Careers
The Career Center is a forum that pairs Jewish communal professional organizations with career opportunities together with people seeking those opportunities in Jewish communal service.
If you represent a local Jewish communal organization click on the “Submit a Job Listing” button below and complete the form. Within two business days, your posting will either go live or you will be contacted by Jconnect with questions. Before posting, read Jconnect’s Career Posting Guidelines.
If you are looking for a new opportunity, browse the job listings below. If you are interested in any of the positions, please contact the posting organization(s) directly. We encourage you to check back often because new jobs are always being posted.
Good luck!
Current Opportunities
Communications Manager
Posted: 10/23/2020
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s Communications Manager will be a talented writer, experienced collaborator, and strategic communicator. They will develop and implement new, creative ways of translating Federation’s impact to key stakeholders (including donors, lay leaders, and Jewish communal professionals) and the community at large. If you’re a thoughtful, motivated professional ready to be an essential member of The Jewish Federation’s dynamic Marketing & Communications team, read on!
Senior Government Affairs Associate
Posted: 10/22/2020
Position: Senior Government Affairs Associate (Registered Lobbyist)
Reports to: Director of Government Affairs
Location: Washington, DC (Currently Remote)
Start Date: Immediately
Director – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)
Posted: 09/23/2020
The Jewish Federation professional team is mission-driven and dedicated to helping every member of Greater Washington’s Jewish community connect with purpose, at a time when maintaining those connections is more important than ever before. JFGW is committed to proactively using our resources, platforms and influence to build a culture of inclusion and belonging and to work to repair our broken world (tikkun olam) – with a core focus on disability inclusion. Our work is grounded in the value that every human being is created b’zelem elohim (in G-d’s image), across ability, race, gender-identity, LGBTQ+ status, and other aspects of identity. We recognize that this kind of important work starts from the inside out, and our responsibility in this ongoing journey includes fostering inclusion, equity and belonging for our professional team, our volunteer & Board leadership, and for our community.
The Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) is a key driver and champion of this work, responsible for collaborating with colleagues, volunteer leadership, and other community builders to create a robust culture of inclusion & belonging and deep impact within the organization and in the broader community. You will be managing the implementation of Federation’s new DEIB plan being developed with outside consultants, along with a cross-functional team, with the full backing of our Executive Team.
Accountant
Posted: 09/23/2020
Essential functions of the position:
- Prepare daily cash receipts reports
- Maintain files for daily deposit batches
- Reconcile cash, checks, and charges to general ledger to subsidiary data base systems (Traction Rec, Classy and Campminder)
- Prepare credit card Excel report spreadsheets
- Reconcile merchant services credit card reports
- Understand accounts payable and be able to function and/or back-up
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts and various general ledger accounts to supporting audit schedules
- Monitor and audit general ledger postings including revenue and expense accounts and prepare correcting journal entries as needed
- Prepare journal entries as assigned
- Compile and maintain cash flow report
Development Assistant
Posted: 09/23/2020