Executive Director, Government Affairs and Jewish Community Relations Council
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About The Position
Oversee day-to-day operations of the Government Affairs and Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) teams. In coordination with relevant volunteer leaders, the Chief Public Affairs Officer and the JCRC and Government Affairs teams members, establish annual department goals and plans for meeting them. There will be an initial focus on reorganizing and reforming how JCRC operates as JUF's community affairs arm and as the primary convener for Chicago's Jewish communal organizations. Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) Objectives: As the only convening body for over 40 Jewish organizations in the Chicago area and the community relations arm of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Chicago, JCRC educates, coordinates, and mobilizes the community for action on issues of Jewish communal concern, with a special, though not exclusive, focus on combatting antisemitism and advocating for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship grounded in shared values. Government Affairs Objectives: Maximizes governmental financial support for the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Chicago (JUF) and its affiliated agencies; strengthens laws impacting social service delivery, communal security, philanthropy and non-profit governance; supports the JCRC's international and domestic public policy goals; engages elected officials and governmental employees in JUF activities and educates and engages community members in JUF's public policy work, including combatting antisemitism and advocating for a strong and sustained U.S.-Israel relationship grounded in shared values.
