The Jewish Federations of North America’s (JFNA) Center on Aging, Trauma, and Holocaust Survivor Care is hiring an Assistant Director, Finance and Programs.

The Center on Aging, Trauma, and Holocaust Survivor Care is a leading voice in the U.S. on person-centered, trauma informed (PCTI) care and support services for Holocaust survivors, older adults with a history of trauma, and their family caregivers. The Assistant Director, Finance and Programs is responsible for independently providing financial and programmatic oversight, technical support, and strategic guidance to subgrantees implementing PCTI supportive services. This role will coach subgrantee finance and program staff, provide counsel on financial and program matters, analyze and create budgets and other financial resources/templates, and ensure financial and program compliance with grant requirements. The Assistant Director is expected to travel regularly to lead site visits of subgrantee funded projects.

Key responsibilities include:

• Oversee federally funded subgrantee projects, budgets, and grants, serving as the primary liaison and advisor to subgrantee leadership and program and financial officers on programming, budgets, and compliance.
• Review, monitor, modify, and approve annual budgets, quarterly financial reports, and program reports of JFNA grant-funded projects to ensure the financial and programmatic health of grant-funded projects.
• Deliver financial and program technical assistance and capacity-building related to subgrantees’ programming by identifying challenges, proposing recommendations, and implementing solutions to ensure compliance with federal standards. Strategize with subgrantee staff and Jewish Federations’ staff to align programs and budgets with grant requirements.
• Independently supervise all aspects of grant implementation, including onboarding new grantees, risk assessment, performance improvement, coaching, conducting site visits, and leading informational group and individualized quarterly monitoring calls.
• Lead in-person subgrantee site visits to monitor program and financial operations, identify promising practices and opportunities for improvement, ensure grant compliance, and provide coaching.
• Represent Jewish Federations in meetings and public forums with partners and other stakeholders.

Qualifications include:

• Five years of progressive experience analyzing and drafting budgets, grant management, capacity-building, program management, and/or the delivery of social services in the nonprofit, grantmaking, or government sector.
• Experience working with multi-year budgets; analyzing and monitoring programs, budgets, and expenditures; identifying program and budget challenges and recommending solutions; and grant compliance.
• Experience developing and streamlining systems, providing technical support to and oversight of programs, and conducting site visits.
• Demonstrated capacity to timely manage multiple deadlines, competing priorities, and high-level responsibilities with autonomy and maturity.
• Capable of maintaining confidentiality while exercising sound judgement and discretion.
• Interest in aging, trauma, and a commitment to enhancing the lives of Holocaust survivors, older adults with a history of trauma, and family caregivers.
• Ability to travel for subgrantee site visits. 

The applications for this role will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.