SALARY RANGE
$27.00 - $30.00 Per hour
Description
The Public Programs Coordinator is responsible for designing and supporting opportunities to engage a vibrant Jewish community. The Public Programs Team is nested within the JCCSF's Roots & Culture Department, bringing people together to cultivate lives of joy and meaning in the space where the wisdom of Jewish cultures meets the rich, cultural diversity of San Francisco.
This role advances projects and partnerships supporting Jewish holidays, rituals, cultural arts, Tikkun HaOlam (social action), Shabbat, Israel programming, staff gatherings, and cross-departmental initiatives. The coordinator is responsible for creating, planning, facilitating, and day-of staffing for Public Programs. Programs vary in size, location, and complexity, including festivals with 500+ attendees, concerts, meals, intimate gatherings, and drop-in activity stations.
This role also coordinates the day-to-day operations of the Jewish Ritual Lending Library, providing excellent customer service, instructional materials, and a focus on community engagement.
Responsibilities
Experience Design - 40%
- Design community-driven programming centered in Jewish themes
- Develop and implement creative, logistical, and staffing components for selected Jewish holiday celebrations, rituals, and civic engagement
- Curate content for Jewish educational and cultural / holiday initiatives
- Ensure inclusion of interfaith and intercultural perspectives in Jewish programming
- Develop experiential curriculum for Jewish learning and Jewish Service Learning
- Design thematic content and hands-on projects by researching and developing relationships with talent (musicians, artists, chefs, dancers, teachers, etc.), local businesses and community organizations.
- Coordinate donation drives and community service projects
- Attend partner and community events to develop best practices, build relationships, and stay current on local gatherings.
Community Engagement and Staffing - 20%
- Serve as lead staff member at activations and events, making real-time operational decisions and representing the JCCSF to public participants.
- Community engagement and activity facilitation, including staff engagement for all-hands meetings and holiday celebrations.
- Represent the JCCSF at partner programs, both onsite and in the community, and occasionally assist with planning and logistics.
- Collaborate with strategic partners to build and maintain relationships with new and existing organizations, using internal systems to track and coordinate efforts.
- Respond to and advance community partner inquiries about collaborative programming and space use.
- Occasional staffing for other Roots & Culture programs.
Event Coordination - 30%
- Manage end-to-end execution of activations / events while supporting a high-quality guest experience.
- Advance event-related details, production needs, calendars and space use for Public Programs team:
- Drive clear internal communication, in collaboration with internal operational teams, asynchronously and while attending weekly cross-functional meetings. Provide run-of-show, space layout and physical traffic flow diagrams.
- Coordinate and manage vendor relationships and logistics; become a resource for colleagues on event-related vendors.
- Ensure that event planning, vendors, and partners meet safety, health, food, alcohol, and JCCSF policies.
- Purchase, source and maintain supplies for Public Programs.
- Drive JCCSF van to transport materials needed for events
Jewish Ritual Resource Lending Library -10%
- Coordinate library items, including contracts, inventory, and borrowing logistics.
- Support instructional materials in collaboration with Jewish educators.
- Deliver excellent email and onsite customer service to community members and partner organizations.
- Research and build relationships to expand the project's impact.
Requirements
- Minimum of (3) years of hands-on experience in planning and coordinating events
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as: Jewish Studies, Education, Cultural Studies, Nonprofit Management, Museum Studies, Communications, Arts Administration
- Ability to design and facilitate hands-on cultural arts programming celebrating Jewish life for diverse, intergenerational audiences.
- Experience working as lead staff person for public-facing programs.
- Knowledge of Jewish culture and holidays, with awareness of the depth of diversity within Jewish culture, past and present.
- Availability during weekends and evenings is required, based on program schedules. This includes work on some Jewish holidays (typically Shabbat, First Day Rosh Hashanah, First Night Passover, excludes Yom Kippur). Specific holiday requirements are subject to change as programming evolves.
- Strong organizational and time management skills; able to juggle multiple projects, set priorities; and manage short and long-term timelines effectively.
- Clear and effective communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 Office software; experience with calendar and database software
- Experience with Salesforce a plus
- Ability to work in an environment that honors a diversity of opinions, Jewish pluralism, multiculturalism, and intergenerational approaches.
- Must have valid driver's license and clean MVR.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading Jewish rituals e.g. Shehechianu, Shabbat blessings, Hanukkah candle-lighting (excludes prayer services, Passover seder) or ability to learn.
- Knowledge of contemporary Jewish music, art, and culture
WORKING CONDITIONS
Work in public settings, work in crowded/loud environments, work outside in varying weather conditions, work offsite at a variety of venue locations. Administrative tasks to be performed primarily on-site at the JCCSF facility; remote work is available occasionally based on department's work schedules and needs.
Physical Requirements
Lift and carry supplies, use ladders and stepstools, use pushcart and wagons, maneuver through crowded venues, drive company vehicle, work on computers from a seated or standing position.
STATUS
Benefited, non-exempt, collective bargaining unit position
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT CLASSIFICATION
Professional 1
HOURS/SCHEDULE
40 hours/week, weekend, evening, and holiday hours are required.
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