Opportunities
Hazon Staff March 2013
Hazon works to create healthier and more sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond. We’re the largest dedicated environmental organization in the American Jewish community. In aggregate we’re seeking to shift the nature of what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century- enabling and encouraging Jewish people to have an impact in the world and transforming Jewish life in the process. We are based in New York and have offices in San Francisco, Denver and Boulder.
We are currently hiring for the following positions:
Assistant Registrar at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Details
This is a full-time position that begins April 8th. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Assisting guests with their reservations using the online registration database
- Answering registration phone line and fielding general and program-specific questions (e.g. program content, transportation, kashrut, etc.)
- Staffing the main office in person from Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm (except when Shabbat begins before 5 pm)
- Providing general office information, such as directing people to forms, supplies, directing deliveries to the appropriate place, greeting guests, and managing the phone system, and answering the main phone line
- Entering donations received into our database, generating donation reports, writing and mailing donor acknowledgement letters
Qualifications include:
- Excellent computer skills, include working knowledge of Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Excel, mail merges and ability to learn new programs
- Personable, friendly, and organized
- Ability to communicate information efficiently and clearly to guests and staff
- Ability to handle and organize a lot of information at once while paying attention to details
- Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, flexible cooperative team setting
- Resourceful and entrepreneurial, with good judgment and strong problem-solving skills
Annual salary includes room, board, full benefit package, use of the many amenities at the facility for much of the year, and opportunities to participate in interesting and varied classes.
Download a PDF of the job description here.
To apply, please send cover letter, resume, and salary expectations to Amy Hannes. Please describe in your cover letter why you are interested in and suited to this position.
Internships:
We have a few summer internships still available for passionate, hardworking candidates looking to play an important role in the New Jewish Food Movement. Internships based at Makom Hadash in New York are now full; see individual descriptions for other location information and how to apply. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until positions are filled. Check back next summer for new opportunities!
Hazon Colorado Intern: Boulder or Denver, CO
Interns supporting Hazon’s Colorado office (www.hazon.org/colorado) will have a hands-on role in advancing a number of programs that will build a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community. Interns must live in the Denver/Boulder area and be available a minimum of 6 hours/week and up to full time.
Depending on timing of internship and skills of the intern, responsibilities can include:
- Support the implementation of our mini-grant program, including networking with applicants and grantees working on Jewish food and environmental projects.
- Write for the Colorado Hazon blog and advance our social media presence.
- Network with Jewish farms, gardens and CSAs.
- Promote and support the use of the Food Audit and Food Guide at Jewish institutions.
- Promote the advancement of Jewish food and environmental education through supporting Colorado members of the Jewish Food Education Network.
- Support an interfaith project targeted at houses of worship to encourage eating locally.
- Support local one-day bike rides.
- Help with data gathering and data analysis to evaluate and assess the impact of our work.
- Represent Hazon by tabling at booths at events like the Boulder Jewish Festival and farmers markets.
How to Apply: Please send cover letter and resume to Colorado@Hazon.org
Teva Summer Intern: Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
This is a great opportunity for someone looking for experience in a Jewish nonprofit organization. The successful candidate must have an appreciation for Jewish Environmentalism and the mission of the
Teva Learning Alliance, which is to fundamentally transform Jewish education through experiential learning that fosters Jewish and ecological sustainability.
Responsibilities may include some or all of the following:
Support Teva Learning Alliance Programs (40%)
- Assist with the planning, execution and follow-up of Teva programs
- Support Teva programs by assembling curricular materials, researching educational
- information & seeking to continually improve organizational offerings
- Correspond with program participants regarding program follow up
Communicate & Support Teva Learning Allaince’s mission (30%)
- Market Teva via website, Facebook and emails
- Table at conferences and summer events
- Manage logistics & communications between Teva, schools & other organizations
Manage Teva Learning Alliance Office (30%)
- Facilitate receipt of supplies & materials
- Read through student and teacher evaluations and create summary documents
Required Skills
- Well developed organizational skills combined with an ability to multi-task
- Independent worker who is able to take initiative on projects
- Creative, solutions-oriented and a quick thinker/learner
- Excellent communication in person, on the telephone, & by written correspondence
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and a professional demeanor
- Comfortable navigating computer files & manipulating databases
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications & proficiency with HTML and web design
- Familiarity with Hebrew language is a plus
Location and Additional Information: This internship will be based at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT, the official headquarters of the Teva Learning Alliance. Internship dates will be from June-August 2013 (dates flexible). Intern will be expected to work 4-5 days per week. Room and board will be provided in addition to a summer of nourishing food, spirituality and great experiences!
How to Apply: Please send cover letter and resume to Yishai Cohen, yishai@tevalearningalliance.org.
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Background on Hazon
Hazon is the largest environmental organization in the American Jewish community. We create healthy and sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond.
We effect change in three ways:
- Through the direct human impact of our programs;
- By supporting the American Jewish environmental movement and the Israeli environmental movement;
- Through thought-leadership (writing, speaking, teaching, campaigning).
The following values underpin our programs:
- A strong commitment to inclusive community;
- A strong commitment to volunteer involvement and leadership development;
- Multi-generationality;
- Being Jewishly serious and deeply engaged with the world around us;
- We believe in reaching people where they are and not where we might like them to be.
In the medium-term, our goal is to transform Jewish life over the next few years, so that by September 2015 – at the end of the next shmita (sabbatical) year in the Jewish tradition, – we are clearly and demonstrably weaving commitments to sustainability into the fabric of Jewish life in this country and around the world.
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