Manager, K-12 Education

K-12 Education Manager, Center for Jewish-Inclusive Learning

The Jewish Education Project

New York, NY

Opportunity for Impact

The Jewish Education Project is devoted to ensuring that Jewish education is in tune with the forces that impact our world and our communities in a changing environment. We believe that in a rapidly changing world, Jewish education must continually evolve to meet the needs of the Jewish community. The power of harnessing knowledge and curating ideas to inspire the various stakeholders who influence Jewish education is a vital component of this work.

The Center for Jewish-Inclusive Learning partners with schools and leading educational organizations to equip K-12 educators with curated resources, professional development, and student programs about the Jewish people. We help educators build students’ critical thinking skills and deepen their understanding of the Jewish story, its role in world history, and its relevance today. Our tailored, free resources foster inclusive classrooms that lay the foundation for thriving communities free of antisemitism.

The Center for Jewish-Inclusive Learning (CJIL) is a division of The Jewish Education Project, a nonprofit organization founded in 1910 to inspire, strengthen, and propel the Jewish educational ecosystem to deliver innovative, timely, and meaningful educational experiences.

Position Overview

The Jewish Education Project seeks a full-time Manager, K-12 Education to join the CJIL team. Reporting to the Director of K-12 Program Implementation, the K-12 Education Manager will join a team developing and executing a plan to broaden and deepen delivery of professional development, resources and direct-to student experiences from partner content providers across all New York City Public School districts, school buildings and associations.

The K-12 Education Manager will serve as a primary point of contact for select New York City Public School leaders and will collaborate with educational content providers and colleagues across The Jewish Education Project to ensure alignment, communication, and shared success. The K-12 Education Manager will contribute to strategic planning and development based on lessons learned from CJIL’s previous work and related to outreach, evaluation, and scaling efforts across school systems.

This role offers an opportunity to help shape and advance CJIL’s evolving work in K-12 education. The K-12 Education Manager will work across relationship management, program implementation, curriculum review, and special projects. Responsibilities may include developing and managing teacher cohorts, reviewing educational resources, piloting new initiatives, and advancing other projects aligned with CJIL’s mission and goals.

As CJIL’s work develops, the focus of the role will evolve in response to lessons learned, school and district needs, and organizational priorities, in collaboration with the Director of K-12 Program Implementation.

This position is ideal for either a seasoned public-school leader or educational content provider with experience at the district level or for a community organizer with proven experience impacting system change. Candidates should be passionate about instructional excellence and inclusive school culture. The successful candidate will bring a deep understanding of how school systems operate, strong relationship-building skills, and a strategic mindset oriented towards creative problem-solving and results.

Key Areas of Focus and Responsibility

• Partnership Development and Relationship Management
• Serve as a primary liaison between CJIL and targeted district and school leaders, ensuring consistent, responsive, and values-aligned communication.
• Build and maintain relationships that foster collaboration, trust, and long-term engagement with CJIL’s work.
• Build and sustain a strong, collaborative relationship with education content providers and school/district leaders
• Work collaboratively with the CJIL team to ensure educational partners’ needs are met, and our engagement has its intended impact.
• Identify opportunities for CJIL to partner with schools and districts on professional learning, pilot programs, curriculum implementation, and student experiences.
• Facilitate focus groups, advisory sessions, teacher cohorts and other engagement opportunities to surface needs, gather insights, and inform CJIL’s program design.
• Represent CJIL at meetings, conferences, and events with educational leaders and system partners.
• Implementation and Assessment
• Collaborate with CJIL leadership to develop and execute outreach and partnership strategies aligned with the team’s goals.
• Develop and execute a plan to broaden and deepen delivery of professional development, resources and direct-to student experiences from partner content providers across New York City Public School districts, school buildings and associations.
• Manage project plans, timelines, deliverables, and documentation across assigned programs, curriculum review efforts, and special initiatives, adjusting as priorities evolve.
• Use data and feedback from districts, schools, and educational content partners to inform continuous improvement and growth strategies.
• Share insights from the field to strengthen CJIL’s understanding of school system needs and priorities.
• Contribute to planning for the evaluation and scaling of CJIL’s work across the NY area.
• Monitor progress, track outcomes, and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Program Development, Special Projects and Event Leadership
• Facilitate CJIL-sponsored school and district-level professional development, conferences, and other events.
• Facilitate partnership between educational content providers and school system leadership for the delivery of programs by educational content providers
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure events and initiatives are well executed and achieve desired outcomes.
• Collaborate with the CJIL team and other departments on communication and evaluation related to programs and events.

Evaluation

Track relationships and professional development across schools and districts

Monitor progress, track outcomes, and refine execution.

General Team Engagement

Contribute to the positive, learning-oriented team culture that values curiosity, initiative, and mutual support.

Actively participate in internal meetings, trainings, and events as a representative of a team that strives for excellence in professionalism and congeniality.

Experience, Qualifications, and Competencies

We welcome applicants with diverse cultural, professional, and educational backgrounds.

The ideal candidate is highly motivated, proactive, detail-oriented, organized, and tech savvy. They are comfortable with a start-up culture and able to juggle multiple projects, people, and priorities. The right candidate combines a deep understanding of public-school systems with excellent interpersonal skills, strategic thinking, and organizational acumen. Candidates with diverse cultural, educational, and experiential backgrounds are urged to apply.

5-7 years of full-time professional experience in or adjacent to K–12 public education.

Experience either in school systems including leadership roles such as principal, district administrator, central office staff or in K-12 educational organizations with experience securing delivery of content

Experience building partnerships and leading collaborative initiatives across multiple stakeholders.

Understanding and appreciation of the priorities, pressures, and opportunities facing urban public-school districts

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience facilitating meetings and trainings

High emotional intelligence, good judgment, and a solutions-oriented mindset.

Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage diverse tasks with attention to detail.

Comfort using digital tools for project management, data entry, design, and communication (experience with ClickUp, Salesforce, or similar platforms a plus).

Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn new software quickly.

Understanding of or interest in learning about Jewish identity, Jewish history, Israel, antisemitism, and how these topics relate to K–12 public education.

You are a candidate who will embrace working in an environment that prioritizes:

A positive attitude.

Demonstrating care and concern for the people around them.

Leading with humble confidence and competence.

Reliability, consistency, and accountability.

Striving for excellence.

What We Offer

• Salary in the range of $90,000-$100,000 commensurate with experience
• Four weeks paid time off
• Paid family leave
• Comprehensive health insurance
• 401k plan
• Commuter benefits
• Early close on Fridays for Shabbat and closed for most Jewish holidays
• Shortened summer hours
• A positive work environment with exposure to great learning opportunities and the chance to work with some of the top professionals in the field of Jewish Education

How to Apply

Please submit a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. Please include the job title in the email subject line. The Jewish Education Project is an equal opportunity employer.

Where You Will Work

Hybrid work environment with Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 1675 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, following remote summer hours.

The Jewish Education Project aims to select, place and train the best qualified persons based upon relevant factors such as work quality, attitude and experience, so as to provide equal employment opportunity for all our employees in compliance with applicable local, state, and federal laws and without regard to non-work related factors such as race, color, religion/creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class. We encourage and support diversity and tolerance in our workplace.