About the Israeli- American Council:

The mission of the Israeli- American Council (IAC) is to build an active and giving Israeli-American Community throughout the United States to strengthen the State of Israel, our next generation, and to provide a bridge to the Jewish American community.

 

Job Purpose:

The Community Engagement (“CEM”) is responsible for the overall ongoing activities & operations of the Keshet Program. Will be responsible for recruiting for the IAC Keshet program, maintain connection with program’s families, mange operational aspects of the program, create and operate family events. The Community Engagement (“CEM”) will work to expand IAC’s community impact and strategic investments in his/her region. The CEM will be responsible for organizing and managing programs & events, as for representing the organization and increasing IAC’s awareness in that region. The CEM will recruit, maintain connections with participants, and manage operational aspects of the Keshet program. This is a 25 hours per week position and the CEM will report to the San Diego Regional Director.

 

Duties include and are not limited to:

-Support the Keshet families and keep in touch with them.
-Support Keshet facilitator during the sessions and at the preparation.
-Help to build and create events for the community.
-Facilitate more connections with organizations in the area.
-Responsible for getting to know target audience in the area, reach out to new communities in the region, and create connections with local representatives.
-Oversee and lead development, marketing, promotion, delivery, implementation, and quality of programs, sessions, and community events.
-Built, maintain, and engage an active community and serve as a contact person for community leaders.
-Implement and assist in developing strategies to recruit participants for the programs.
-Event Management - Professionally plan, coordinate and manage a variety of community events that will accomplish the goals of the programs.
-Update the regional community about events and happenings.
-Brand management – Assures that all IAC events and programs are appropriately branded within the content and design of the event.
-Operate partnerships with external entities after these are established by the Regional Director.
-Operating, responding to and handling issues, associated with the ongoing operation of IAC programs as well as communication with IAC program participants (including with the parents in some of the programs).
-When a program is run in multiple locations in the region, create and initiate group events encompassing all locations together.
-Creation and coordination of cross-program events and different non-IAC organizations in the region.
Spend time on the relevant social platforms daily to listen to community supporters and join their conversations, to learn about the target audience and to engage.
-Manage the regional calendar, including important program events, non-IAC events, and other items important to your region, as well as Data management and reporting of volunteers, members, opportunity catalog, contacts, capacity, market share and qualified leads.
-Represent the IAC within assigned communities, cultivating relationships with the community in the region.
-Attending meetings with community organizations to increase awareness.
-Establish and implement a volunteer-supporting system to ensure an active and engaged group of volunteers.
-Develop relationships with Israeli-American Jewish organizations to assist with sharing the programs.
-Participate in IAC staff meetings, training, and National conferences.

 

Skills/Qualifications:

-Bachelor’s degree.
-Strong connection to both Israeli and American identities. Knowledge about its: people, culture, conflicts, history etc.
-Experience working with children aged 4-8 includes
-Strong social skills and experience in community building.
-Flexible hours to include work in the evenings and weekends as needed for regional activities and seminars.
-Experience in the Israeli and/or Jewish sector is a plus.
-Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite products and social networking tools.
-Highly efficient and organized.
-Excellent interpersonal skills.
-Good operational & administrative management.
-Ability to get along with all levels within the organization.
-Speaks, reads and writes in English & Hebrew.