Are you passionate about outdoor Jewish education and Earth-based Judaism? Do you love organizational development, facilitation, and building relationships with Jewish organizations? Can you support and empower mentors to brilliantly guide youth and adults, drawing from nature, Jewish values, and ancestral wisdom?
Wilderness Torah seeks a Program Director to support nature-based, experiential programs for all ages, with a specific emphasis on youth grades K-12. Our youth programs integrate caring mentorship and nature-based exploration with Jewish spirituality, tradition, and wisdom. Our young adult and adult programming centers community building, earth-connection and life-phase celebrations.
As the Program Director, you will also use your skills in organizational development, facilitation, relationship building, and leadership, to inspire your team and help Wilderness Torah expand its impact through community partnerships.
The Program Director is responsible for directing the full suite of Wilderness Torah’s programs and supervising Program Managers. Programs include: Youth Programs: B’hootz(Grades 2-5), B’naiture(Grades 6–8), Shomrim(Grades 8–12), Adult Programs: Neshama Quest backpacking trips, Older to Elder and online classes.
1. Direct Year-Round Youth Programs and Adult Programs
- Leads implementation of all programs
- Leads recruitment, training, and management of program staff
- Leads on participant outreach and recruitment
- Supports marketing and promotion of the programs
- Leads curriculum development with relevant Jewish, nature connection and Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion themes
- Leads communications with partners and stakeholders
- Ensures program quality through site visits
- Leads parent programs
- Establishes and maintains institutional partnership programs
2. Develop and Implement Partnership Programs with Other Jewish Institutions:
- Oversees the operational and programmatic implementation of in-person nature immersion day-long programs, camping trips, and backpacking trips
- Leads curriculum development for programs and staff training
- Leads outreach and partnerships to grow our existing suite of programs
- Builds and maintains new partnerships and programs to expand our impact in the Bay Area
3, General Wilderness Torah Responsibilities
- Support special tasks as needed and as available
- Participate in bi-weekly staff meetings and periodic retreats
- Participate in Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work
- Engage as a thoughtful member of a small, innovative team and community
- Excellent people skills
- Passionate about outdoor Jewish learning
- Excellent verbal & written communication and customer service skills
- Self-motivated with ability to lead projects while collaborating with teams
- Analytical and detail-oriented
- Proficiency with Google Workspace
- A passion for earth-based Judaism and a demonstrated commitment to our mission
- Access to a vehicle
- Full-time, competitive nonprofit salary commensurate with experience. Salary range from $75,000–$85,000
- Medical and dental benefits
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- Retirement Plan: SIMPLE IRA with matching
- We offer six U.S. holidays and all chag Jewish holidays off (days that follow the Shabbat rules of no work). We have a flexible vacation and maternity leave
- Flexible work schedule. Work remotely and onsite for specific programming
- Free attendance at Wilderness Torah community programs, 25% discount on youth programs
- Be an integral part of an innovative organization in an exciting growth phase, as well as part of a cutting-edge movement to reconnect Judaism to the earth
- Please send resume, two references, and cover letter (one page) in a single PDF to [email protected], include “Program Director” in the Subject line.
- Start Date: Immediately
- Application Due Date: open until filled
- This role is supervised by the Executive Director
- At times the Program Director will need to work evenings and weekends