Part Time
Youth Director(s)/Youth Couple
Salary: £10,000 p.a. for each successful candidate
Hours: Every Shabbat plus one evening per week (12 hours each per week).
Edgware Synagogue, with 1,900 members and 600 children, is one of the largest congregations in the UK and a flagship of the United Synagogue. We cater to a very varied membership and your job will be to get more of our youth involved.
We are seeking to recruit two new Youth Directors / a Youth Couple in this expanded role in order to build on the work of their predecessors to enhance the informal Jewish education of the Youth and encourage a significant increase in the participation in Youth events.
Responsibilities will include organising youth activities on Shabbat and festivals, a mid-week Club, planning innovative programs and, most importantly, building relationships with the Youth of our Synagogue.
You should have proven experience in:
- Positions working with youth and demonstrate the ability to plan events from conception through to execution.
- Working closely with Tribe is an essential part of the role.
- You must have plenty of initiative, good organisational, administrative and communication skills as well as demonstrating a passion for Judaism and the desire to help nurture that enthusiasm in others.
The Youth Directors will work closely with a dedicated team in the Synagogue, in particular, the Community Development Manager.
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