Director, Access & Affordability Initiatives
About The Position
The Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) aims to grow, support, and strengthen Jewish camp experiences across North America, recognizing their power in building Jewish identity, belonging, leadership, and community. The Access & Affordability portfolio is dedicated to increasing participation in Jewish camp by raising awareness, reducing financial barriers, supporting camp growth, and developing scalable models for accessibility. The Director, Access & Affordability Initiatives is the operational leader for this portfolio, responsible for building, implementing, and scaling initiatives that enhance access to Jewish camp and generate insights for future growth and investment. This role translates organizational strategy into operational reality, designing and managing the systems, partnerships, technology infrastructure, workflows, and implementation models for complex initiatives. The Director will lead the implementation of major multi-year access and affordability initiatives and establish the operational foundation for future expansion. Success requires strong cross-functional leadership, entrepreneurial thinking, systems-building, and the ability to move initiatives from concept to implementation and scale. The Director will collaborate with internal teams across various departments and serve as a key partner to external stakeholders including camps, funders, partner organizations, consultants, evaluators, technology vendors, and community stakeholders.
Requirements
- 8–10+ years of relevant professional experience
- Experience launching, building, managing, or scaling complex initiatives
- Experience managing significant budgets and operational complexity
- Bachelor's degree required
- Exceptional project management and execution skills
- Demonstrated ability to build and scale complex programs, systems, or initiatives
- Strong systems-thinking and operational design capabilities
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
- Comfort working across multiple teams, priorities, and functions simultaneously
- Strong technology fluency and ability to partner effectively with technical teams and vendors
- Experience leveraging technology, automation, and process improvement to improve efficiency and scale
- Demonstrated curiosity about emerging technologies, automation, and AI and their practical application
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
- Outstanding written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with philanthropic partners, foundations, or funders preferred
- Experience leading technology implementations, operational platforms, digital products, or workflow transformation initiatives strongly preferred
- Experience supervising staff and managing consultants or vendors
- Advanced degree preferred
- Jewish communal, educational, nonprofit, youth-serving, or camp experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Vice President, Grantmaking & Funding to lead and advance FJC's access and affordability initiatives.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve program models, participant experiences, eligibility frameworks, and funding approaches.
- Oversee the operational success and strategic evolution of One Happy Camper® and other access and affordability programs.
- Incorporate stakeholder feedback, implementation learnings, and emerging needs into program design and future growth strategies.
- Serve as the operational lead for access and affordability initiatives, ensuring programs are efficient, scalable, and well-coordinated.
- Own program-related technology platforms and partner with Operations & Technology to enhance systems, workflows, reporting, and user experience.
- Manage budgets, timelines, payments, compliance, reporting, and operational performance.
- Identify opportunities to leverage technology, automation, and AI to improve effectiveness and reduce administrative burden.
- Partner with Learning & Research to establish measurement frameworks and evaluate program outcomes.
- Monitor participation, enrollment, retention, utilization, and other key metrics to assess impact and inform decision-making.
- Analyze data and implementation experiences to identify trends, opportunities, and recommendations for improvement.
- Support reporting and knowledge-sharing with leadership, funders, camps, and other stakeholders.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with camps, funders, Jewish federations, consultants, evaluators, and community partners.
- Support participating camps and partners in successful program implementation.
- Facilitate training, collaboration, and learning opportunities across the field.
- Represent FJC in conversations related to access, affordability, enrollment growth, and participant engagement.
- Coordinate work across Grantmaking & Funding, Learning & Research, Operations, Advancement, Finance, and other internal stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment around priorities, timelines, responsibilities, and decision-making.
- Supervise and develop associate-level team members and manage external consultants and vendors.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
