Director of Adult Learning and Growth

The Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE-Miami), the educational arm of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, is seeking a dynamic, innovative adult educator to join our outstanding, nationally recognized team of senior educators. The Director should be a “people-person” who is energized by relationship-building, an engaging teacher who loves to empower students to find their voice, committed to pluralism, deeply knowledgeable in Judaics, excited to work in a community educational organization that provides structure and support for legacy programs, and eager to incubate new ideas that inspire adult learning in non-traditional settings.

Anticipated start date of June/July 2019. This job is based at our offices located at 4200 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33137.

CAJE-Miami has a budget of over $3M with 15 employees that serve our 5 markets/departments: Adults, Teens, Day Schools, Congregational Education and Early Childhood education. The Director of Adult Learning and Growth reports to and meets weekly with the Executive Director of CAJE-Miami and supervises the Director of Administration for Adult Learning.

Responsibilities:

Educational Leadership

• Serve as a thought leader and visionary for Adult Jewish Learning in Miami

• Stay current on trends in Adult Jewish Learning nationally and in Israel

• Work with the Florence Melton School, one of our signature programs, to maintain and grow Melton classes

• Identify gaps in adult learning within the Miami Jewish community, think creatively and generate an innovative plan to address them

• Attend events and offer Divrei Torah in the larger community as CAJE’s representative and role model for Adult Learning as needed

Teach

• Oversee Melton and non-Melton classes, including teaching a class(es)

• Teach an online class and develop other online learning opportunities

• Provide CAJE staff, board, Federation retreats and/or learning collaborations with educational content when asked

Recruit and Retain Students

• Create and execute a recruitment and retention strategy for existing and new programs each year

• Identify and cultivate new populations to recruit as potential students

• Visit classes as needed to maintain quality, build relationships with students, and address issues

Build Relationships

• Develop strong relationships with rabbinical and organizational colleagues and build collaborative partnerships throughout the community

• Build one-on-one, meaningful connections with students

Cultivate and Staff the Advisory Board Committee

• Recruit leadership and members; inspire them to dream and act

• Plan and execute meetings throughout the year;

• Communicate with committee between meetings via email and sub-committee meetings

Fundraising and Financials

• Develop and oversee departmental budget of over $300,000

• Promote financial support of Adult Learning department by building relationships with students

• Work with Development Director to cultivate donors and plan fundraising events

Promotion and PR

• Serve as “brand ambassador” for adult learning

• Contribute occasional promotional articles and Divrei Torah for CAJE weekly newsletter

• Send out biweekly Director’s Digest e-blast to adult learning database

• Create CAJE website content for Adult Learning

• Supervise production and posting of social media marketing

• Supervise production of strategically developed and timed recruitment materials

Recruit, Hire, Supervise, and Evaluate Faculty

• Recruit new faculty members; hire and orient/train them

• Supervise and evaluate teachers throughout the year, including class observation as well as collecting student evaluations of teachers/ courses

• Determine faculty topics, edit course descriptions and identify strategic locations to hold classes

Teamwork

• Supervise and collaborate with the Director of Administration and support staff for Adult Learning

• Identify and secure appropriate educators to introduce and provide context for films at the Miami Jewish Film Festival (2 weeks in January)

• Write quarterly reports to submit as part of CAJE reporting to Federation

• Attend quarterly senior educator staff meetings, twice yearly all staff meetings and monthly check-ins

Who You Are

• Advanced degree preferred (ordination, PhD, EdD, or Master’s with at least 5 years of experience)

• Proven track record in teaching, program creation/implementation, verbal and written communication

• A self-starter who shows initiative; entrepreneurial, flexible, dedicated to quality

• A creative and strategic thinker who seeks out new and innovative ways to engage adults in learning

• Excellent ability to organize ideas, people and time into a plan of action and clearly communicate the plan to all stakeholders

• Outstanding interpersonal, teaching and leadership skills

• Adept with technology and able to seek out new technology to help achieve goals

• Passionate about Jewish living and learning

• Literacy in Microsoft Office Suite; Constant Contact a plus

• Hebrew and/or Spanish fluency a plus

What We Offer

• A supportive, encouraging environment with a great team of colleagues

• Excellent benefits: 22 days paid vacation per year, medical, vision, dental, life insurance, pension, long term disability; professional dues, yearly conference, paid professional development opportunities, books, cell phone stipend, company laptop, optional STD

• Work schedule: Some flexibility in office hours, leave early for Shabbat, closed all Jewish holidays

How to Apply

• Please submit resume and cover letter highlighting your qualifications to cajemiami4200@gmail.com

• Also read demographic study outlining the distinctive qualities of the Miami Jewish Community at https://jewishmiami.org/populationstudy/

• Be prepared to send 1-5 minute demonstration of teaching a class, giving a Dvar Torah, or exploring a Jewish idea when asked

The Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education is an equal opportunity employer.