[Hiring] Director, Access & Affordability Initiatives @Foundation for Jewish Camp

Role Description

The Director, Access & Affordability Initiatives serves as the operational leader for this portfolio, responsible for building, implementing, and scaling initiatives that increase access to Jewish camp while generating learning that informs future growth and investment.

• Reporting to the Vice President, Grantmaking & Funding, this role translates organizational strategy into operational reality.
• Responsible for designing and managing the systems, partnerships, technology infrastructure, workflows, and implementation models necessary to launch and grow complex initiatives.
• Lead implementation of major multi-year access and affordability initiatives while helping establish the operational foundation for future expansion and growth.
• Work closely with colleagues across various departments and serve as a key partner to camps, funders, partner organizations, consultants, evaluators, technology vendors, and community stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience launching, building, managing, or scaling complex initiatives.
• Experience managing significant budgets and operational complexity.
• Experience working with philanthropic partners, foundations, or funders preferred.
• Experience leading technology implementations, operational platforms, digital products, or workflow transformation initiatives strongly preferred.
• Experience supervising staff and managing consultants or vendors.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Jewish communal, educational, nonprofit, youth-serving, or camp experience preferred.

Requirements

• Exceptional project management and execution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale complex programs, systems, or initiatives.
• Strong systems-thinking and operational design capabilities.
• Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfort working across multiple teams, priorities, and functions simultaneously.
• Strong technology fluency and ability to partner effectively with technical teams and vendors.
• Experience leveraging technology, automation, and process improvement to improve efficiency and scale.
• Demonstrated curiosity about emerging technologies, automation, and AI and their practical application.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Outstanding written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills.

Benefits

• This position may be remote, hybrid, or based in FJC's New York City office.
• The Director is expected to travel up to 20% annually to support participating camps, attend funder and partner meetings, participate in FJC staff retreats and convenings, and represent FJC at relevant conferences and field-wide gatherings.
• Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to sit, walk, stand, talk & hear for long periods of time.
• This position works in an open environment with moderate noise level.