Honeymoon Israel Foundation

• Responsible for the full applicant experience across all HMI cities, including recruitment, application, interview, selection, and acceptance. • Manage and support the Applicant Experience team, providing coaching, guidance, and opportunities for growth. • Partner closely with the Senior Director of Strategy & Impact, Regional Directors, and Director of Marketing & Communications to understand what's resonating with prospective participants and identify emerging trends and successful outreach strategies. Translate these insights with program staff to strengthen recruitment practices in each community. • Build and steward the processes, tools, and guidance that support the applicant journey – from recruitment through selection – including interview scheduling, interviewer onboarding and training, and participant communications. Ensure these processes are organized, consistent, and on brand for HMI. • Collaborate with program staff to design recruitment strategies, events, and engagement opportunities that align with HMI's commitment to curiosity, exploration, and connection, helping prospective participants encounter HMI's values from their earliest interactions with the organization. • Alongside the Senior Director of Strategy & Impact, develop and/or expand interview frameworks, evaluation rubrics, and decision-making tools that promote consistency, fairness, and alignment with organizational goals. • Create a robust annual interview training plan, based on prior learnings and best practices. Ensure all internal and external staff are prepared for interviews, and have the tools to engage with couples who may be new to Jewish spaces and/or practices. • Lead selection logistics across cohorts. Evaluate applicant demographics and participation trends, in partnership with Regional Directors, ensuring selection process is aligned with HMI’s mission and values. • Own the applicant-facing voice of HMI in email, forms, and touchpoints. Ensure a consistent, human-centered experience, even at scale. • Partner with Marketing & Communications on recruitment campaigns, applicant-facing content, and conversion rates. Use applicant insights and data to help shape messaging and communications that encourage engagement and participation. • Act as project manager, leading the planning and coordination of application cycles across communities. Help teams stay aligned on timelines, responsibilities, and priorities. Ensure key milestones are met and that staff have the information and support they need to move the work forward effectively. • Maintain accurate and up-to-date applicant information in Salesforce and related systems. Provide reporting and insights to colleagues and leadership, so they fully understand progress and trends around the overall applicant journey. • Communicate proactively and consistently, keeping the Chief Program Officer informed of progress, emerging challenges, and opportunities. Approach problem-solving thoughtfully, bringing forward recommendations and potential solutions when issues arise.

• Draft grant applications, proposals, and letters of inquiry — gathering data, impact stories, testimonials, and city-specific information from across the organization to build compelling, accurate narratives • Own funder reporting and compliance: draft reports, secure deliverables and budgets, maintain documentation, and ensure everything is tracked in Salesforce • Manage the master grants calendar for your portfolio: submission timelines, complete grant packages, and cover communications for the CDO and Director of Development to send • Organize and integrate new awards into internal systems, ensuring program staff are aligned on deliverables and expectations • Research, write, and produce personalized stewardship communications — trip updates, program spotlights, impact stories with photos and quotes — for the CDO and Director of Development to send to their donor portfolios • Lead the research, writing, and production of the annual impact report in collaboration with the CDO and Marketing & Communications • In partnership with Marketing & Communications, build and maintain a content gathering system — collecting photos, quotes, testimonials, and program updates from staff in the field so communications are consistently rich, specific, and timely • Work across Development, Program, Operations, and Marketing teams to proactively gather the impact data, stories, budgets, and financial information that fuel both grant narratives and donor communications • Support fundraising campaign data needs, including list pulls and post-campaign analysis in coordination with Marketing & Communications