Who We Are:
Teach Coalition is dedicated to ensuring that every child has access to a quality Jewish education. Operating across seven states in the U.S., Teach Coalition advocates for equitable government funding and resources for yeshivas and Jewish day schools, making Jewish education accessible to all families.
The Orthodox Union (OU) is the largest Orthodox Jewish organization in the United States. Founded in 1898, the OU supports a network of synagogues, youth programs, Jewish and Religious Zionist advocacy programs, programs for the disabled, localized religious study programs, and international units. The OU maintains a kosher certification service, whose circled U symbol is found on the labels of many kosher commercial and consumer food products.
Job Description:
The Executive Director of Teach NYS will manage policy, political relationships, community engagement, and mobilization of the New York Jewish day school and yeshivot community. The Director will serve as the “face” of the organization.
Essential Functions:
- Manage and implement logistics and marketing of programs such as board meetings, forums, briefings, and advocacy training sessions, grassroots advocacy campaigns, rallies, missions, and synagogue programs
- Responsible for initiating and monitoring key legislation and advocacy
- Recruit lay leaders and train them on how to be effective grassroots advocates
- Increase education and activism among synagogue and day school leadership and congregants through programming at the local and regional levels
- Hold regular meetings with elected officials, school leadership and community members
- Travel to local school offices, elected official offices and Albany as needed
- Represent and be the “face” of this initiative via public speaking and appearances at synagogue, day school, and regional events
- Communicate messaging, talking points, and Action Alerts to the community through a web platform.
- Manage all New York-based staff
- Full-time position
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum of 5-7 years professional experience; fundraising, management, public policy, government, and community relations experience preferred.
What You’ll Bring to the Role:
• Strong people, communication & engagement skills
• Strong commitment to Jewish education and advocacy
• Ability to inspire and make a difference
• Teamwork skills and able to work toward new goals
• Ability to pivot quickly to address rapidly changing situations
You Are:
• Ability to self- motivate, prioritize, work independently and complete multiple assignments with attention to detail in fast paced, rapidly changing environment • Highly organized and great at prioritizing and follow up
• Strong capacity to friend and fundraise to build Teach NYS and accomplish our goals
• A problem solver, able to visualize and articulate solutions using an analytical mindset
• Able to talk to others to convey information effectively
• Able to communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience
• Ability to conduct meetings, make presentations, and facilitate communications in a clear, concise, and positive manner.
• Experience using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
You Have:
• An engaging personality, strong interpersonal skills combined with determination, resiliency, and a positive attitude
• Experience using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Fundraising and/or sales experience or a desire to learn fundraising
• Strong desire to actively look for ways to help people
• Ties to the Jewish community and schools