Jewish Engagement Manager

Please submit a paragraph discussing your experience with Jewish culture and programming as well as why you're interested in this position along with your resume.

The 14th Street Y seeks a dynamic, creative Jewish Engagement Manager to design innovative Jewish cultural and educational programs for parents of young children. This person will be joining 14 Y at an exciting time as the organization recently welcomed a new Executive Director and Director of Jewish Life committed to revitalizing Jewish programming at the organization.
The 14th Street Y is a vibrant community center located in downtown Manhattan and is grounded in the belief that contemporary Jewish sensibilities and culture can be a source of inspiration, connection, and learning. Each year, tens of thousands of New Yorkers come to 14Y as members, visitors, or partners to experience our high quality, varied and inclusive programs centered around arts and culture, early childhood education, summer camps, fitness and aquatics, and older adult services.
The 14Y Youth and Early Childhood divisions welcomes hundreds of families each year of all races, ethnicities and religions through our renowned infant, preschool, after school, and camo programs that are grounded in Jewish values and traditions.

The Jewish Engagement Manager is a newly created, part-time position designed to support the 14Y’s efforts to reinvigorate and expand its Jewish life and culture offerings. The primary responsibility of this position is to design and execute engaging Jewish programs for parents of young children (ages 6 and younger) and build enriching community. This role will use a “chavurah cohort model”—or different programming tracks—to excite and connect parents with the breadth and possibility of Jewish culture. Chavurah options might include: Jewish arts, food, wellness, field trips to Jewish cultural organizations and shows, traditional text study, parenting courses, learning and practice around Jewish holidays, and more. The role will work closely with other members of the Youth and Early Childhood staff, and most especially parents to identify areas of interest, and will work hand-in-hand with families throughout the year to co-design programming that is exciting, meaningful and engaging.

The successful candidate will have a deep commitment to Jewish values and culture and recognizes that Jewish life is extremely diverse and includes people of all races, ethnicities, observance, experience and interests.
The Jewish Engagement Manager role is a 10-month a year position (mid-August-mid-June) with leave and works 10-20 hours per week. There will be some evening and weekends required depending on the program schedule. This role reports directly to the Director of Jewish Life with a dotted reporting line to our Senior Director of Youth and Early Childhood Divisions.

Work closely with Director of Jewish Life, 14Y Senior Director of Youth and Early Childhood Programs to create exciting, relevant Jewish cultural and education programs for parents, and support the formation of chavurot/cohort groups or program tracks.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
Manage logistics related to running successful programs including securing and hiring facilitators, teachers or artists; organizing logistics for cultural field trips; liaising with 14Y staff for on-site programs; contracting babysitting services for certain parent engagement programs, etc.
Supervise teachers, performers and presenters with clear expectations for content and timing.
Manage all communication with parents for this initiative including setting up on-on-one coffee dates and attending school events and pickup and dropoff, etc to build strong relationships and drum up interest for cohort programs.
Represent the 14th Street U at community events geared to families.
Track and report on success of programs and adjust strategy as needed.
Manage $20,000 program budget.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of Jewish culture, tradition, and the city's Jewish cultural landscape.
Passion for Jewish culture, building community and working collaboratively with parents.
Experience and understanding of building community collaboratively, ideally cohort-based.
Experience working with parents in some capacity with knowledge of best practices for engaging and communicating with parents.
Experience working with grounds with diverse needs and interests.
Ability to be self-directed; willingness to pivot as needed.
Strong analytical and project management skills with attention to detail.
Customer service attitude