Overview
Temple Beth-El (Richmond, VA), a dynamic community of 315 member units and 68 students in our K-10 religious school, seeks a Director of Congregational Learning. The individual in this new position will be responsible for creating and implementing cohesive educational programming for our multigenerational community working with our Senior Rabbi and lay leaders to advance our educational vision and community engagement strategy. The Director of Congregational Learning will engage directly with our community, help lead educational opportunities for both our youth and learners of all ages, serve as a mentor and a resource to both students and staff, and work to bolster opportunities for Jewish education and experience. In this role, you will be responsible for leading our twice a week religious school – to include recruiting students and staff, overseeing curriculum development and delivery, coordinating periodic Shabbat and holiday programs for the religious school youth, developing youth group programming within the synagogue as well as promoting such programs as may be offered in the larger Jewish community, and ensuring smooth, safe, and secure operations. You will also oversee our B’nai Mitzvah tutoring program. At present, the current B’nai Mitzvah class consists of 10 seventh grade students and 3 sixth grade students. In addition, you will partner with the Senior Rabbi to deliver meaningful, relevant, and inspiring programming to both the youth and adults of the congregation.
The ideal candidate will possess a collaborative spirit and demonstrated administrative experience. Illustrative examples of the experience sought might include but not be limited to the following: the hiring, necessary training and support of teachers and teaching assistants; assisting teachers with classroom management; creating age appropriate curriculum; developing and managing a detailed budget; seeking grants to support new and expanding educational opportunities; developing strong relationships with religious school families.
Preferred qualifications include a combination of Rabbinic ordination with practical experience.
Applicants are invited to articulate all relevant experience they wish the candidate search committee to consider in support of their application. This position affords the successful candidate an opportunity to lead in the development and implementation of new and dynamic child and family education programming.
-Healthcare (base plan fully covered for the employee)
-Generous time off and family leave policy
-403(b) and life / disability insurance via the Joint Retirement Board for Conservative Judaism (https://jrbcj.org)
-Flexible work hours, and more!
Search Chairs:
Benjamin Katz: bhkatz@gmail.com
Geri Adlergeri: Adlergeri.adler@gmail.com
President Isaac Skromne: iskromne@gmail.com
Senior Rabbi, Rabbi Rachel Salston: rabbi.salston@bethelrichmond.org
About Temple Beth-El
In the heart of Richmond's stunning and historic Museum District, Temple Beth-El is this city's address for a Judaism that fuses devotion to our heritage with insights from today and imagination towards our future. As an exciting center of community, faith, celebration, and learning, Beth-El offers many points of access to an invigorating, meaningful, and engaging Jewish life: dynamic and moving prayer; illuminating and engaging social activism; nourishing and fulfilling relationships. We believe that Judaism should be joyous and accessible to people of all backgrounds, ages and stages. We proudly welcome everyone into our congregational family: Jews by choice and those by birth, interfaith families, LGBTQ+, those of all abilities, the Jew-curious, and more! Whatever your background, and wherever you are on your journey, we are eager to help you enrich your lives through Judaism and community. Our Religious School welcomes its students to a life of Jewish learning, with lively large spaces and personal, meaningful education. Our innovative and child-centered approach to Jewish learning provides a dynamic environment where Jewish education is joyous, inspiring and spiritual. Our curriculum includes traditional classroom learning using music, art, nature, literature, and project-based learning to deepen students’ understanding of our Jewish traditions, values and practices. We also make use of unique resources in our community including the local Virginia Holocaust Museum and the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.