Job description

What You’ll be Responsible For:

Provides leadership and operating support for Federation programs to advance Jewish identity, education, philanthropy and connection to Israel and overseas among Jews in the Greater Broward community with a focus in the Parkland/ Coral Springs/ North Broward area; increasing their level of commitment to and further integrating Jewish values into their daily lives.

What you’ll be doing:

SUPPORT THE FEDERATION’S FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

• Identify potential leadership and donors for all levels of campaign, and other Financial Resource Development opportunities.
• Manage and solicit appropriate Annual Campaign donors and prospects in support of the Jewish Federation outreach efforts.
• Manage and solicit face-to-face leadership and appropriate individual donors.

STRATEGIC COORDINATION AND PLANNING

• Engage and manage the North Broward Council and appropriate functional committees.
• Works with the North Broward Council and its committees to continuously assess local community needs and interests.
• Works as lead professional to initiate programs and campaign.
• Convene and oversee community-based taskforces to work with Federation professionals in identifying issues, needs and program opportunities in the region.
• Analyzes and evaluates current program initiatives and projects for value and effectiveness.
• Develops future program/project concepts for discussion/consideration.
• Prepares and submits annual and longer-term program plans, including operating budget forecasts.

DEVELOP/CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CORPORATE, RABBINICAL AND OTHER JEWISH COMMUNITY GROUPS

• Supports initiatives to strengthen Federation relationships with corporate clients, community institutions; particularly synagogues, as well as with individual community organizations.
• Represents Federation at area meetings, and develops and cultivates relationships with decision makers in the designated community – i.e. corporate and community leaders, rabbis, synagogue presidents, agency professional staff members.
• Initiates and encourages programs that implement the goals and objectives of the Jewish Federation of Broward County.
• Build and maintain databases to support the campaign, donor and programmatic goals of Federation.

MANAGE ASSIGNED PROGRAMS AND SERVICE INITIATIVES

• Work with Federation professionals to develop the annual operating plan for North Broward Council, including the projects and events calendars for the year.
• Market Federation and its programs and community initiatives to the synagogue community and other target audiences.
• Continuous reviews of ongoing program and project results vs. plan/budget.

VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING

• Initiate broad-based and targeted efforts to recruit community volunteers with appropriate backgrounds, interests, skills for the North Broward Council, and area committees, taskforces and programming initiatives.
• Deliver orientation/training programs to ensure that volunteers understand Federation goals and objectives and the roles that they are expected to play in the committee, project or development efforts.
• Assess volunteer effectiveness and provide coaching as needed to improve performance/contribution.
• Make introductions of volunteers to additional Federation professionals and lay leaders to maximize and deepen their involvement.

GENERAL

• Facilitate cross communication among various departments, committees and professionals.
• Promote the mission of the Jewish Federation of Broward County and its Foundation at all times through superior customer service to all and through the efficient use and care of resources.

What you need to succeed:

• Superior interpersonal and communication skills
• Emotional intelligence and a strong social radar.
• Good judgement and decision-making skills
• Motivated by innovating, moving quickly, and executing well
• Eager to give and receive constructive feedback within a highly collaborative team
• Passionate about providing top-notch “customer” service to all external and internal stakeholders
• Thrive on identifying ways of improving existing systems and structures
• Excellent initiative: sees beyond the immediate to intuit what might need doing; readily proposes solutions
• Able to identify problems when they arise and quickly work to create solutions and implement them
• At ease with and enjoys working with professionals and volunteers from all generations and backgrounds
• Be flexible and reachable across all communication platforms during non-traditional work hours
• Flexibility to work from JFBC HQ, home office and various event or meeting locations

Required Experience:

• Preferred Education: Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 2-7 years of experience in a non-profit fundraising organization or for-profit equivalent.
• Knowledge of the Jewish customs and traditions preferred
• PC literacy with strong competency in all Microsoft Office Suite programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), social media tools
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work with all kinds of people with a friends and professional approach
• Growth oriented, positive, and encouraging leader who can keep employees and management accountable to company policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Committed to community and has a passion for the mission.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Fundraising: 2 years (Required)
• Microsoft Office: 1 year (Preferred)
• Non Profit: 2 years (Required)
• Jewish customs and traditions: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328

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