Jewish Program Director

Job Summary

Rose Community Foundation seeks a Jewish Life Program Director to develop and implement strategies in grantmaking, initiatives, and partnership-building that advance the Foundation’s Jewish Life priorities and strategies. This portfolio supports a dynamic, inclusive, safe and joy-filled Jewish ecosystem, embracing myriad ways to be Jewish and building enduring community infrastructure to sustain it. Reporting to the Chief Impact Officer and working closely with the President & CEO, the Program Director will steward roughly $2.8 million in annual grantmaking dedicated to the Jewish community in a seven‑county Metro Denver/Boulder area – while advising on and engaging with additional Foundation programming, resources, aligned donors and investments to increase capacity, community engagement, sustainability and security of local Jewish organizations.

This range is provided by Rose Community Foundation. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range: $89,000.00 /yr – $ /yr

• Manage all grants and relationships within the Jewish Life portfolio, serving as the principal point of contact for grant prospects, applicants and grantees
• Review grant proposals and conduct due diligence (including analyzing strategies, budgets, and conducting site visits) to evaluate alignment with funding goals and community needs
• Serve as the lead staff person for the Jewish Life Committee, working closely with the committee chair on agenda development and meeting facilitation, presenting strategy and grant recommendations to the committee, and providing the committee with relevant learning opportunities
• Present funding recommendations and relevant context to Foundation leadership, the Jewish Life Committee, and Board (as needed) via written and verbal grant summaries and analyses
• Proactively source potential grantees and partners, field inquiry calls from organizations and assess ideas against the portfolio’s strategic priorities
• Partner with the Grants Management team on the development of grant opportunities, including applications, scoring rubrics, and report forms

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including Jewish nonprofit organizations (grantees and non‑grantees), local and national funders and partners, community leaders, and subject‑matter experts and use these relationships to identify emerging needs, foster collaborations, and amplify the impact of the Foundation’s investments
• Develop and implement strategies to deepen the Foundation’s engagement with the Jewish community – across denominations, geographies, demographics, and organizational type/focus – ensuring the Foundation’s work is inclusive of the full spectrum of Jewish life
• Identify and pursue opportunities to further the Foundation’s strategic goals through methods beyond grantmaking including convening partners, connecting organizations, offering or facilitating capacity‑building and professional development opportunities for grantees, elevating community voices, and providing thought leadership

• In partnership with the Chief Impact Officer, President & CEO, and Jewish Life Committee, design and implement overall strategies to achieve the goals of the Jewish Life portfolio, including periodically refining funding priorities and theories of change to ensure they remain responsive to community needs and aligned with the Foundation’s strategic plan
• Lead internal and external projects or special initiatives related to Jewish Life, from concept to execution
• Oversee the Jewish Life grantmaking budget and work with the Grants Management team to plan and track the allocation of grant dollars across grant opportunities
• Serve as a key liaison between the Jewish Life program area and other Foundation departments, providing strategic direction and internal guidance around utilizing organization‑wide change making approaches in support of Jewish Life priorities, curating plans that involve voice and leadership tools, donor engagement and…