysis and commitment to gender justice, racial justice, immigrant rights and survivor-centered work
- Openness to wearing many hats in a small, active and growing organization
- Commitment to growth, feedback and continuous learning
Location
- Must be able to travel to Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park, Queens where the bulk of Jahajee’s programming and events occur
COMPENSATION
This is a part-time position (15–20 hours/week) with an hourly rate of $25/hour based on experience. This is a temporary three-month position with the possibility of renewal and growth in scope based on organizational needs and candidate fit. The Media & Communications Coordinator will report to the Executive Director.
HOW TO APPLY
Please reach out to hello@jahajee.org with “Media & Communications Coordinator” in the subject line to express interest. The deadline to submit an application is July 10, 2026.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
Founded in 2007, Jahajee is a gender justice organization that activates Indo-Caribbeans in New York to put an end to intimate partner, family, and sexual violence. Our community of support guides women, girls, and gender expansive people to heal and create lasting change. Through leadership development, community organizing, arts activism, direct services, and building economic sovereignty, we amplify survivor voices and visions to transform culture.
Jahajee is a project of the Center for Transformative Action (CTA). CTA is an equal opportunity employer. Employees are hired based on their merit, ability, experience, and training without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, size, religious affiliation, genetic make-up, military/veteran status, domestic violence victim/survivor status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, or past participation in the discrimination complaint process. We are committed to being an inclusive organization and encourage people from diverse communities to apply. The candidate we hire will be an employee of CTA.
