Executive Director - Temple Shir Tikva

Location: Wayland, MA 01778
Position Executive Director
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Degrees: BA, BS, MA
Organization Type Synagogue

Executive Director - Temple Shir Tikva - Wayland, MA

These are exciting times at Temple Shir Tikva and we are seeking an experienced and skillful Executive Director to help lead and strengthen our growing, vibrant, passionate, innovative, intellectual and diverse community.  This is an opportunity to partner with our clergy, professional staff and lay leadership, and be our organizational heart as we navigate a rapidly changing world. Our membership is growing, our program is expanding, and we are looking to strengthen our fabulous professional team.

We are looking for the missing piece in our dynamic staff team; we are looking for YOU. Over the past few years we have put together and invested heavily in the professional team to ensure there is a real sense of collegiality, collaboration and cooperation. As a result, people enjoy coming to work, supporting one another, and creating opportunities for growth and development.

If YOU would like to join a creative team at a growing synagogue, and enjoy working with fantastic colleagues in a wonderful community, then we invite you to explore becoming the Executive Director at Temple Shir Tikva.

What we seek:

  • An experienced professional with significant financial and operational experience in a synagogue and/or Jewish non-profit organization who can meet the needs of our growing community.
  • A creative thinker and leader who is excited to dream, experiment, and help lead TST to the next stage of its development by influencing programs to promote membership growth and retention.
  • A skillful organizer who can initiate new projects while calmly keeping both day-to-day and longer-term work moving across the congregation.
  • A team player who approaches work with a collaborative mindset and thrives as part of a dynamic professional team and in the wider synagogue community.
  • A responsive and responsible leader who will integrate high standards of excellence, together with a commitment to the values of our synagogue.
  • A capable manager, who can support staff in their professional work, lead the synagogue’s administrative team, and cultivate the talent and energy of layleaders effectively.
  • A clear, compassionate, written and oral communicator who models best principles and best practices with the team and the community.
  • A connected executive with a finger on the pulse of the field, who can bring the best and most innovative practices in temple administration to Temple Shir Tikva.
  • A life-long learner, who demonstrates this in their own applied learning, and can promote this attitude among their staff.
  • A systems thinker, passionate about creating processes to support efficient temple operations .
  • A circumspect professional, who carefully protects confidentiality.
  • A genuine mensch, who creates and promotes a warm and welcoming atmosphere in the temple office and beyond.

    • Responsibilities:

    Serve as a Strategic Partner to Clergy, Temple Leadership, President, and Board of Directors.
    • - Be a key member of the leadership team, co-visioning the future, and serve as the expert on how to operationalize new ideas; collaborate and provide appropriate support to lay leadership to leverage their skills appropriately.
      • Lead and Manage All Aspects of Temple Administration.
      • - Develop, document, implement and continuously improve processes to ensure efficient administration of the office and congregation .
      • - Supervise, manage and develop staff which includes administrative, event management, IT and development staff. Leverage knowledge and experience to assess existing administrative capabilities and operating model to propose alternative operating models in order to maximize efficiency of operations.
      • - Develop and maintain written policies and procedures.
      • - Identify and implement appropriate technology solutions across the synagogue: Evaluate temple needs, work with lay leadership to identify and implement systems, ensure staff are trained in their effective use; provide ongoing oversight to ensure tools are being leverage effectively.
      Provide Financial Management and Oversight.
      • - Responsibility for annual budgeting process, budget to actual reviews and regular financial reporting to lay leadership and the treasurer and assistant treasurer.
      • - Oversight of outsourced bookkeeping staff, as well as TST staff focused on financial support.
      Oversee Building Maintenance and Operations
      • - Responsibility for supervision of overall building maintenance and operations to ensure that the building is a welcoming and attractive place for the community as well as ensuring that all systems are in good working condition.
      • - Identify building improvement needs and overseeing those capital improvements or repairs and maintenance projects. Supervise and manage janitorial staff and security personnel.
      Support ELC and Religious School Business Operations
      • - Support the business and financial operations of the ELC and Religious School leadership.
      Promote Congregational Engagement
      • - Cultivate a warm and welcoming atmosphere within temple. Develop relationships with congregants, leverage their skills as appropriate, and identify opportunities for them to further engage in the temple community. Ensure congregants with pastoral needs are promptly and humanely cared for.

      Why you will want to join us:

      Established more than 40 years ago, Temple Shir Tikva is a warm, welcoming, and growing congregation.  We have a strong commitment to members of our community, across the ranges of faith backgrounds, gender/sexuality, race, and culture.  We have a wonderful and caring team of professionals, who work together collaboratively, support one another, and enjoy spending time together.  Our leadership team encourages risk taking and innovation, which is generating excitement and buzz in Boston’s Metrowest area.

      Some recent examples:

    • - Ten years ago, we established the TST Center for Jewish Spirituality, lead by Cantor Hollis Schachner, dedicated to offering our community the chance to delve into Jewish mindfulness, meditation, yoga, Mussar, and explore disciplines and practices that enable us to deepen our inner lives and strengthen our relationships.
    • -Over eight years ago, we decided to take ownership of the preschool that had rented space in our facility for many years. We originally needed a minimum of 22 students for our TST Early Learning Center to be viable, and now as we approach our 9th year, we have over 50 students between the ages of 18 months-5 years enrolled. With this momentum, our ELC children andare becoming the young lifeblood of our community.
    • - Six years ago, we welcomed a new senior Rabbi Danny Burkeman, who has brought new perspective and energy to our community.  His unique combination of pastoral care, personal interest, and visioning of the future of the suburban temple position us well for the future. 
    • -Five years ago, the Board of Trustees approved the introduction of a complimentary membership program, offering free one year membership for all new members, which has resulted in a steady increase in new members.
    • -In the past five years we have added Alison Weikel as our Director of Education and Early Learning Center director, Stephanie Lerner to our senior team; both bring significant experience and creativity to our community, as experienced Jewish professionals. We have also created new positions with a and a Development Manager. This is a statement of our commitment to engaging our congregation in a process of re-envisioning congregational education and programming. 

      • Who we are:

    • -Temple Shir Tikva is a growing 525 family strong congregation in Wayland, MA (about 30 minutes west of Boston).
    • -At the heart of our vision, we aspire to make Judaism relevant in the 21st century and to be the heart of Jewish living and practice in Metrowest.
    • -We have over 325 students in K-12 program. We are one of only two synagogues in Metrowest with a full-time Director of Youth Engagement. We anticipate more growth with the success of our Early Learning Center.
    • -The synagogue was founded in 1978 by invested families who were looking to build a home for the Jews of Wayland, many of whom are now proud grandparents of our Early Learning Center children. Our community now boasts three generations of engaged community members.
    • -We have a committed group of lay leaders who partner with the professional team to build community and lead the synagogue.

      • Package will include:

      The Executive Director position offers a competitive salary and benefits, consistent with other members of our professional leadership team.  Specifically, the compensation and benefit package we are offering includes the following:

       

      • Compensation range of $80,000 – 100,000 , based on experience and education level

      • Contribution to pension at the rate of 15%

      • Subsidized health insurance

      • Dental and Eye Insurance available

      • Disability insurance

      • Professional development allowance 

      • Four weeks paid vacation 

      • Paid holidays 

      • Complimentary family membership at TST

      • Relocation allowance

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