Editor/Office Manager

Join our dynamic team and work closely with our Executive Director, Senior Rabbi, Clergy, and Synagogue members as you help run the busy schedule and programming of a vibrant UWS synagogue.

Responsibilities:

• Projects (Scheduled and Ad-hoc): Responsible for important congregational projects
• Creation of weekly newsletter (“The Echod)
• Reception: support the “front desk”. This includes answering calls to the main line, fielding emails addressed to our general email box, addressing or appropriately forwarding all inquiries/requests;
• Calendar Management: A) Maintain the various internal calendars (service times, congregational events, life cycle celebrations, staff schedules/vacation time); B) calendaring board/officers meetings, sending out email reminders, collecting proxies
• Office: maintain inventory supply and office tidiness
• IT oversight: coordinate support and repairs for office equipment for copy machine and postage machine
• Data Reporting: use synagogue database to generate regular and ad-hoc reports such as membership trends, new members etc.
• Letter Writing and Email/Mail Merges: Manage time-sensitive mass e-/mailings (e.g., statements, important announcements), targeted mailings (e.g., BDE and yahrzeit notices).
• Support Event Creation and Planning: create registration forms and campaigns, track registration, etc.
• Maintain Office and lobby tidiness and organization
• Keep current: A) board/officers list B) website C) lobby tables and elevator racks
• Membership: Database management for Shul Membership Directory & membership profiles.
• Update yahrzeit info, send baby baskets/meal train, new member onboarding and management, kiddush sponsors, BDE emails etc.
• Other miscellaneous tasks as needed

A successful candidate should have the following skills and qualities:

• Technology savvy: proficiency in all basic office software including Microsoft Office Suite (especially Word, Excel etc). Strong familiarity and interest in database management and reporting. We currently use ShulCloud as our congregant management database.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational and project management skills
• Strong customer service orientation: Your ‘customers’ are our shul congregants. Lincoln Square Synagogue relies on you to greet every visitor warmly and to help foster a warm and friendly environment.
• Team Player: Enjoys working collaboratively
• Jewish familiarity: Knowledge of Jewish tradition required. Knowledge of the Hebrew language a strong plus.

Our team is friendly, supportive, proud of our mission, and hard-working. This position may require occasionally staying late during our busy seasons (i.e. High Holiday, Annual Dinner or for other annual events) and requires some presence during the year (Purim Carnival, Annual Dinner, and Sukkot - additional hours may be flexed).

We welcome your application. Please send your resume.