Director, Jewish Resilience

Overview

POSITION TITLE: Director, Jewish Resilience

SUPERVISOR:  Vice President, Advocacy

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Consultants, interns

LOCATION: Anywhere ADL has an office

GRADE/CLASS: Grade H, Exempt, PSA Eligible

 

 

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:

 

ADL is the leading anti-hate organization in the world. Founded in 1913, its timeless mission is “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Today, ADL continues to fight all forms of antisemitism and bias, using innovation and partnerships to drive impact. A global leader in combating antisemitism, countering extremism, and battling bigotry wherever and whenever it happens, ADL works to ensure a just and inclusive society for all.

 

Overview of the Initiative:

 

ADL is evolving a national effort focused on strengthening sector specific capacity to confront antisemitism. This effort empowers a diverse mix of community-based organizations, congregations, and sector partners by providing fit-for-purpose tools, guidance, and connections to combat antisemitism tailored to sector specific needs.

 

Primary Function:

 

The Director will lead the design, execution, and growth of a capacity-building initiative that helps provide resilience to sector specific Jewish organizations and movements to counter antisemitism with durable programs and operations. The role requires entrepreneurial leadership, structured program design, and deep collaboration across ADL teams and external partners. The Director will be responsible for stewarding relationships, building support systems, and measuring impact in ways that strengthen communal sustainability and scale.

Responsibilities

Primary:

• Build and execute a phased, cohort-oriented capacity-building program for sector specific groups and movements, with clear selection criteria, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Support partners in responding to incidents of antisemitism, leveraging community relationships and sector-specific knowledge to accelerate effective responses.
• Lead and expand Kulanu, Synagogues in Action Against Antisemitism (e.g., convenings, toolkits, training), partnering with denominational bodies and congregational leaders to strengthen institutional capacity to fight antisemitism delivery.
• Design modular support infrastructure (e.g., resource libraries, training curricula, mentorship networks, and on-demand access to ADL expertise, data, research, and policy insights) that can be tailored to organizational maturity and sector specific context.
• Develop an alumni network to enable peer mentoring, resource-sharing, and continued organizational strengthening.
• Recruit and engage an advisory group of practitioners (e.g., experienced operators, communal leaders, program directors) and a mentor council to provide practical guidance to participating organizations.
• Convene and coordinate cross-functional ADL teams (Legal, Empowerment, Brand and Marketing, Regional Offices, Impact Centers, and others) to align resources to support partners.
• Represent ADL in appropriate partner events, sector convenings, synagogue gatherings, and conferences to build trust, surface insights, and elevate best practices.

 

Secondary:

 

• Monitor developments across priority sectors and provide leadership with actionable intelligence on emergent antisemitism trends and community responses.

This job description provides a general overview of the role and its key responsibilities. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, and ADL reserves the right to assign additional tasks as needed.

Qualifications

Skills:

 

• Exceptional networking, public speaking, and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal acumen; ability to build trust with grassroots leaders, clergy, denominational bodies, and institutional partners across diverse communities.
• Entrepreneurial, proactive, and adaptable; comfortable iterating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments and making decisions with incomplete information.
• Skilled at navigating inter-organizational and intra-communal dynamics; able to broker collaboration with distributed leadership models and diverse denominational structures.
• Strong program design and project management for complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives; able to move from concept to execution with minimal supervis