IPF Atid Deputy Director

IPF Atid Deputy Director

Reports To: IPF Atid Director

Position Type: Full-Time, Exempt

Location: New York, NY or Washington, D.C.

BACKGROUND

Israel Policy Forum is a nonpartisan U.S. organization that advances policy ideas and educates community leaders to support effective U.S. engagement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We work to strengthen U.S. policy and cultivate an informed community of leaders committed to a viable resolution of the conflict that ensures Israel's security as a Jewish and democratic state, provides for Palestinian national aspirations, bolsters U.S.-Israel relations, and enhances regional security, stability, and cooperation.

Israel Policy Forum is uniquely positioned in both the policy and Jewish communities, producing rigorous policy analysis trusted by U.S. decision-makers across the political spectrum, and convening programs that equip rising community and policy leaders to elevate the quality of discourse on U.S. policy toward Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

IPF Atid is Israel Policy Forum’s young professionals community, created to engage and empower the next generation of leaders. With chapter programs in the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto, IPF Atid convenes young leaders for policy briefings, community programs, and local leadership opportunities. Its leadership programs include the Shared Values Project, Charles Bronfman Conveners Program, Delegation to Israel, and Leadership Summit.

POSITION SUMMARY

Israel Policy Forum has an exciting opportunity for an IPF Atid Deputy Director (DD) to serve as a senior leader of the organization’s young professionals network. This is a new role designed to complement the IPF Atid Director by taking on primary responsibility for internal management, staff supervision, and operational execution and enable the IPF Atid Director to focus on program strategy, external partnerships, and long-term growth. The DD will supervise the work of the four IPF Atid staff members who oversee national programming across eight chapter cities and four annual leadership initiatives.

The DD will also oversee program administration, participant engagement, logistics, budget management, evaluation, metrics tracking, and other core operational functions, ensuring their successful execution in partnership with team members and cross-functional colleagues across the organization. This is an ideal opportunity for a strong manager and operator who is comfortable supervising staff, solving day-to-day problems, improving systems, and balancing strategic coordination with hands-on execution.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership and Chapter Program Oversight

• Oversee the planning and execution of IPF Atid’s signature annual leadership programs and ensure their successful implementation by IPF Atid staff and support the IPF Atid Director in planning and executing the Shared Values Project Fellowship.
• Oversee the quality and consistency of chapter-based programming across the IPF Atid network, ensuring programs reflect standards while allowing for appropriate regional flexibility.
• Translate program goals into clear timelines, standards, and staff responsibilities to support strong execution across leadership programs and chapter programs.
• Evaluate program metrics and participation data to identify opportunities for improvement.

Staff Management

• Supervise four IPF Atid team members and ensure team alignment, effective workload prioritization, coaching, and performance management.
• Ensure that routine management and administrative responsibilities are handled within the department, freeing the IPF Atid Director to focus on strategic leadership, external engagement, and long-term growth.
• Support a culture of collaboration, high standards, accountability, respect, and kindness.

Workflows and Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Ensure workflows for core operational functions, including program planning, approvals, payments, reimbursements, logistics, vendor coordination, participant tracking, and internal communication and being followed by staff, and work to streamline and improve workflows where appropriate.
• Oversee expense tracking and program budgets in coordination with finance and operations staff, and work with development, communications, and policy teams to ensure programs run smoothly and efficiently.
• Identify operational gaps and proactively improve systems and processes to increase consistency, efficiency, and staff effectiveness across IPF Atid.

Other

• This position may require limited domestic travel within the U.S. (approximately 5% of time; 3–4 trips per year) and periodic evening commitments scheduled with advance notice to support chapter events.

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Significant experience managing staff, including supervision of team members and responsibility for day-to-day team performance.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and improve operational systems and workflows.
• Strong experience managing program administration and operations, including logistics, payments, budgeting coordination, and internal approvals.
• Familiarity with Israeli politics, Middle East policy, U.S.-Israel relations, and the American Jewish communal landscape.
• Experience leading complex, high-visibility programs from planning through execution, ideally with responsibility for annual leadership programs, fellowships, delegations, or multi-participant convenings.
• Ability to oversee program quality and performance across multiple chapters through staff management, data, and shared standards.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with strong execution and close attention to detail.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment that requires both hands-on problem-solving and higher-level management.
• Strong organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience supporting distributed teams, multi-city programming, or chapter-based networks preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong judgment and decision-making abilities, and high attention to detail, including editing, proofreading, and ensuring accuracy of final work products.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and functions while maintaining professionalism under pressure.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills, with a proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented approach to managing complex projects and deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Todoist or another project management software, event management software such as RSVPify and CRM software such as Salesforce is preferred.
• Commitment to Israel Policy Forum’s mission and values.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The annual salary range is $95,000 - $110,000, commensurate with experience and aligned with organizational compensation practices. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications typically start at the range minimum.

Israel Policy Forum offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off (vacation, sick leave, Jewish and secular holidays), medical, dental, vision, matching 401K, HRA, FSA, commuter benefits, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, and an annual professional development stipend.

OTHER INFORMATION

Israel Policy Forum is based in New York, NY and has an office in Washington, DC. New York and Washington, DC staff work in person one to three days per week.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a resume and cover letter to careers@ipforum.org with “IPF Atid Deputy Director” in the subject line. The position will be open until filled, and candidates invited for an interview will be contacted on a rolling basis. Only candidates invited to interview will be contacted.

Israel Policy Forum is an equal opportunity employer. We consider applications for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Frequently cited statistics show that women and underrepresented groups apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Israel Policy Forum encourages you to break that statistic and to apply.

Israel Policy Forum offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off (vacation, sick leave, Jewish and secular holidays), medical, dental, vision, matching 401K, HRA, FSA, commuter benefits, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, and an annual professional development stipend.