Harvard Chabad Chief of Staff and Director of Operations and Strategy
Harvard Chabad was founded in 1997 and today serves thousands of students, visitors and community members annually. Operating from Chabad Houses at Harvard, MIT, and East Cambridge, Harvard Chabad has grown into one of the largest Chabad Houses nationally, and has become well known for its advocacy on behalf of Jewish students as well as for hosting popular events and prominent speakers. In addition to this, Harvard Chabad operates the Preschool of the Arts. Founded in 2016 POTA currently runs in locations and serves 236 pre-school children.
The core responsibility of this role is to support the organization’s leadership, specifically the President and CEO, Rabbi Zarchi, in all of Chabad’s efforts in strengthening Jewish life at Harvard and continuing to activate and organize Harvard’s Jewish alumni community to protect, enrich, and expand our reach both at Harvard and beyond.
In this role, you will be a key member of the leadership team responsible for strengthening organizational effectiveness, workflow efficiency, and support for the President with an eye towards strategic imperatives. You will serve as Rabbi Zarchi’s right hand, providing thought partnership, project management support, and serving as an organizational integrator who connects work streams to make the organization more effective.
You will be responsible for developing and implementing operational strategies to optimize efficiency, drive growth, and achieve organizational goals. This role requires strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills, as well as a deep understanding of operations management principles. Helping to manage Chabad’s real estate portfolio and having the ability to launch strategic initiatives will be key.
Responsibilities will include project management, facilitating decision-making, supporting human resources, hiring and onboarding new team members and some financial management.
Key projects include the Jewish Leaders Forum, which brings together current leaders from the business, political, academic and social arenas and young students leaders currently on campus.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of related or transferable experience
- Excellent written and verbal communicator
- Strong presentation development skills
- Highly organized with strong project management skills
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Ability to juggle multiple long-term, complex projects with urgent and ever-shifting demands, keeping track of all work streams and deliverables.
- Mission aligned; passionate about building Jewish community
Specific Skills:
- Highly skilled in Word, Powerpoint and Excel
- Financial fluency; able to read and review financial statements
- Experience in fund raising is desirable
- Experience in event management in desirable
Benefits:
Competitive salary and robust benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Generous paid time off
- Annual professional development stipend
- 401K
- Career progression and opportunities to advance within our growing organization
- An unrivaled network of connections and relationships throughout Harvard’s Jewish community
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected]
About Harvard Chabad
Harvard Chabad is the non-profit parent organization for four active student centers, at Harvard, MIT, Harvard’s Longwood campus and an International Student Center, a community center, and a thriving preschool with five locations. It is responsible for, and oversees many weekly programs, frequent social events, academic lectures, classes, volunteer opportunities, and much more.
Harvard Chabad is a place where Jews of all backgrounds and degrees of observance enjoy exploring their Jewish heritage in a warm, welcoming and non-judgmental environment. Harvard Chabad has set a new standard by transforming the Jewish experience for undergraduate and graduate students on a university campus.
Thousands of students have had their connection to Judaism deepened through our work, and we continue to serve as a premier model in engaging the students of this generation.
www.harvardchabad.org