Educational Associate

Board of Jewish Education • New York, NY

13h • $68,000 - $71,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Jewish Education Project seeks an Educational Associate as a key member of its Yeshiva & Day Schools team. Reporting to the Managing Director, the Associate supports school-facing work by communicating regularly with participating schools, tracking substantial equivalency (SE) pathways, curating educational resources, and coordinating professional development logistics. The role helps strengthen engagement with Jewish schools and supports established organizational and team priorities, contributing to cohesive, efficient, high-quality work.

The position is hybrid, with work at 1675 Broadway in New York City on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, following remote summer hours.

Requirements

• Experience in education, school engagement, project coordination, or operational support.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain strict confidentiality when handling sensitive organizational, school, staff, and student information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a customer-service orientation when working with diverse school communities.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills and ability to contribute to a collegial, team-oriented environment.
• Comfort working with data that requires accuracy and attention to detail across multiple systems.
• Ability to balance initiative with alignment to shared goals.
• A positive attitude, care and concern for others, humble self-assurance and competence, reliability, consistency, accountability, and commitment to excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Jewish education or nonprofit settings.
• Familiarity with Salesforce or CRM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Maintain regular communication with assigned schools, informing them of deadlines, events, resources, and opportunities.
• Track each participating school's substantial equivalency pathway, confirm selections and changes, and direct schools to relevant guidance, resources, and documentation.
• Identify schools that may need additional follow-up or support and share recurring questions or areas of confusion with the project team.
• Support curation of educational resources across curriculum areas for the YDS portal, ensuring content is culturally relevant, current, well-organized, and accessible.
• Monitor whether and how schools use existing science resources on the YDS portal and encourage broader adoption.
• Assist with planning, scheduling, and coordinating professional development sessions, including invitations, registration, materials, and follow-up.
• Track school participation in professional development offerings and other team initiatives, and follow up with schools that have not engaged.
• Support data collection and tracking with the YDS Team's Digital & Data Associate, and maintain organized project files, records, and documentation.
• Assist in preparing materials for meetings, reports, and presentations.
• Take on additional tasks as they arise while growing into the role.

Benefits

• Four weeks paid time off.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• 401k plan.
• Paid family leave.
• Commuter benefits.
• Early close on Fridays for Shabbat and closure for most Jewish holidays.
• Shortened summer hours.
• A positive work environment with exposure to learning opportunities and the chance to work with leading professionals in Jewish education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed