Employment

Employment Opportunities

Korman Chair in Inclusive Education (posted January 4, 2012)

Major Gifts Officer (posted August 17, 2011)

Korman Chair in Inclusive Jewish Education

This endowed professor provides academic and entrepreneurial leadership, vision, and scholarship for our Center for Inclusive Jewish Education and serves as a core faculty member of our Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education. The Korman Chair will teach and mentor graduate students, build and sustain partnerships with academic and community-based organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of Jewish education for diverse learners including children with special needs, and innovate professional development systems and services.

The ideal candidate will have these qualifications:

PhD, EdD, or equivalent degree
Demonstrated academic leadership skills
Excellence in teaching at the graduate level, including experience with on-line and distance learning technologies
Experience in research, service, and/or advocacy for children with special needs and inclusive education

Experience with formal or informal education of children with disabilities in the Jewish community

Specific areas of expertise may vary but could include:

Jewish education
Interdisciplinary teamwork for assessment and intervention
Family engagement and parent support
Differentiated curriculum & instruction
Early childhood education
New technologies and social media platforms for learning and inclusion
Positive youth development

Community partnerships for education excellence and affordability

Hebrew College is a vibrant, growing, and transforming institution of Jewish learning located in the Boston area. It embraces a pluralistic community passionately committed to learning, creativity, and communal responsibility. In addition to the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, the College includes the Rabbinical School and School of Jewish Music, all aspiring toward greater inclusivity. Faculty, students and programs represent a global network of learners.

Interested candidates should forward a CV and letter including a statement on teaching and leadership philosophies as well as what you find compelling about teaching at Hebrew College to:

Rabbi Dr Michael Shire

Dean and Professor of Jewish Education

mshire@hebrewcollege.edu

160 Herrick Road

Newton, MA 02459 USA

Applications will be reviewed beginning January 30 and continue until the position is filled.

Hebrew College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Major Gifts Officer (Posted August 17, 2011)

Hebrew College currently has a position available for a Major Gifts Officer who is a highly energetic individual with a track record of building donor relationships, closing gifts in the five and six figure range and will:

Solicit gifts of $50,000 and higher from alumni, and others who identify with the mission of Hebrew College.
Manage relationships with approximately 75-100 prospective donors and identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward these very important alumni and friends of the college.
Work collaboratively with volunteers, advancement staff, and other College representatives to cultivate and solicit donors for college-wide priorities.
Monitor all prospect contacts to ensure positive and purposeful relations.
Recommend and assist with advancement programs involving the President, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, and volunteer leaders.
Be a highly energetic professional with a track record of building donor relationships and closing gifts in the five and six-figure range.

Report to the Vice President for Institutional Advancement and work collaboratively and strategically with advancement professionals, faculty, and other campus leaders.

Duties and responsibilities:

Manage a portfolio of key prospects.
Participate in all aspects of the gift cycle:

Initiate contacts with potential major gift donors
Develop appropriate cultivation strategies including working with volunteers
Move potential donors in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure

- Maintain stewardship contacts with donors; adhere to the highest ethical standards; demonstrate empathetic disposition, persevere; reflect an optimistic attitude, and convey sensitivity to needs of the donors
Work collaboratively with advancement officers, faculty and key leadership. Offer prospect strategy counsel to colleagues who are managing other prospects.
Focus on securing support for a set of campus-wide priorities in line with the goals of the strategic plan.

Other responsibilities as assigned by the Vice President for Institutional Advancement.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree, Masters preferred
Five to seven years successful experience in major and/or planned gift fundraising preferably in higher education and /or Jewish communal work.
Ability to understand the needs and interests of major gift donors and the role these needs and interests play in developing donor's connections with the college.
Interest in our educational mission, and a commitment to promoting the college's fundraising priorities by developing excellent relationships with faculty, senior academic leaders, volunteers, and the advancement team
Demonstrated leadership and the ability to successfully manage multi-functional or diverse areas.
Successful experience in making cold calls as well as developing cultivation and solicitation strategies.
Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated record of completing assignments.