Foundation for Jewish Camp

Role Description The Director, Access & Affordability Initiatives serves as the operational leader for this portfolio, responsible for building, implementing, and scaling initiatives that increase access to Jewish camp while generating learning that informs future growth and investment. - Reporting to the Vice President, Grantmaking & Funding, this role translates organizational strategy into operational reality. - Responsible for designing and managing the systems, partnerships, technology infrastructure, workflows, and implementation models necessary to launch and grow complex initiatives. - Lead implementation of major multi-year access and affordability initiatives while helping establish the operational foundation for future expansion and growth. - Work closely with colleagues across various departments and serve as a key partner to camps, funders, partner organizations, consultants, evaluators, technology vendors, and community stakeholders. Qualifications - 8–10+ years of relevant professional experience. - Experience launching, building, managing, or scaling complex initiatives. - Experience managing significant budgets and operational complexity. - Experience working with philanthropic partners, foundations, or funders preferred. - Experience leading technology implementations, operational platforms, digital products, or workflow transformation initiatives strongly preferred. - Experience supervising staff and managing consultants or vendors. - Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred. - Jewish communal, educational, nonprofit, youth-serving, or camp experience preferred. Requirements - Exceptional project management and execution skills. - Demonstrated ability to build and scale complex programs, systems, or initiatives. - Strong systems-thinking and operational design capabilities. - Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills. - Comfort working across multiple teams, priorities, and functions simultaneously. - Strong technology fluency and ability to partner effectively with technical teams and vendors. - Experience leveraging technology, automation, and process improvement to improve efficiency and scale. - Demonstrated curiosity about emerging technologies, automation, and AI and their practical application. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities. - Outstanding written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills. Benefits - This position may be remote, hybrid, or based in FJC's New York City office. - The Director is expected to travel up to 20% annually to support participating camps, attend funder and partner meetings, participate in FJC staff retreats and convenings, and represent FJC at relevant conferences and field-wide gatherings. - Occasional evening and weekend work may be required. Physical Demands & Work Environment The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Must be able to sit, walk, stand, talk & hear for long periods of time. - This position works in an open environment with moderate noise level.

• Manage FJC’s learning, data, and evaluation strategies, including developing and refining systems aligned with FJC’s Strategic Direction • Partner with FJC’s impact teams and external partners to embed evaluation and data into program design and execution, providing data consultation on outcomes, metrics, and learning agendas for continuous improvement • Manage aspects of field-wide data initiatives, including FJC's field-wide Satisfaction Insights and Census, ensuring high quality data collection, analysis and reporting • Translate data into actionable insights, making recommendations to improve programs and ensure alignment with intended outcomes • Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to synthesize and elevate insights for decision-making and external communication • Additional learning and research projects as needed for the department including administrative tasks such as editing and creating slide decks, documents and finance related documentation for the department

• Serve as a primary point of contact for team member questions • Reinforce organizational values through day-to-day interactions, programming, and communications • Execute employee engagement and recognition initiatives • Partner with the Vice President, HR, People & Culture and HR Operations Manager on all recruitment efforts • Lead internship recruitment strategy and outreach

Role Description The Director of Workplace & Operations is responsible for how work happens at FJC. This role leads the systems, technology, workflows, office operations, and shared ways of working that enable a distributed, national organization to operate with clarity, consistency, and scale. At FJC, the “workplace” encompasses both physical and digital environments: collaboration platforms, core technology systems, data infrastructure, operational norms, and office operations. The Director brings strong operational and technical expertise, translating organizational priorities into reliable systems, effective processes, and high-quality day-to-day execution. The Director manages a small, experienced team and serves as a key operational thought partner to the Vice President, Finance & Operations, surfacing tradeoffs, managing risk, and ensuring operational infrastructure keeps pace with organizational growth and complexity. Qualifications - 8+ years of progressive experience in operations, technology, workplace systems, or related roles, with increasing scope and responsibility. - Demonstrated experience of supervising and leading teams, while managing complex systems in a distributed or hybrid organization. - Strong technical fluency across SaaS platforms, collaboration tools, and device management, with the ability to oversee systems without serving as a hands-on IT specialist. - Experience overseeing Managed Service Providers (MSPs) preferred but not required. - SharePoint and Salesforce experience preferred; familiarity with FJC's core technology stack (Microsoft 365, Asana, Slack, Zoom) is a plus. - Proven project management experience delivering cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution. - Experience in nonprofit, philanthropic, or mission-driven organizations preferred. Requirements - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex operational and technical concepts for diverse audiences. - Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, assess tradeoffs, and maintain clarity in a fast-paced, distributed environment. - A high level of internal customer service orientation, grounded in responsiveness, follow-through, and a collaborative approach to problem-solving. - Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to guide teams, influence without authority, and support staff with varied skill sets and working styles. - Sound judgment, discretion, and adaptability when navigating ambiguity, change, and competing priorities. Benefits - This role can be remote or based in-person several days per week in our NYC office. - Willingness to travel up to 30% within North America to support FJC staff retreats and convenings throughout the year. Physical Demands & Work Environment The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. - Must be able to sit, walk, stand, talk & hear for long periods of time. - This position works in an open environment with moderate noise level.