Senior Program Associate, 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 within 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 service and learning as a Jewish value, deepening their connection to Jewish community and peoplehood, building capacity for nonprofit partners by meeting pressing needs to 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.. Through pairing service with Jewish learning, Repair provides an entry-point to Jewish life for Jewish young people who may not be traditionally engaged with the broader Jewish community.

Position Overview

New York Repair is seeking a dynamic Senior Program Associate to support the planning and facilitation of meaningful Jewish service learning programs for families, teens, and young adults. The Senior Associate will facilitate Repair’s Service Corps and engage our broader Jewish community in one-off service and learning events in partnership with Jewish communal and service partner organizations.

Repair’s programming mobilizes teens, families and young adults to meet community needs through service. Participants serve with local partners providing direct services, learning about social change and local context for their service, and engaging with Jewish wisdom in community through regular learning sessions with their peers. Through pairing service with Jewish learning and values, New York Repair provides an entry-point to Jewish life for Jewish folks who may not be traditionally engaged with the broader Jewish community.

The successful candidate will be an aspiring experiential Jewish educator, community builder, flexible self-starter and a strong facilitator. They excel at building relationships with individuals and can speak passionately about the intersection of service, social change, and Jewish values.

This is a full-time exempt position. The Senior Program Associate will report to the Senior Director, New York Region.

Position Responsibilities

Teen & Family Programming

• Partner with the Senior Director, New York Region to implement a strategic calendar of service opportunities that meet partner and participant needs.
• Facilitate Jewish service learning for teens and families, integrating local social issues, Jewish values, volunteering, and reflection.
• Lead quarterly large-scale teen service days and 2–5 recurring family programs per month in partnership with synagogues and community organizations.
• Engage families around key Jewish and national service holidays (MLK Weekend of Service, 9/11 Day of Service, Sukkot, Hanukkah, Tu B’Shevat, Purim, Passover, Shavuot).
• Recruit, train, and support 2–3 Jewish Service Ambassadors (parents or educators) to mobilize families for ongoing participation.
• Manage logistics and materials for all programs.

Service Corps

• Recruit and oversee operations of 2-3 cohorts of corps members per year with the goal of corps members becoming integrated with their service partners, connected to Jewish community, and reaching their volunteer goals.
• Support New York Repair’s Bridge Building Service Corps cohorts, led by partner organizations, that focus on cross-community dialogue and service. Identify, build, and sustain existing and new relationships with local Jewish organizations, civic and nonprofit partners for corps member placements.
• Coordinate and facilitate learning for corps members about local social issues, Jewish values and the skills needed to build Jewish service learning programs.

Additional Responsibilities

• Coordinate and collaborate with Repair the World’s staff across the country, to share skills and resources and maintain program alignment.
• Support marketing and communications efforts through content collection for our community newsletters and social media, including capturing photos and stories from service programming.
• Complete office and administrative responsibilities, and other needs that arise.
• Attend external events in support of partners and community.
• Input timely and accurate data in Salesforce upon completion of programs.

Position Skills & Core Competencies

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

• Experience in Jewish Education: Ability and excitement to integrate Jewish values and content into service programs, enriching participants' Jewish identity, engagement, and connection.
• 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.
• Community Engagement/Relationship Building: Eagerness and excitement to network, build relationships, and actively engage with the local community with the intent of strengthening Repair’s relationships to the community and to Jewish young adults, excited to serve in our programs.
• Program Design Skills: Experience with designing and executing programs that align with our vision, with the flexibility to adapt to community needs while focusing on Jewish learning and social impact.
• Growth Mindset and Resilience: Shows resilience and a capacity for empathy, ready to adapt to new challenges and learn from them. Approaches problems with a solution-oriented attitude, eager to embrace opportunities for growth and improvement.

Requirements:

1+ years of Experience: Including a track record of:

• Experience facilitating Jewish learning and/or service experiences for youth, families, or adults.
• Ability to plan and execute community programs from concept to implementation
• Comfort using standard technology tools (Email, G-Suite, etc.) and learning new systems (Salesforce, Monday, Slack, etc.)
• Strong communication, organization and self-management skills

Equity Lens: Sophisticated awareness of poverty, structural racism, and ability to facilitate conversations around these issues with diverse groups in ways that empower and open people to learning.

Flexible Schedule: Availability to facilitate evening and weekend programs based on the needs of partners’ and participants’ varying schedules.

Live and work in NYC: Our work requires an in-the-community approach for our impact to be authentic and meaningful. Our city staff live and volunteer in the community in which they work and serve. The person in this role will work most days in the community or in our Crown Heights office.

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 range for this full-time exempt role is $66,000-$70,000 with 1 year of 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 included in Repair’s staff union-represented collective bargaining unit and specific terms and conditions of employment may be subject to a future collective bargaining agreement between Repair the World and the Repair the World Workers’ Union.

Application Process

• Submit your application at this link including your resume and a thoughtful and concise cover letter explaining how your experiences have prepared you to lead meaningful Jewish service and learning programming in New York.
• Applicants moved forward will continue on to a first round interview with a Repair People & Culture team member.
• Applicants who are moved to the final round will interview with the New York City Interim Director and Regional Director.
• All finalists will need to provide 2 professional references.

Compensation at Repair the World is based on the salary band for the role and cost of living for the location. The starting salary range for this full-time exempt role is $66,000-$70,000 with 1 year of 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 included in Repair’s staff union-represented collective bargaining unit and specific terms and conditions of employment may be subject to a future collective bargaining agreement between Repair the World and the Repair the World Workers’ Union.