Interim Regional Director at Repair the World

About

Repair the World mobilizes Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world. We believe that service in support of social change is vital to a flourishing Jewish community and an inspired Jewish life. By 2030, Repair will catalyze one million acts of service towards repairing the world.

Repair is building a national Jewish service movement of flourishing Jewish communities that serve in pursuit of a just world. Repair mobilizes young adults to serve in their communities, catalyzes service through deep partnerships with Jewish communal organizations, and inspires people to take action through time-bound thematic national service campaigns. Our mission provides volunteers with an increased connection to meaningful service and learning as a Jewish value, builds capacity for nonprofit partners to meet their missions, and deepens connections across lines of difference.

About Repair the World

Repair the World provides volunteers with an increased connection to meaningful service and learning as a Jewish value, deepening their connection to Jewish community and peoplehood, building bridges for nonprofit partners by meeting pressing needs to meet their missions, and building bridges across lines of difference.

Position Overview (Parental Leave Coverage)

Repair is seeking an Interim Regional Director (RD) for parental leave coverage from August - December, 2025. The Interim Regional Director will provide internal leadership and supervision across five communities: Chicago, Detroit, Colorado, the Bay Area, and Boston. The Interim RD will coach and support City Directors and local staff, ensure continuity of internal operations and communication, and contribute to regional and national planning efforts. While not responsible for external stakeholder engagement, they will collaborate with development staff as needed to support internal fundraising strategy, tracking, and reporting. The Interim Regional Director will also help steward cross-site learning, seasonal volunteer planning, and programmatic alignment with national goals.

This person will support the organization’s mission, leveraging their deep understanding of Jewish values to foster community connections and engage diverse Jewish audiences in the power of volunteering in the pursuit of social impact. The Interim RD will utilize their expertise in program development to design and execute a strategic calendar of programming. This involves supporting community staff as they create service opportunities that resonate with both the needs of our service partners and the interests of our target audience, with a particular emphasis on deepening participants’ Jewish connections and identity.

This leader will be passionate about the intersection of Jewish values, young adult engagement, and service. They will be a talented experiential Jewish educator, who is deeply committed to maintaining and building community collaborations. They will oversee five city directors who are responsible for overseeing, managing and facilitating all local programming (Jewish service learning programs, service corps, and service ambassadors), as well as local stakeholder engagement and recruitment.

This is a temporary full-time exempt position from approximately August through December 2025. The Interim RD will report to the Senior Director of Community Impact. This is designed as a full-time temporary role, however we are open to a 20-25 hour/week arrangement for the right candidate. This is a remote position supporting teammates on the east coast, midwest, and west coast.

Position Responsibilities

• Supervise and coach City Directors and program staff in Chicago, Detroit, Colorado, Bay Area, and Boston.
• Ensure internal alignment on regional priorities, programmatic goals, and organizational strategy.
• Participate in leadership team and cross-site meetings to maintain continuity of communication and planning.
• Support staff in preparing for and executing seasonal activations (National Days of Jewish Service in September-October and preparing for MLK Week of Service in January)
• Provide oversight on programmatic alignment with Jewish engagement strategy and issue areas.
• Track internal systems such as budgets, program data, and evaluation in collaboration with national staff.
• Support development staff with internal strategy, data collection, and narrative alignment as appropriate—without direct external engagement.
• Contribute to Jewish learning, storytelling, and reflection practices across teams.
• Offer thought partnership and consultative support to other staff or departments as capacity allows.

Position Skills & Core Competencies

We know you may not have all the skills listed. We encourage you to apply even if you only check some of the boxes.

• Leadership and Management: Strong leadership capabilities, with experience in managing teams and volunteers, fostering a collaborative and empowering environment.
• Excellence in Jewish Education: Demonstrated ability as an experiential Jewish educator and excitement to integrate Jewish values and content into service programs, enriching participants’ Jewish identity, engagement, and connection.
• Service Mindset: Commitment to serving others, grounded in a belief that we can make a difference in making the world better by serving alongside our neighbors to meet community needs.
• Community Engagement/Relationship Building: Proven skills in building and maintaining relationships across diverse communities, including local Jewish organizations, community-based partners, and program participants.
• Transformative Program Design: Proficiency in designing and executing programs that align with our vision, with the flexibility to adapt to community needs while focusing on Jewish learning and social impact.
• Growth Mindset and Resilience: Demonstrates advanced resilience and empathy, with a proven ability to adapt strategically to change. Exhibits a mature, solution-oriented mindset that views challenges as opportunities for organizational growth and personal development.

Requirements:

• 5+ Years of Experience including a track record of:
  • Building Jewish community
  • Supervision and coaching
  • Facilitation of groups, meetings, and trainings
• Relationship Management and Strategic Partnership Development: Clear understanding of how to create long-term professional relationships; proven ability to connect with executive leaders, non-profit leaders, and young adults; skilled in relationship building across diverse communities, including at an executive level or equivalent including negotiation of program impact, partnership and outcomes.
• Equity Lens: Sophisticated awareness of poverty, structural racism, power and privilege, ability to facilitate conversations around these issues with diverse groups in ways that empower and open people to learning.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Experience using data to measure programmatic impact, and an understanding of data management.

Repair the World Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We deeply value the diversity of insight, perspective, and experience brought by people from backgrounds typically underrepresented in Jewish institutions. This includes Black, Latinx, and Asian people, Black Jews, Jews of Color, Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities. We also welcome applications from people of diverse religious, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds.

The organization provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, national origin, disability condition, marital status, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. In addition, the organization affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity as it applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Compensation and Benefits

This is a temporary full-time exempt position from approximately August through December 2025. The Interim RD will report to the Senior Director of Community Impact. This is designed as a full-time temporary role, however we are open to a 20-25 hour/week arrangement for the right candidate.

Compensation at Repair the World is based on the salary band for the role and cost of living for the location. The annualized starting salary for this full-time, exempt role is $100,000 - 120,000 dependent on experience and location of the final candidate. As full-time employee, this role is eligible for all Repair benefits including paid time off for service in addition to vacation, sick time, personal days and holidays. Employer covers 100% of full-time employee’s health premiums (medical/dental/vision) for most plans and 50% for dependents. Additional benefits include retirement matching, professional development funds, employer-paid short and long term disability coverage plus access to the Jewish Learning Collaborative and our Economic Access Fund. (Note that for a part-time arrangement, not all benefits are included.)

This position is not included in Repair’s staff union-represented collective bargaining unit.

Application Process

The process for the hired applicant will include:

• Submission of resume and a cover letter that addresses the question: “How are you uniquely positioned to maintain and strengthen relationships with stakeholders in this interim role?”
• First round interview with Regional Director and Senior Director of Community Impact.
• Finalists will interview with Repair’s Chief Program Officer and Senior Director of People & Culture.
• All finalists will need to provide 3 professional references.