Senior Program Manager, Jewish Education Team
The Jewish Education Project
New York, NY
Opportunity for Impact
The Jewish Education Project is devoted to ensuring that Jewish education is in tune with the forces that impact our world and our communities in a changing environment. We believe that in a rapidly changing world, Jewish education must continually evolve to meet the needs of the Jewish community. The power of harnessing knowledge and curating ideas to inspire the various stakeholders who influence Jewish education is a vital component of this work.
We are committed to bringing the most creative solutions to a field that must remain relevant and meaningful in the lives of Jewish youth and their families today and tomorrow. For more information about The Jewish Education Project, please visit www.jewishedproject.org.
Position Overview
The Jewish Education Project seeks a full-time Senior Program Manager as an integral member of the Jewish Education Team. This position serves across various areas of work, managing multiple projects and professional development programs, with a focus on emergent lines of work. The successful candidate will develop and implement project plans to deliver expected results, set direction, and prioritize work across numerous projects, while aligning goals and delivering timely results. The candidate will coordinate logistics and run professional development experiences and, as such, be comfortable with both public speaking and group facilitation as well as skilled at written communication. Reporting to the Senior Managing Director, Innovation and National Strategy, this is an exciting opportunity for an education-minded professional to influence Jewish education.
Key Responsibilities
• Oversee the annual launch and implementation of our Educator Network strategy.
• Initiate the implementation of projects related to new and emerging areas of work.
• Collaborate with educational team to design and implement professional development experiences.
• Organize, manage, and lead the execution of all aspects of professional development conferences and/or workshops (in-person and virtual) from recruiting and contracting with speakers to program logistics such as event registration and catering; ensure that all programmatic pieces are accurately integrated into The Jewish Educator Portal.
• Track project budgets to ensure spending is within scope and is accurately contracted.
• Lead the project management of various initiatives as identified by the program leadership team.
• Manage project communications and processes across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Establish and maintain relationships with educators and vendors in the field, serving as an ongoing resource and point of contact; ensure vendor billing is accurate by tracking, reporting, evaluating, and managing projects.
Who You Are
• Proficient in project scoping and planning, resource management, timeline creation and budget management.
• Experience and skill in executing a program or event from start to finish.
• 5+ years of project management experience with a keen understanding of integrating multi-disciplinary teams across a program.
• Ability to maintain focus under pressure, be thorough, and keep a positive attitude; ability to think outside the box and to understand both the process and the outcomes.
• Accountable, reliable, and dependable with acute attention to detail, accuracy, and stellar organizational skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to break down complex information.
• Gains trustto build productive and constructive relationships; encourages an environment of teamwork and excellence.
• Adaptable and able to anticipate issues and needs before they arise and take the necessary steps to alleviate and/or mitigate; presents a “customer service” orientation.
• Self-motivated and proactive with proven ability to own/lead/run large scale projects with minimalsupervision.
• Ability to keep multiple projects - and multiple team members -moving forward simultaneously and successfully.
• Knowledge and experience with project managementtools such as:MSProject, Asana, Monday,Smartsheets a plus.
• Demonstrated self-awareness,culturalcompetencyand inclusivity,and abilityto work with colleagues and stakeholders across diverse cultures and backgrounds.
• Familiarity with Jewish education/Jewish communal life preferred.
• Candidates with diverse racial, cultural, educational, and experiential backgrounds are urged to apply.
What We Offer
• Salary in the range of $75,000 - $85,000 depending upon experience.
• Three weeks paid time off in year 1; increasing incrementally on a set schedule
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Paid family leave
• 401k plan
• Commuter benefits
• Early close on Fridays for Shabbat and closed for mostJewish holidays
• Shortened summer hours
• A positive work environment with exposure to greatlearning opportunities and the chance to work with some ofthe top professionals in the field ofJewish Education
How to Apply
• Please submit resume and cover letter to careers@JewishEdProject.org. Please include the job title in the email subject line
•The Jewish Education Project is an equal opportunity employer.
Where You Will Work: Hybrid work environment with Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 520 Eighth Avenue
The Jewish Education Project aims to select, place and train the best qualified individuals based upon relevant factors such as work quality, attitude and experience, so as to provide equal employment opportunity for all our employees in compliance with applicable local, state, and federal laws and without regard to non-work related factors such as race, color, religion/creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class. We encourage and support diversity and tolerance in our workplace.