Position: Israel Program Associate / Senior Associate

Reports to: Director of Israel Operations

Location: Hybrid - Tel Aviv, Israel

Start Date: Flexible start date - May 2025

Position

J Street’s Israel office is seeking a program associate / senior associate, who shares a commitment to J Street's mission. The person in this position will assist the Israel Team in developing J Street's educational programs and outreach, including organizing and executing J Street missions to the region and executing the Israel Team’s work plan at large.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning and staffing J Street missions to Israel and the Palestinian territory (logistics, budget management, booking, preparatory material, programming etc.)

• Organizing visits for individuals traveling to the region, including drafting itineraries and providing resources and connections.

• Content development and logistics for programming for J Street audiences, including speaker tours, webinars, and J Street national conferences and summits.

• Administrative support including data management in Salesforce, translations, composing emails and letters for general use.

• Assisting the Israel Executive Director in advancing outreach strategy to Israeli political officials, including drafting emails, scheduling and documenting meetings, liaising with parliamentary assistants, and following up on action items.

Required and Desired Skills and Characteristics

• A minimum of two years of relevant work experience

• Strong writing and speaking skills in English

• Proficiency in Hebrew, fluency preferred

• Highly responsible, able to work independently and attentive to details

• Strong interpersonal skills and a team player

• Background on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

• Familiarity with American politics and Israeli politics

• Willingness to travel abroad, once or twice a year, and to put in extended hours around big events, such as delegations

• Comfort with data management

• A strong commitment to J Street’s mission is required, including:

• Support for a secure, Jewish, and democratic future for Israel, and
• Advocating an active US leadership role to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict diplomatically

Additional desired qualifications include:

• Experience in event management and/or educational tourism, hospitality

• Fluency in Hebrew; high level reading, writing, and speaking skills

• Familiarity and/or work experience in Israeli politics

More about J Street

J Street organizes pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy Americans to promote US policies that align with Jewish and democratic values, that help secure the State of Israel as a just, democratic homeland for the Jewish people, and that advance freedom, safety and self-determination for the Palestinian people. J Street focuses its work in three main areas: (1) Advocating and demonstrating support for pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy policies in Congress, the media and the Jewish community; (2) Endorsing and raising money for federal candidates who share J Street’s agenda; and (3) Educating the public and raising awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the two-state solution.

Compensation and Hours

The salary for this full-time position is 10,000-12,000 NIS / month. Benefits such as paid vacation and sick leave, paid time off on national and Jewish holidays, and pension are in accordance with Israeli law. This position is expected to be in-person at least 2 days a week.

To Apply for the Position

We are excited to receive applications from a broad range of applicants as we grow our organization to better reflect the diversity of the communities that care about our mission. Please submit the items listed below:

1. Written responses to two short answer application questions
2. Resume
3. List of three references

J Street values an inclusive, welcoming, and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to understanding and valuing each other’s perspectives at all levels of the organization, thereby creating a culture that allows us to better serve our employees and the communities we work with. We comply with Israel’s Equal Employment Opportunity Law (1988) and do not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, political views, military service, or disability. This policy applies to all aspects of employment and fellowships, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits, and termination. Certain roles may require physical abilities, such as staffing delegations and travel.