Israel & Overseas Senior Associate

About Us
The Jewish Federation of Detroit is the cornerstone of Jewish philanthropy and community engagement in Southeast Michigan. We are a community-driven organization committed to meeting the needs of the Jewish people and strengthening Jewish life—locally, in Israel, and around the world.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Global Experiences – Provide an oversight of the logistics of the Missions program on the Detroit side
o Assist lead mission staff with planning and logistics of their trips
o Keep the Missions Calendar up-to-date
o Provide resources to staff of missions
o Reach out to families and community partners to provide assistance in planning their missions/trips
o Liaison with Marketing and Finance departments
o Work with the Director of Missions in Israel
o Staff missions when needed
o Keep up to date on mission funds available and process for utilizing (challenge funds, endowments, mission fund, etc.)

• Oversight & Execution of Onward Israel Internship Program
o Every summer, Federation sends 12-35 young adults to Israel on a summer internship program called Onward. Responsibilities include interviewing participants, pre-internship education for both participants and their parents, ongoing communication and problem solving during the internship and post internship debrief and reunion

• Oversight & Execution of Ride for the Living/Ride for the Living Mission
o Plan and execute a bike ride from Ferndale to Detroit and back to raise funds for the Jewish Community Center in Krakow, Poland every other year
o Plan and execute a mission to Poland to participate in the JCC Krakow’s Ride for the Living every other year or as warranted by interest

• Oversight of Get There! Scholarship Program
o The Get There! Scholarship fund provides scholarships to young adults who would like to study or volunteer in Israel for a specific time; Responsibilities include: recruitment, marketing, donor relations, application processing, problem solving, and leading a committee

• Oversight & Execution of Monthly Department Newsletter
o Collect all content for each month’s newsletter and work with Marketing to create a virtual newsletter once a month

• Event Support
o Provide support to the Shaliach/Shlicha and/or other staff on fall and spring events that the Department is responsible for planning and executing

Additional Responsibilities may Include:
• Attend and assist at additional Israel and Overseas events/programs as needed.
• Attend weekly Department meetings, weekly 1:1 meeting with supervisor, Community Development meetings, Marketing meetings and various other meetings
• Participate in Federation wide fundraising activities

Required Skills and Abilities
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 5 year’s experience in a professional position
• Strong conflict resolution and decision-making skills
• Professional, well-organized, flexible, detail-oriented, able to multi-task
• Excellent communication, people skills and customer service
• Have a positive attitude and be a team player
• Knowledge of, and appreciation for, the Jewish community, its customs and practices, Federation, Israel and the Jewish non-profit world
• Hebrew speaker a bonus
• Love of Israel
• Confidentiality a must
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Strong work ethic and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done
• Must be able to independently manage assigned workload
• Utilize Asana, Zoom, Dropbox, Cureo, Raiser’s Edge, Sharepoint, Office 360, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Survey Monkey and Microsoft Word.