About the position
The Part-Time Administrative Assistant provides essential support to ensure the efficient operation of the JRC office. They are responsible for performing a variety of administrative and clerical tasks, supporting staff, and helping to maintain smooth day-to-day organizational functions. Reports to the Director of Operations and may take direction from other JRC senior staff. This is a 20-hour/week position, Tuesdays-Fridays, generally five hours per day.

About the organization
JRC, one of the Reconstructionist movement’s largest congregations with about 430 households, sits on the border of Evanston and Chicago, creating a special mix of suburban and city culture. Our members represent a beautiful diversity of Jewish observance, gender and sexual identity, race, and interfaith families. We are a hands-on, highly collaborative congregation with members leading many aspects of community life with our dynamic staff and clergy.

Salary and Benefits
The salary range for this part-time, non-exempt position is $26,000-$30,000, commensurate with experience. Benefits include paid time off and paid holidays.

Essential Functions

• Assist our staff team with administrative needs, including answering door and phone, checking voicemail, engaging with members and helping to take care of their needs and requests
• Assist with member administrative management
• Help with program set-up and holiday administrative needs
• Help to write, track, and send thank you and acknowledgement letters for donations
• Assist with Kehillah (School) enrollment and administration including attendance support, ordering supplies and materials, physical set up of activities, and helping to maintain supply-room
• Create Sign Up Genius and Google Forms, set up Zoom meetings, and maintain Constant Contact lists
• Help with Calendar management (Ritual, Clergy, Program, School, and Administrative)
• Create signs and print other materials
• Track and maintain supplies
• Other duties as assigned

About you
We’re a nimble team with diverse skills to serve our close-knit, warm, relaxed congregation. The best fit for this role is someone with previous administrative experience; synagogue administration with ShulCloud knowledge is a bonus! You have keen attention to detail and excellent interpersonal skills. You can work independently and proactively, though you enjoy collaborating on a small team. You’re able to manage multiple priorities and you’re comfortable interacting with staff, leadership, and JRC members. You’re a good oral and written communicator and you enjoy problem-solving. You are tech-savvy and are a pro at Microsoft Office software. And you’re excited to learn about and respect cultural traditions, including those of Judaism.

To apply
Please send your resume and letter of intent to JRC’s Director of Operations, Leslie Brown, at lbrown@jrctogether.org.

We strongly encourage applications from candidates reflective of the communities JRC serves, including people of color, those in interfaith relationships, people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and individuals with varied identities and backgrounds, including Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Micky Baer at mbaer@jrctogether.org or 847-328-7678.

Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation is an Equal Opportunity employer.