Yesod is excited to be hiring a full-time Director of Educational Programming, expanding from a part-time position.

The Director of Educational Programming will lead on the design and implementation of a growing programme of professional development and Jewish fluency (knowledge, understanding, questioning, and application of Jewish concepts and text) initiatives for European Jewish community professionals and educators.

Candidates must be a strong Jewish educator and have extensive experience of developing innovative programming. Understanding of a European Jewish community and / or organisational context is desirable.

Flexible European or Israel location requiring remote working and travel periodically to Yesod programming and team meetings.

Deadline for applications is Tuesday 4 December 2018. Interviews are expected to take place in mid-December.

For a job description, person specification and to apply click here.

Who Are We?
Yesod is dedicated to strengthening the future of Jewish Europe by investing in key individual Jewish community professionals and educators to create sustainable and meaningful European Jewish community life. We believe that individuals who are skilled, connected, valued and grounded in Jewish purpose as professionals and educators will have the greatest potential for impact.

Yesod supports Jewish community professionals and educators in Europe to develop their professional skills and Jewish fluency (Jewish knowledge, understanding and how to apply it in your work). We do this through seminars, funds, digital resources and connections.

Founding members are the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe.