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Job Posted: 07/28/2008

Job Title: AVODAH-AJWS Program Officer, Alumni Activities

Location: Boston, MA

Position Summary

Help build and strengthen the Boston Jewish social justice community.

Are you committed to making the world a better place? Are you excited to meet with and bring together Jews in their 20’s and 30’s who care about social justice? Are you interested in helping young Jews put their values into action through intentional decisions about their careers, their volunteer experiences, their philanthropy, their political power, and their consumer choices?

As the AVODAH-AJWS Boston program officer you will help strengthen this community in a number of ways, including: developing opportunities to celebrate and showcase local Jewish Boston change-makers and the incredible work that they do, building bridges between existing networks of people with shared interests and values; and providing AVODAH and AJWS alumni and their like-minded friends with opportunities to build leadership skills and put them to use for the greater good.

This position demonstrates AVODAH and AJWS’s commitment to unite around our shared commitment to engaging the next generation of Jews in building a truly broad, vibrant, Jewish social justice movement.

Responsibilities

• Create and produce, in collaboration with local partners, two large scale events
• Cultivate relationships with alumni of AVODAH and AJWS service programs and with like-minded alumni and constituents from other Jewish social justice/Jewish service programs and facilitate their engagement with the Boston social justice community
• Strengthen the existing local social and professional networks of young Jews committed to integrating their work for social justice with their Jewish lives
• Work in partnership with the alumni team to develop national alumni initiatives and programs
• Perform other organizational duties and/or special projects as directed by supervisor

Qualifications

• BA/BS plus minimum of three years work experience
• Significant skills in events planning and informal education
• Knowledge about and commitment to the Jewish and social justice communities and the work of integrating social activism and Jewish life
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, effectively and on multiple projects at a time
• Detail oriented and well-organized, able to manage multiple complex tasks
• Flexible work style and demonstrated team building skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Creative thinker
• Ability to work evenings and weekends
• Familiarity with community organizing preferred
• Experience with service programs and social change efforts preferred

How to Apply

For immediate consideration, please forward your resume and cover letter to opportunities( put the “at” symbol here )ajws.org and indicate your name and "AVODAH-AJWS Program Officer, Boston Region" in the subject line.

* No phone calls please.

We thank you for your interest. We will only be able to respond to those resumes which most closely match our requirements.

AJWS is an equal opportunity employer and provides competitive salaries and benefits.

AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to changing people's lives through the integration of Judaism and social activism. AVODAH participants devote one year to working in local anti-poverty organizations. During that year, they live together, creating a shared experience of Jewish community and service, sustained by ongoing study and reflection.

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism’s imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality. Through grants to grassroots organizations, volunteer service, advocacy and education, AJWS fosters civil society, sustainable development and human rights for all people, while promoting the values and responsibilities of global citizenship within the Jewish community.