Senior Associate Director, Jewish Resilience

POSITION TITLE: Senior Associate Director, Jewish Resilience 

SUPERVISOR: Director, Jewish Resilience 

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Consultants, interns 

LOCATION: Anywhere ADL has an office 

GRADE/CLASS: Grade G, Exempt, PSA-Eligible 

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: 

ADL is the leading anti-hate organization in the world. Founded in 1913, its timeless mission is “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Today, ADL continues to fight all forms of antisemitism and bias, using innovation and partnerships to drive impact. ADL is a global leader in combating antisemitism, countering extremism and battling bigotry wherever and whenever it happens. 

Overview of the Initiative: 

ADL is evolving a national effort focused on strengthening sector-specific capacity to confront antisemitism. A centerpiece of this effort is Hazak: Jewish Venture Accelerator, a new national capacity building program designed to strengthen and scale community-led efforts to fight antisemitism. Hazak is investing in grassroots and early-stage organizations through hands-on tools, expert training, ADL’s networks and a peer learning community.   

Primary Function: 

The Senior Associate Director, Jewish Resilience supports the design, execution and growth of ADL's sector-specific, community-based capacity-building work. The Senior Associate Director will focus primarily on operationalizing and advancing Hazak, owning key workstreams that shape the accelerator's strategy, programming and participant experience. This position may take on expanded responsibilities across the Jewish Resilience portfolio, including other cohort-based or sector-based initiatives as priorities evolve. 

Primary: 

• Support selection and recruitment of grassroots groups and early-stage community-based organizations into Hazak and other capacity-building efforts that set clear expectations, goals and commitments for participation. 
• Steward Hazak participants through high-touch 1:1 coaching, office hours and on-demand support to strengthen their ability to fight antisemitism. 
• Support participants in responding to incidents of antisemitism, and connect to ADL guidance and expertise to accelerate effective responses. 
• Conduct strategic planning for Hazak programming and the rest of the team, including shaping cohort goals, session priorities, sequencing and success measures. 
• Apply, adapt and build sector-based tools, templates and playbooks that participants can use in their communities. 
• Refine Hazak curriculum to ensure programming is relevant, practical and value-add. 
• Develop and update group-learning content, designed for local implementation. 
• Serve as a connector across ADL by coordinating with cross-functional teams  to align experts, resources and on-demand support for Hazak participants. 
• Contribute to continuous improvement by generating, testing and iterating new program ideas. 
• Engage with advisory groups, mentor councils and volunteer leadership structures providing practical guidance to participating organizations. 
• Represent ADL at partner events, sector convenings and conferences to build trust, surface insights and elevate best practices related to community-based capacity building to fight antisemitism. 

Secondary: 

• Monitor developments across priority sectors and provide leadership with actionable intelligence on emergent antisemitism trends. 

This job description provides a general overview of the role and its key responsibilities. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, and ADL reserves the right to assign additional tasks as needed. 

Skills: 

• Experience working directly with community partners or clients, providing responsive support, building relationships and managing multiple requests with professionalism. 
• Strong interpersonal acumen; ability to build trust quickly with community-based leaders and to work collaboratively on a small team with diverse skills, backgrounds and working styles. 
• Strong organizational and project management skills; able to manage participant communications, scheduling, tracking and documentation with attention to detail and follow through. 
• Skilled at convening and connecting people; able to match participant needs with ADL experts, tools and networks and to strengthen peer learning and alumni connections. 
• Able to define and track metrics and evaluate organizational capacity improvements and program outcomes, using dashboards, feedback loops and basic data tools. 
• Skilled at navigating inter-organizational and intra-communal dynamics; able to broker collaboration with distributed leadership models and diverse community structures. 
• Comfort pivoting when something is not working and staying nimble as priorities evolve. 

Attributes: 

• Committed to building a culture where everyone thrives. 
• Demonstrated self-starter with a consistently positive, solutions-minded approach; takes initiative, owns workstreams and follows through. 
• Collaborative team player, creative and innovative; agile and adaptable; comfortable testing approaches, moving quickly, scrapping what does not work and resetting priorities in a fast-paced environment with competing demands. 
• Results-oriented problem solver with resilience under pressure and strong judgment in ambiguous situations. 
• Dedicated to empowerment-based approaches that prioritize local ownership and authenticity. 
• Comfort with fast-paced work and with managing multiple priorities across cohorts and partners. 
• Energized by ADL’s mission and work. 

Work Experience: 

• Significant progressively responsible experience in consulting, program coordination, project management or partner engagement within a nonprofit, civic, community-based or communal organization. 
• Familiarity with sectors where antisemitism has surfaced (e.g., education, healthcare, labor, professional associations) and or experience with Jewish identity-based advocacy, coalition work or community organizing, preferred. 
• Experience supporting volunteer leadership structures and high-level stakeholder relationships, preferred. 

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. 

Work Environment: 

• ADL maintains a hybrid work environment; this role will be designated 3 days per week in person.  
• Flexibility to work extended hours or weekends, as needed. 
• Some travel required (approximately 25%) to attend meetings, conferences, cohort sessions and connect with grassroots partners nationwide. 

Compensation:  

• This position has a salary range of $100,000 to $110,000. This salary range is reflective of a position based in (New York, NY). Please note that actual salaries are commensurate with experience and reflect the budget for a given position, and since ADL has a location-based compensation structure, there may be a different range for candidates in other locations. For an overview of our total rewards package, please visit https://www.adl.org/about/careers. 

ADL aims to create a working environment where every employee can thrive professionally. Our mission-driven work is best accomplished in an environment that supports belonging. ADL values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages people of all races, religions, nationalities, genders, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities and veterans to apply. ADL is an equal opportunity employer. Recruitment, hiring, promotions and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment shall be maintained in a manner which does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, marital status or physical or mental disability, veteran status or military status, or in violation of any applicable Federal, state or local laws. 

ADL will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation to support the interview process, please contact the People and Culture department at talentacquisition@adl.org. 

ADL will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and all other applicable State, Local and Federal laws. 

The information in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, or be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and objectives required of employees assigned to this job, nor is it to be interpreted as a contract for employment.