Executive Director, New York

About

Repair the World mobilizes Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world. We believe that service in support of social change is vital to a flourishing Jewish community and an inspired Jewish life. By 2030, Repair will catalyze one million acts of service towards repairing the world.

Repair is building a national Jewish service movement of flourishing Jewish communities that serve in pursuit of a just world. Repair mobilizes young adults to serve in their communities, catalyzes service through deep partnerships with Jewish communal organizations, and inspires people to take action through time-bound thematic national service campaigns. Our mission provides volunteers with an increased connection to meaningful service and learning as a Jewish value, builds capacity for nonprofit partners to meet their missions, and deepens connections across lines of difference.

About Repair the World New York

Repair the World provides volunteers with an increased connection to meaningful Jewish service and learning, deepening their connection to Jewish community and peoplehood, building bridges with nonprofit partners by meeting pressing needs that help meet their missions, and building bridges across lines of difference.

Repair the World New York launched in 2015, engages 5,000 participants a year, and works with over 75 service and Jewish organizational partners. Repair New York offers the Service Corps, ambassadors program and ongoing volunteering opportunities for teens, young adults and families. The Service Corps mobilizes young adults to meet community needs through part-time, time-bound Jewish service. Young adults, ages 18-29, serve directly with local partners,learn about social change, local context for their service, and engage in meaningful Jewish learning through weekly learning sessions with their peers. Through pairing service with Jewish learning, Repair provides an entry-point to Jewish life for Jewish young adults who may not be traditionally engaged with the broader Jewish community.

Position Overview

Repair is seeking a strategic Executive Director to lead and scale our work in New York City. This leader will be responsible for the strategic direction, programmatic excellence, and sustainable growth of Repair’s presence throughout New York City. The Executive Director will champion Repair’s mission locally and will expand our reach across new neighborhoods by cultivating strong community connections, and engaging diverse Jewish audiences in impactful service.

The Executive Director will be passionate about the intersection of Jewish values, young adult engagement, and service. They will be a seasoned leader with a proven track record in team management, program development, and community engagement. They will possess exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to inspire and manage a growing team, and a passion for the intersection of Jewish values and social action. This role requires a strategic thinker who can navigate the complexities of the New York City landscape, build impactful partnerships, and drive significant social impact.

This is a full-time exempt position. The Executive Director will report to the Senior Director of Community Impact and work collaboratively and closely with local partners and is based in New York City. The schedule will vary each week depending on programs and engagement opportunities on evenings and weekends. The Executive Director must have a flexible schedule.

Position Responsibilities

Program Strategy & Execution:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive long and short-term program strategy that centers Jewish service programs and incorporates Repair the World's core program models.
• Ensure Repair’s Jewish educational pedagogy is infused consistently throughout all programs, deepening Participant engagement.
• Align local program strategies with Repair the World’s organizational mission and values, ensuring that local programming both reflects the needs and aspirations of the Jewish community in Brooklyn and advanced Repair’s organizational goals .
• Regularly assess the effectiveness of local programs, gathering feedback and making data-driven adjustments to improve impact, outreach, and participation.
• Develop strategy and execution plan for geographic expansion of Repair across NYC, identifying new neighborhoods, communities, and partners to extend the program’s reach and impact.

Fundraising & Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead local fundraising efforts, cultivating relationships with major donors, foundations, and partners to secure 67-75%+ of the local budget.
• Support grant writing and reporting, aligning proposals with program goals and funder priorities.
• Steward local donors and advisory council members with care, maintaining regular communication and impact updates to deepen engagement, connection, and retention
• Develop and lead a high-impact local Advisory Council, driving fundraising, strategic visibility, and community connections in alignment with Repair the World’s mission and goals.

Management & Supervision

• Oversee and manage the day-to-day operations of the Repair the World NY team, including supervising three program staff, providing ongoing coaching, training, and professional development.
• Lead weekly team and one-on-one meetings to align on program goals, share updates, troubleshoot challenges, provide feedback, and foster collaboration.
• Maintain a positive and productive team culture by fostering open communication, encouraging professional development, and supporting team morale.

Community Engagement

• Build and maintain strong, ongoing relationships with Jewish, civic, and service-based organizations in Brooklyn.
• Develop and execute strategies to raise awareness of Repair the World’s mission and to recruit prospective program participants.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with local affiliates of national partners, such as Moishe House, BBYO, and OneTable.
• Attend key community events, and represent Repair the World at external networking and recruitment events to build the organization’s visibility and impact in the community.

Operations Management (Finance, Administration, Communications & Data)

• Manage the program's budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and alignment with Repair the World’s financial goals.
• Oversee operational functions such as oversight and management of the Repair the World workshop to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.
• Build and execute communications strategy, to build local brand awareness, and program presence, including reviewing materials such as newsletters, social media posts, and website content, ensuring that they align with the organization’s messaging and goals.
• Liaise with national communications and data teams to review and analyze program data, ensuring that metrics and impact assessments are being captured accurately.

Position Skills & Core Competencies

We know you may not have all the skills listed. We encourage you to apply even if you only check some of the boxes.

• Partnership Development & Community Building: Demonstrated ability to cultivate and sustain high-level relationships across diverse sectors, including Jewish communal organizations, civic leaders, service partners, and philanthropic entities within New York.
• Leadership & Management: Outstanding leadership capabilities, with experience in managing, mentoring, and building high-performing teams. Proven ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive, and empowering work environment. Capable of managing program budgets aimed at sustainability and impact.
• Excellence in Jewish Education: Demonstrated ability as an experiential Jewish educator and excitement to integrate Jewish values and content into service programs, enriching participants’ Jewish identity, engagement, and connection.
• Strategic Vision & Planning: Proven ability to develop, design, and implement strategic programs that align with mission, address community needs, and drive program growth and impact.
• Fundraising & Donor Stewardship: Deep understanding of fundraising principles and practices, with a successful track record in cultivating donors, securing grants, and implementing effective donor stewardship strategies to build long-term relationships and ensure program sustainability.
• Service Mindset: Commitment to serving others, grounded in a belief that we can make a difference in making the world better by serving alongside our neighbors to meet community needs.
• Growth Mindset & Resilience: Demonstrates advanced resilience and empathy, with a proven ability to adapt strategically to change. Exhibits a mature, solution-oriented mindset that views challenges as opportunities for organizational growth and personal development.

Requirements:

• 8+ Years of progressive leadership experience including a track record of:
  • Building Jewish community
  • Program design and execution
  • Supervision and team development
  • Cultivating and managing strategic partnerships
• Relationship Management & Strategic Partnership Development: Clear understanding of how to create long-term professional relationships; proven ability to connect with executive leaders, non-profit leaders, and young adults; skilled in relationship building across diverse communities, including at an executive level or equivalent including negotiation of program impact, partnership and outcomes.
• Equity Lens: Sophisticated awareness of poverty, structural inequity, ability to facilitate conversations around these issues with diverse groups in ways that empower and open people to learning.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Experience using data to measure programmatic impact, and an understanding of data management.
• New York Jewish community knowledge and network: Deep familiarity with the New York City Jewish communal landscape.

Repair the World Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We deeply value the diversity of insight, perspective, and experience brought by people from backgrounds typically underrepresented in Jewish institutions. This includes Black, Latinx, and Asian people, Black Jews, Jews of Color, Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities. We also welcome applications from people of diverse religious, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds.

The organization provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, national origin, disability condition, marital status, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. In addition, the organization affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity as it applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation at Repair the World is based on the salary band for the role and cost of living for the location. The starting salary for this full-time, exempt role is $120,000-$130,000 dependent on experience. Benefits package includes paid time off for service in addition to vacation, sick time, personal days and holidays. Employer covers 100% of full-time employee’s health premiums (medical/dental/vision) for most plans and 50% for dependents. Additional benefits include retirement matching, professional development funds, employer-paid short and long term disability coverage plus access to the Jewish Learning Collaborative and our Economic Access Fund. In addition, employees that have been with Repair for at least six months are eligible for 16 weeks of paid parental leave (pro-rated for employees with Repair less than 6 months).

This position is not included in Repair’s staff union-represented collective bargaining unit.

Application Process

The process for the hired applicant will include:

• Submission of resume and a cover letter at this link that addresses the question: “What is your vision for how service and learning can strengthen the Jewish community in New York City? Why are you the right person to steward this work?”
• First round screening interview with a recruiting partner of Repair’s People & Culture team.
• Second round interview with the Senior Director of Community Impact and another member of Repair the World team.
• Finalists will interview in-person and will include members of Repair’s leadership team and members of Repair the World NY team.
• All finalists will need to provide 3 professional references.