Northeast Regional Director

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage and build relationships with a portfolio of over 60 partner institutions in the Northeast region. This includes maintaining current partners, recruiting new partners through networking, research and outreach; ensuring that partners understand our educational goals and implement the programs with fidelity to our model.
Serve as lead regional staff person responsible for meeting organizational goals to engage more Jewish pre-teens and teens through all Moving Traditions programs.
Collaborate with national leadership to develop and promote a regional vision for Moving Traditions’ work consistent with our strategic plan.
Contribute to regional community of practice in Jewish youth professional and Jewish education networks.
Support Moving Traditions’ regional development efforts in the region in collaboration with national fundraising efforts.
Work with national staff to build relationships with area federations and foundations; support grant proposals and report writing.
In consultation with national staff, help to identify and vet professional and lay educators to facilitate the programs.
Collaborates cross-functionally with the Development team on grant activities, the Communications team on webinars and outreach, and the Program team to align curriculum with partner needs.
Support piloting and implementation of new programming.
Analyze local trends and follow local research on Jewish teen life, gender, and Jewish communal work to benefit local and national work, and leverage organization-wide learning and data to benefit work in region.
Represent Moving Traditions at regional conferences, workshops and networking venues.
Participate in sharing best practices and programmatic insights with colleagues across the country, including those in parallel roles in other regions.
Ensure that CRM is up to date, to track, report on, and manage development and program functions.
Provide guidance to program team concerning regional engagement and issues.
Potential to run a local program or do other direct teaching/engagement.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE SKILL REQUIRED

Embrace Moving Traditions’ mission
5+ years experience in Jewish communal service, education, or program planning
Strong interpersonal communications and relationship building skills, with a record of building and sustaining professional relationships with individuals and within teams
Strong writing skills.
Ability to work independently and remotely with colleagues, at a fast pace
Ability to travel throughout the region to meet with program partners, and other constituents
Ability to attend and support Moving Traditions educational events, which can occur on Sundays or in the evenings
Sound judgment in setting, reviewing, and confirming priorities
Capacity to lead projects, with excellent planning, problem solving, and follow-through
Strong attention to detail and investment in data quality
Understands and values feminism and diversity, equity, justice and inclusion
Knowledge of Jewish life and a strong Jewish network
Experience with Salesforce or other data-tracking system a plus
Previous experience with Moving Traditions’ programs is a plus
Ideal candidate lives in greater NYC area or Boston, MA