Assistant Director of Family Engagement; ECE

ABOUT THE JCC EAST BAY

The JCC East Bay values hachnasat orchim (providing a welcoming home) for people of all ages and life stages. Inspired by Jewish values, culture, and tradition, we build relationships, foster learning, and offer accessible pathways to Jewish life through programs for children, teens, families, adults, and older adults. After decades of operating our suite of programs in North Berkeley, we will be opening a new home for East Bay Jewish life in the summer of 2026 in Oakland.

Our new campus will offer programs and activities to spark creativity, nurture identity, and weave together diverse generations, cultures, and organizations—including voices from across global Jewry—into a living tapestry of culture, learning, and kehilla (community) connections. Our future flagship campus in the Rockridge neighborhood will house our administrative offices and our award-winning preschool opening in the fall of 2026, and we will retain after school programs in Berkeley and in several Oakland public schools.

The Assistant Director of Family Engagement (ECE) reports directly to the Director of Early Childhood Education and is responsible for the strategic development and implementation of a wide range of family programming on our East Bay Community Campus. A key component of this position is working closely with our preschool families and the wider Jewish community to expand outreach for the JCC of the East Bay, ultimately creating a clear link between young families and our early childhood education center.

The Assistant Director will research and evaluate a dynamic range of offerings designed to engage young families in Jewish life at the JCC, focusing on collaboration with vendors, relationship building with main care holders, and developing strong community culture amongst preschool families and the wider East Bay Jewish community.

• Foster community through highly-developed, appealing, and creative events and offerings for families and young children.
• Work collaboratively with organizational partners, families, and other care holders in envisioning and building programs; carry through to detailed execution.
• Create and implement plans/metrics to attract new families.
• Develop specific events and initiatives that help audiences engage with Jewish communal life (specifically holidays, Jewish values, DEI-based) and that support the strategic direction of the organization.
• Work collaboratively with all departments on center-wide age-appropriate programming to maintain strong connections with current and new families.
• Work closely with the Assistant Director of Preschool to create engaging programs for preschool families (e.g Holidays, parents coffee) and create a bridge between the Preschool families and the Early Childhood center’s families.
• Work closely with Community Engagement Coordinator (and community partners) to program service- and Jewish values-based programming for families.
• Collaborate with the Teens Manager to engage Madrichimot in the events as a work force.
• Develop a strategic plan to launch baby and toddler programs.
• Develop, organize, and implement family workshops and seminars in collaboration with community partners.
• Commit to and foster a multi-cultural, global Jewish approach for all events and programming.

• Develop and carry out a robust plan to keep families engaged in between events by soliciting ongoing feedback through one-on-one conversations, email engagement, phone calls, and coffee meet ups, etc.
• Manage all professional service contracts and staff involved with family programming.
• Create and implement metrics for the annual departmental work plan.
• Work closely with the Development team on grant reporting, and collecting compelling testimonials and photos.

• Perform at a high level in a fast-paced team environment.
• Manage multiple projects at once to meet timelines and deadlines.
• Support program directors and JCC staff as necessary.
• Attend monthly Department Head meetings.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Early Childhood Education

• Knowledge of current research and practices in Jewish…