Job Title:
Executive Director
Organization Name:
Herzl Camp
Job Type:
Full-time
Salary Range:
$140,000-$185,000/year
Deadline:
Open until filled
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Herzl Camp Association Board of Directors, the Executive Director will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Herzl Camp.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
LEADERSHIP
- Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence; prioritizing rigorous and consistent quality of program evaluation, finance and administration, operations, fundraising, communications, risk management, and systems oversight.
- Recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the organization’s strategic goals, including executing on the strategic plan adopted in 2023 and setting the vision for ongoing strategy development and execution.
- Responsible for leading, developing, and coaching the organization’s senior leadership team.
- Ensure alignment across all facets of the organization
- Actively engage and energize Herzl Camp’s volunteers, board members, committees, alumni, partner organizations, and funders.
- Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors (Association and Foundation); serve as ex-officio of each committee or assign appropriate staff to oversee them; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing short-term projects and long-term initiatives.
- Responsible for creating, maintaining, and executing against the approved annual budget.
- Represent Herzl Camp in the broader community as a leader and ambassador.
CAMP MANAGEMENT
- Oversee and work closely with Director of Camp & Culture to build a strong summer staff team to design and execute effective summer and family camp programming in Webster, WI.
- Oversee and work closely with Director of Camp & Culture to ensure excellence in programming, training of staff, and managing a safe, secure, and inclusive environment for all.
- Ensure effective tracking and measurement of camp’s impact to communicate successes to key constituents, identify areas of opportunity, and plan for and implement program improvements.
- Oversee and work closely with Director of Operations to ensure that our property, buildings, waterfront, general maintenance, and security meet the needs of our camp program.
- Provide leadership around organizational strategy, policies, risk management, critical communications, and crisis-management
- Oversee the development of the vision for and ultimate execution of year-round programming opportunities.
RECRUITMENT AND MARKETING
- Lead organization, including board members, staff, and volunteers, in efforts to welcome and include new campers, college-age staff, and their families into the Herzl community.
- Work closely with year-round camp staff to develop and execute robust and wide-ranging plans to recruit and retain campers and staff members from existing and new constituencies.
- Oversees all marketing and recruitment activities, sets clear goals, tracks and shares progress with all stakeholders.
FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Oversee and work closely withthe Advancement Director to sustain a culture of philanthropy.
- Build relationships that inspire generosity and ensure that the organization has the resources to achieve its mission.
HUMAN RESOURCES
- Overall supervision of HR function and point person for employees to navigate HR issues.
- Ownership of compliance, including the creation and maintenance of policy and procedures.
- Responsible for staff development and engagement strategy.
PLANNING AND NEW BUSINESS
- Participate and architect an ongoing strategic business planning process for growth, including potential expansion into new partnerships or revenue streams such as rentals and retreats and other year-round opportunities.
- Be an external local and national presence that publishes and communicates program results.
Experience and Qualifications Requirements:
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Team player and team builder who is committed to executing Herzl Camp’s mission.
- Creative, proactive, persistent, and enthusiastic leader who is fun to be around.
- Track record of effectively leading and regionally and/or nationally scaling a performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff; ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth.
- Deep knowledge of Jewish tradition, teachings, observance, and kashrut that allows the Executive Director to inspire a love of lifelong Jewish learning and Israel.
- An unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation.
- Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget.
- Past success working with a Board of Directors with the ability to cultivate board member relationships.
- Strong marketing, public relations, and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
- Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning.
- Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years experience working in a year-round supervisory and program management role
- Experience working in a camping environment (overnight camping) a plus
- Experience and proven success managing/supporting a non-profit board
- Will need to reside in the Twin Cities (or surrounding areas of Minneapolis/St. Paul) and relocate to Webster, WI for the summer program.
- SMB (small-to-midsize) business and P+L management/oversight preferred
Additional Information
Executive Director Camp Administration
Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Reports to: Herzl Camp Association Board of Directors
Salary Range: $140,000-$185,000
OVERVIEW
Herzl Camp is a welcoming, independent camp where young people become self-reliant, create lasting Jewish friendships, and develop commitment and love for Judaism and Israel. Herzl Camp creates a vibrant Jewish community of future leaders.
Our core values:
- We make connections and nurture our Herzl family.
- We are pluralistic in our Judaism; we embrace the people, the land and the story of Israel.
- We provide tools, training and the opportunity to lead; transforming campers and staff into tomorrow’s passionate Jewish leaders.
- We celebrate individuality and inclusion; encouraging everyone to be part of something bigger than themselves.
- We embrace ongoing and inter-generational shared experiences – from the ridiculous to the sublime – to foster lasting friendships, build identity, community and a sense of belonging throughout our lives.
How to Apply
Email your resume and cover letter to [email protected]
