East Bay Regional Director

For 78 years, JCRC Bay Area has served as the largest collective voice of Bay Area Jews, bringing together diverse Jewish communities with our neighbors to build a just society and a secure Jewish future. Our flexible, hybrid office is a fast‑paced, energetic, and dynamic environment that inspires collaboration and growth. The position combines approximately 60% community relations work and 40% fundraising and donor engagement, with success measured by the strength and impact of relationships built across both portfolios.

Relationship Building:
The East Bay Regional Director serves as JCRC’s leading relationship‑builder, fundraiser, and representative within Alameda and Contra Costa’s Jewish and broader civic communities. This leadership role is responsible for cultivating deep and meaningful relationships and partnerships with Jewish and civic leaders, JCRC member organizations (partner agencies and congregations), grassroots groups, elected officials, and philanthropic supporters in the East Bay.

Fundraising:
The Regional Director will manage a portfolio of dedicated East Bay‑based annual supporters of JCRC, and our affiliated 501c4, Bay Area Jewish Action (BAJA). In partnership with the Director of Development, the East Bay Regional Director will prospect, steward, solicit, and thank annual supporters of JCRC, and identify avenues for our supporters to assume lay leadership across the organization.

Community Relations:
The Regional Director will serve as the frontline representative of JCRC working with Jewish East Bay communities through the JCRC Council and beyond to ensure strong regional alignment and effective rapid‑response coordination as issues emerge. The East Bay Regional Director will also serve as a partner and regional liaison for JCRC’s centralized teams of specialists (government affairs, external partnerships, K–12 education, and Jewish affairs & antisemitism) to implement the organization’s programming and strategy in Alameda and Contra Costa.

In addition, the Regional Director will cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with key non‑Jewish community stakeholders, civic leaders, and partner organizations in the East Bay to advance mutual understanding, strengthen community partnerships, and support JCRC’s broader mission and regional priorities.

• Serve as the primary JCRC point of contact for Jewish communal leaders and organizations throughout the East Bay.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with rabbis, synagogue leaders, educators, civic leaders, nonprofit professionals, business leaders, elected officials, and emerging Jewish leadership.
  • Convene and facilitate regular meetings of JCRC council members and regional stakeholders to deepen engagement in JCRC priorities and initiatives.
  • Support and collaborate with grassroots leadership groups addressing antisemitism, civic participation, coalition‑building, and community resilience.
• Coordinate closely with JCRC specialist teams focused on:
  Government Affairs, External Community Partnerships, K–12 Education, and Jewish Affairs & Antisemitism.
  • Identify emerging community concerns and opportunities and coordinate responses with JCRC’s internal policy and program experts.
  • Develop and strengthen partnerships with non‑Jewish community organizations, interfaith leaders, advocacy groups, and civic institutions.
• Strengthen JCRC’s visibility, trust, and impact throughout the East Bay region.
  • Represent JCRC publicly at meetings, events, coalitions, and community gatherings.
• Manage and grow a portfolio of East Bay‑based donors and prospects.
  • Manage donors at the giving circle level ($1800+) in addition to major gifts prospects, contributing to JCRC’s annual fundraising goal.
  • Maintain responsibility for individual donor cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and relationship management.
  • Identify and cultivate new donors and philanthropic leaders.
• Partner with development staff and organizational leadership to execute regional fundraising strategies.
  • Support donor engagement events, briefings, and community gatherings.
  • Integrate fundraising efforts authentically into broader…