Location and Job Title:

Chief Executive Officer
Jewish Community Center of the East Bay
1414 Walnut St
Berkeley, CA 94709

Principal Responsibilities:

• Lead strategy development and execution.
• Direct the executive team and programs.
• Build strong relationships based upon our core values with a range of stakeholders.
• Ensure organizational fiscal health through budget oversight and cultivation of major gifts and grants.

• Advance the mission, vision, and fiscal health of the JCC East Bay.
• Provide excellent leadership; serve as a model and mentor to staff. Work in close collaboration with senior leadership to equip the staff for the next phase of growth.
• Retain and inspire key talent.
• Represent the JCC at community events, meetings, in the media, etc.
• Build and deepen partnerships with Jewish and general community organizations, funders, and other key stakeholders.
• Collect and consider diverse stakeholder input; manage expectations.

• Maintain an appropriate degree of oversight and contributions to existing program development; empower and collaborate with program leadership.
• Supervise Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Staff, Development Director, and Chief Jewish Learning Officer. Indirect reports include Chief Program Officer and Marketing Manager.
• Oversee the JCC's marketing and communication strategy and champion organization's brand, credibility, and reputation.
• Build upon existing positive internal culture and drive organizational excellence.
• In partnership with the C-suite, direct human resources activities. This includes oversight and approval of human resource plans or activities, selection of directors or other high-level staff, establishment and organization of major departments.
• Prepare annual work plan for Board approval.
• Analyze operations to evaluate annual performance.
• Establish departmental responsibilities and coordinate functions among departments and sites.

• Prepare monthly updates, reports, and meeting agendas for the Board of Directors.
• Serve as primary staff contact for the Executive Committee, including meeting planning and execution.
• Establish a strong partnership with the Board Chair and maintain appropriate Board/Staff roles.
• With the Chief of Staff, manage Board committees.
• Develop organizational policies.

• Act as the chief storyteller of the JCC, and maintain top 40 gifts (individual and foundation) in the JCC's portfolio.
• Lead the cultivation of major donors, in collaboration with the JCCs development team and Board members.
• Build and enhance relationships with a diverse and growing population of JCC supporters, including clients, funders, local influencers, and beyond.
• Deliver speeches, write articles, and present information at meetings and/or conventions to promote services, exchange ideas, and accomplish objectives.
• Enhance the reputation of the JCC in ways that advance the mission and sustainability.

Community Campus Direction

• Direct implementation of programming and operations of the East Bay Jewish Community Campus.
• Serve as primary contact with the local Rockridge community.
• Maintain excellent relationships with campus organizations and leaders.
• Participate in meetings with other Jewish co-working space leaders across North America.

• Engage in ongoing financial planning that aligns business models and strategy with organizational values and strategic priorities.
• Work collaboratively with staff leadership and Treasurer to monitor and ensure the JCCs financial health and long-term sustainability. Facilitate annual audit process.
• With staff leadership, prepare, oversee, and monitor annual budget for Board approval.
• Prepare and/or present reports concerning activities, expenses, budgets, and other items affecting businesses or program services.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of executive-level experience at multi-service organization of a similar scale.
• Demonstrated success in building relationships and securing six-figure contributions from individual donors and foundations.

• Experience in program management and strategy with an understanding of determining market fit for program offerings.
• Experience serving as the primary, external face of an organization and overseeing organizational communications and marketing.
• Experience developing and shaping organizational strategy in a community-oriented environment with the ability to shape and implement tactical goals and outcomes.
• The ability to establish metrics, evaluate success, and use data to inform decisions.
• Proven leadership through organizational change with the ability to bring strategy and vision to life through manageable, practicable tactics, ensuring the largest degree of buy-in, support, and performance from all levels of staff.
• Significant Board engagement, management, and development skills with a demonstrated ability to skillfully manage relationships with the Board.
• Fluency in the Jewish landscape, culture, and tradition, e.g. holiday celebrations, types of religious observance, kashrut.
• Knowledge of contemporary Israel, and in particular, experience navigating sensitivities and complexities of social, political, and religious views held within the community in this context.
• Familiarity with security and safety dynamics, and the ability to manage calmly in the event of an emergent situation.
• Comfort and experience with inspirational public speaking in multiple settings.

• Active Listening
• Strong Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Social Perceptiveness
• Service Orientation
• Complex Problem Solving
• Excellent Judgment and Decision Making
• Analytical Ability

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Salary:

$210,000-$270,000

Agency Information:

• Early childhood education and preschool
• Camp and afterschool programs
• Teen engagement

• Older adult and Holocaust survivor activities
• Intergenerational Jewish holiday celebrations
• Ongoing opportunities to connect with Jewish life and our richly diverse community