The Gisela and Daniel Ades Foundation is a small Miami-based family foundation created in 2020 for the purpose of developing, implementing, and supporting programs focused on Jewish education, the Jewish community, Israel education, and Israel advocacy. Its primary focus since inception has been the building and launching of the Jewish Leadership Academy, a new Jewish middle and high school aimed at the community's most academically able and ambitious students.
While grant-making occupies a small but meaningful part of the Foundation's operation, the focus of its vision for the future is to create and implement new programs of its own that will further its philanthropic objectives.
The Position
The Foundation's Program Officer will be its first full-time employee. Reporting to the CEO, he or she will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Foundation including due diligence and follow-up relating to its grants, management of its website and social media, and the planning, execution, review, and assessment of all facets of its programs and events. Its first major event is intended to be an adult education conference in Miami styled after the Aspen Ideas Festival, focused on issues of import to the Miami Jewish community.
The Program Officer is envisioned as a hybrid position with days alternating between remote work and office work based at the Jewish Leadership Academy's Miami campus. Forty hours per week are required, though times can be flexible.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree
3-5 years of experience in event planning and program management
Ability to multi-task and prioritize responsibilities
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Self starter who holds themselves to high professional standards
Strong understanding of the Jewish community and Jewish education
Strong project management skills and demonstrated analytical capabilities
Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal; excellent proofreading skills and attention to detail
Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
Ability to work independently, managing competing priorities
Proficient knowledge of Google Suite, database management, spreadsheet software, basic website editing, and social media platforms
Desire to work as part of a small team in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
Ability to appreciate and contribute to a work environment that values integrity, adaptability, reliability, collaboration, and a commitment to learning
Ability to function and interact in a professional level capacity to sustain the mission, culture and best interests of the Foundation
Healthy self confidence and genuine humility
Strong sense of ethics and good sense of humor
Deep desire to make the world a better place
Compensation
$80k starting salary
Strong benefits package including full health coverage for the employee