Senior Manager, Program Incubation, RootOne
RootOne at The Jewish Education Project
New York, NY
Opportunity for Impact
RootOne is an innovative, rapidly growing initiative that maximizes the number of North American teens participating in immersive Israel travel experiences and maximizes the impact that those experiences have on the teens themselves. RootOne does so by reducing the cost of participation for teens and by elevating and diversifying Israel experiences to make them more accessible to a wider audience of Jewish teens.
We know that an intentionally designed and well-facilitated immersive experience in Israel has the capacity to breathe vitality, passion, and commitment among Jewish teens that could directly impact the future landscape of North American Jewish life. It provides a framework that allows Jewish teens to explore many of the issues that matter most to them as adolescents and as young Jews. Research shows that outside of Jewish day school (which only a small percentage of Jewish teens in North America attend), there is no greater impact on a young person’s Jewish identity formation than an Israel trip with their peers.
At a time when Jewish voices on campus need to be heard more than ever, the Israel experience has proven to increase the connections of young Jews to their fellow Jews and to greatly enhance their connection to Israel. At scale, this experience can radically transform the trajectory of North American Jewry. Learn more at www.rootone.org and www.jewishedproject.org.
Position Overview
RootOne seeks a dynamic full-time Senior Manager, Program Incubation as an integral member of our team key to the success of our growth strategy. Charged with maximizing the number of North American Jewish teens who participate in immersive Israel travel experiences, RootOne will both increase and diversify the types of Israel experiences available for a rapidly widening and diversifying population of Jewish teens.
The successful candidate will lead strategy development and plan implementation to launch new Israel experiences that meet the needs and interests of Jewish teens and their families, with a particular focus on Jewish teens who are under-engaged in Jewish life. This will be accomplished through a strategic partnership of US-based trip organizers, educational content experts, and Israeli tour operators.
Reporting to the Director of Strategy and Operations and working closely with RootOne’s Director of Israel Partnerships and the Educational Assets Manager (based in Israel), the Senior Manager will partner with both existing Youth Serving Organizations, Residential Camps, JCCs and communities to launch a new Israel experience based on their educational point of view and mission.
Candidates with diverse racial, cultural, educational, and experiential education backgrounds are urged to apply.
Key Responsibilities
This position will:
• Serve as the lead professional in conceptualizing, designing, developing, launching, and maintaining new Israel experiences that are relevant and compelling to Jewish teens
• Develop and execute strategy for outreach, scouting, evaluating, selecting, and on-boarding of quality and innovative organizations, trip providers, professionals, and content experts to form partnerships that will drive the creation and launch of each new initiative
• Incubate and nurture new experiences to become scalable and sustainable initiatives by leveraging RootOne’s vast resources, expertise, and networks
• Guide newly incubated programs regarding RootOne’s quality requirements and compliance
• Understand and gain access to the Israel teen travel ecosystem to curate the right partners for each new initiative
• Manage a budget for financial and infrastructure grant support for incubation programs
• Manage the day-to-day interaction with the incubation participants and provide continued strategic guidance to participants in areas such as recruitment and marketing, finance, overall strategy, operations, etc
• Connect incubated programs with relevant resources and partners
• Measure and report on the success of program initiatives and identify areas for improvement
• Provide information for management reporting and prepare reports as necessary.
Experience, Qualifications, and Competencies
• 8+ years of experience in program management, social entrepreneurship, informal education or related fields
• Highly creative, resourceful, strategic, and enthusiastic; able to identify new opportunities and solutions
• Strong leadership and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Experience with data collection, management, and analysis; capacity to translate data into understandable and compelling presentations for varied target audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to make informed decisions
• Knowledge of business and financial planning, budget management, and resource allocation
• Technical skills and experience with Salesforce and other data tools
• A self-directed professional who has passion, humility, integrity, a positive attitude, and the ability to develop relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
• A team player who works cross-functionally and can manage internal and external relationships
• The Jewish Education Project is dedicated to a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. Please use your cover letter to tell us about your interest in our work and what you hope to bring to this role.
What We Offer
• Competitive salary in the range of $90,000 - $110,000 depending on experience
• Three weeks paid time off in year 1; increasing incrementally according to a set schedule
• Comprehensive health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid family leave
• Commuter benefits
• Early close on Fridays for Shabbat and closed for most Jewish holidays
• Shortened summer hours
• A positive work environment with exposure to great learning opportunities and the chance to work with some of the top professionals in the field of Jewish 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.
• Research shows that men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Yet, women and people who are systematically marginalized tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. If you believe that you could excel in this role, even if you don’t meet 100% of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.
Where You Work: Hybrid work environment with Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 520 Eighth Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10018 – Mondays and Fridays work from home.
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.