Please direct your responses to: OFJCC_Careers@paloaltojcc.org
HILLEL AT STANFORD & OSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
Job Opening
Use subject line: ENGAJ Manager (Engaging the next generation of adult Jews)
Title: ENGAJ Manager
Reports to: Director of Hillel at Stanford and Director of Arts and Culture at OFJCC
About Hillel at Stanford:
Hillel at Stanford is a non-profit organization which has built a strong foundation for Jewish life at Stanford University for almost fifty years. Hillel at Stanford's mission is to empower Jewish students at Stanford to explore and deepen their Jewish identities, and to envision their futures with choices inspired by Jewish values and commitments. Leveraging the distinction of Stanford University and the global impact of our graduates, Hillel enriches the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Our beautiful new Hillel buildings, completed in 2008, are the hub and home for Jewish life at Stanford, serving approximately 10% of the Stanford student population (700 Jewish undergraduates and 1100 Jewish graduates) as well as Silicon Valley young professionals.
About the OFJCC:
The Oshman Family Jewish Community Center (OFJCC) on the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life serves the South Peninsula through educational, social, cultural, fitness, sports and other wellness programs. The OFJCC aspires to be a multi-generational Jewish neighborhood where all are welcome and which fosters new personal and community connections through rich and rewarding experiences. The OFJCC provides a common ground for Jewish institutions, other local groups, organizations and individuals to work, learn and play together for the betterment of the whole community. For more information, visit www.paloaltojcc.org or call 650.223.8600.
Overview of the Role:
We (collaboration between Hillel at Stanford and the OFJCC) seek a candidate who will meet new individuals and develop a strong culture of Jewish identity among the community. He/she must have suitable knowledge of Jewish culture, experience in strategic outreach, and at least 2 years' experience working with young adults.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Find ways to connect with anyone, anytime, anywhere. That may include people very different than you, and could be at the checkout, in spin class, or at an event where you know no one.
- Figure out what makes people tick, and then help them to connect with what they're passionate about.
- Listen to what people are saying (and understand what they're not saying)
- Formal and informal marketing employing a wide variety of strategies -- traditional, 21st-century, and word-of-mouth
- Manage recruitment of 20 Silicon Valley Jewish young adults, ages 22-35, who may or may not have strong affiliation with the established Jewish community, yet who are "influential" in their own networks, and seek deeper and broader connections to Jewish life.
- Plan three dynamic training workshops that will impart skills of peer-to-peer relationship engagement, program development, and Jewish identity growth.
- Inspire accountability with core engagement leaders to track their progress and contacts for the peer-to-peer network engagement network. Compile data and measure progress.
- Coach 20 Engagement Leaders to implement new and creative Jewish initiatives.
- Attend innovative programs designed by core engagement leaders.
- Liaison between Hillel and OFJCC young adult staff, managing the relationships and collaborating on three large-scale major young adult events.
- Work with federation funder and funder's evaluation consultant on finalizing measurable outcomes and designing and implementing evaluation plan.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills:
- Knowledgeable - The ENGAJ manager will be educated in areas of Jewish content. This could range from traditional Jewish texts and tradition to Zionism, contemporary Jewish culture and Jewish social and political activism.
- A Strategic Community Organizer - The ENGAJ manager will be thinking strategically about how to reach and impact young adults not involved in the traditional networks, and will utilize methodologies of community organizing in order to manage and strategize for success.
- Relationship Builder - The ENGAJ manager will be engaging! Capable of building rapport and developing meaningful relationships with a wide variety of young adults in various settings in Silicon Valley.
Requirements:
- 2-4 years of professional work experience working with young adults.
- Experience as a volunteer or professional in a Jewish organization is a plus, as is community organizing, informal education, camping, or other types of direct customer relations work.
- You have a collaborative and team-oriented approach to work, a strong work ethic, proven experience thinking and acting strategically to reach goals, and a sense of humor.
What you'll get out of it:
- Salary plus a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, vacation/sick time, and more
- Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities.
- Immersion in two different Jewish community organizational cultures (OFJCC and Hillel at Stanford), with the unique opportunity to grow a collaborative joint effort for area young adults.
- Unlimited paid coffee dates with fascinating area young adults
Please send your cover letter and resume to OFJCC_Careers@paloaltojcc.org.
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