JAFI Shinshinim Hub Director Los Angeles

The Jewish Agency for Israel is looking to hire:

Jewish Agency ShinShinim Hub Director – Los Angeles Area

If you love Israel, if you feel that you want to do a meaningful job, if you want to change lives, and if you have the ability to move mountains and develop programs from the ground up, you should apply!

Local Shinshinim coordinator: Will work directly with the Shinshinim on a day-to-day basis, managing the specific implementation of the program in each local institution in their assigned area; providing professional and emotional support. Most critically, the supervisors will have local responsibility over the implementation of the program- creating the hub of 8-12 Shinshinsim,  working with institutions, etc.

The responsibilities of the coordinator include:

• Introducing the program to local organizations
• Supervisors will ‘sell’ the Shinshinim to the institutions.
• Advertise, market and place Shinshinim in the relevant organizations – Synagogues, Jewish day schools, JCCs, after school programs, Youth movements and others relevant places.
• Arrange and prepare host families for the Shinshinim
• Facilitate the job description and ongoing job with the site supervisors in the organizations.
• Arrange a comprehensive orientation for the Shinshinim, including meetings with Site supervisors, as well as an orientation to the community and the local hot spots.
• Hold weekly supervision meetings to assess work, goals, personal well-being and progress.
• Provide guidance in understanding local work culture, time management, and administrative skills. Shinshinim have not had a similar job, and may need extra guidance in this area
• Help ease their transition into American culture - keep an eye out for homesickness and withdrawing, especially in the first month
• Determining the needs and requests of the local organizations
• Deciding which community location sites are primary, dominant, subdominant, etc.
• Support and day to day guidance for the Shinshinim.
• Take part in Jewish Agency orientation and conferences.

• what the coordinator needs to be:
  • Zionistic, Israel loving, driven person
  • Writing and speaking in both Hebrew and English – fluent
  • College graduate
  • Able to work flexible hours, availability for addressing the shinshinim needs outside of working hours, sometimes also during the night and the weekend
  • Experience in providing informal education – an advantage
  • Knowledge and familiarity with the LA community – an advantage