20s/30s Network Director
20s/30s Network Director
Overview and purpose:
There are hundreds of thousands of young adults who identify as Reform Jews in North America. They are mobile and networked, building new relationships and finding their personal, professional, and political identity as a member of a community. For many, their journey is grounded in the connections and values established in their youth at URJ camps, in temple, and in NFTY. While many have found new connections in the Reform movement’s 20’s/30’s communities, there is still work to do in strengthening, building, and growing these on-ramps to Reform Jewish life.
You:
You, as the Network Director, will work to unify existing congregational young adult programs under one systematized umbrella for success
that offers a menu of relevant engagement options for young adults. Your program will learn from and build on the successes of existing models to expand into new congregations and communities. The Network will leverage technology to create virtual connections that foster spiritual, professional, and personal growth. In partnership with young adults, lay and professional leaders, you will operationalize the Young Adult Network so that it becomes a vibrant “face” of the URJ in congregations and communities across North America.
Us:
By strengthening and expanding Reform 20’s/30’s efforts, the URJ will make it easy for young adults to “plug in” as active members of the Reform Jewish community regardless of their location, so that they can build meaningful relationships and share experiences that provide support as they move, change, and explore.
What You’ll Do as our 20’s/30’s Network Director
- Network and community building
- Brand building and promotion
- Trend spotting and innovation
Specifically, in more detail:
- Lead and enable the development and sustainability of networks that support young people to develop relationships and engage with one another and community resources in-person and online across North America.
- Maximize the use of technology in addition to marketing and communications to build new relationships and networks.
- Partner and consult with other URJ program areas to maximize opportunities to replicate or expand upon existing high-quality experiences to maximize reach.
- Identify local funding opportunities, projects, organizations and partners to support network development.
- Develop systems for robust links and relationships between partners to support delivery and success of the network.
- Utilize congregational footprint to expand and identify local and North America-wide community assets and opportunities.
- Represent the URJ and the 20’s/30’s Network through public speaking, community visits and social media.
Qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, excellent written and oral English
- Efficacious change agent who thrives on change and inspires others to join them in the effort
- Successful experience in leading start-up operations, community development and organizing
- A high level of innovation, strategic, adaptive thinking and creativity. Adaptive thinking is key to maximizing opportunities and ensuring delivery against outcomes
- Superior team working and relationship building skills
- Driven and ambitious with enthusiasm and gravitas
- Highly developed communications, tact, gravitas, and exceptional collaboration and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work independently and nimbly in trialing of different approaches and applying the learning from these in a short space of time