Manager, Think-Action Lab

Manager, Think Action Lab 

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. 

In this time of rising antisemitism, Jewish learning should support identity-building, creating confident, proud Jews who are well-equipped to respond to the challenges they will face. In this complex and challenging world, the work of Jewish education is more urgent than ever.  

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 

About the role 

The Jewish Education Project seeks a dynamic full-time Manager as an integral member of the Jewish Education team to implement our work supporting innovation in the structure, pedagogy, and content of Jewish educational environments across North America. The successful candidate will contribute to creating resources that make these ideas accessible to educators, and to planning and implementing professional development to help educators change their practice. The Manager will contribute to advancing thought leadership and innovation through our Think-Action team. This team embraces a growth-oriented and fail forward mindset to advance innovation, change, and new approaches in Jewish education. The work draws on evolving ideas and trends in both the Jewish and secular world to enable educators to understand how these changes apply to, and can impact, Jewish learning. The Manager will lead networks and advance programmatic outputs that support educational entrepreneurs and educational leaders in adapting and implementing new ideas. 

The Manager will play a key role in The Jewish Education Project’s work to reorient Jewish education toward contemporary educational philosophies (broadly encompassed in a thriving orientation) using our aspirations framework as a guide. S/he/they will focus on partnering with entrepreneurs, camps, JCCs, and families to create new access points for Jewish education to address the urgent issues of Jewish education today. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Serving as an integral member of the Jewish education team, contributing to, and learning from the collective work and experience to implement innovative strategies.
• Designing and implementing professional development, tools, and resources that help educators adopt new approaches to Jewish learning.
• Being a spokesperson and advocate for new approaches and models of engagement locally, regionally, and nationally.
• Serving as a consultant to help educators change their practice.

• Building community, providing support and resources through educator networks.
• Collaborating with the team to develop resources, document work, collect data, and participate in strategic planning and visioning.
• Teaching/Leading content-rich sessions on behalf of The Jewish Education Project at national and regional conferences.
• Contributing to The Jewish Education Project social media platforms.
• Leading or collaborating on other education initiatives as needed.
• Travelling to other communities to teach/lead/consult approximately 4-6 times per year.

About You 

• Candidates with diverse cultural, educational, and experiential backgrounds are urged to apply.
• Experience in innovation, preferably in creating or working within a start-up organization or an organization with a record of innovating.
• 5+years of experience in pluralistic and progressive Jewish educational environments that demonstrate his/her/their record of educational success.
• Extremely strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop strong relationships with a wide variety of people.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• The ideal candidate will have a creative disposition, be motivated by experimentation, and therefore comfortable with succeeding, failing, and pivoting.
• The Ideal Candidate will have multiple of the following:
  • Experience facilitating cohorts in a professional setting,
  • Experience facilitating professional development to various constituencies,
  • Experience leading or teaching in a year-round part-time Jewish educational environment,
  • Experience with educational innovation or experimentation.
• Master’s Degree in Jewish education, Social Work, Jewish communal service, or related degree preferred.
• Ability to partner with integrity and inspiration; flexibility and openness to working with professional and volunteer community leaders.

• Entrepreneurial self-starter; a problem solver with top notch planning and prioritizing skills.
• A persuasive and passionate communicator, both written and oral
• You are a candidate who will embrace working in an environment that prioritizes:
• A positive attitude
• Demonstrating care and concern for the people around them
• Leading with humble confidence and competence
• Reliability, consistency, and accountability.
• Striving for excellence.

What We Offer  

• Salary in the range of $75,000 to $85,000 commensurate with experience,
• Three weeks paid time off in year 1; increasing incrementally on a set schedule.
• Paid Family Leave.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• 401k plan.
• 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.

 
Location: Hybrid work environment – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 1675 Broadway, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10019; Monday and Friday remote work.