About the role
Member Engagement and Development Associate
Beth Am Synagogue in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Member Engagement and Development Associate to help welcome and engage new members in our growing congregation of 430 families and to support a robust synagogue fundraising operation.
The associate will serve as the primary staff coordinator for the synagogue's soon-to-launch New Member Connector Program, with the goal of strengthening new-member engagement, belonging, and retention while supporting continued membership growth.
The associate will also serve as staff support for the synagogue's Open Doors Annual Fund, which raises a significant portion of the organization's operating budget each year.
About Beth Am Synagogue
Beth Am Synagogue is an urban, egalitarian synagogue affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. As a warm, child-friendly, diverse congregation of about 430 families, we welcome interfaith families, Jews of Color, and LGBTQ+ Jews. Beth Am is a place of engaging and participatory prayer, deep and diverse learning, and a wide variety of cultural, religious, social and communal programming.
Located in Baltimore City, Beth Am is deeply rooted in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood, where we work closely with our neighbors as an anchor institution committed to justice and community partnership. Our congregants actively live out their Jewish values through service, advocacy, and engagement in the wider city, nation, and world. In this current Jewish year we are embarking on a "Year of Chesed", celebrating the way congregants show up for each other and committing to new efforts of building a congregation based on a deep web of communal care.
Key Responsibilities
Member Engagement (approximately 30 hours/week)
• Serve as the primary staff person supporting the New Member Connector Program, including recruitment, matching, communication, and follow-up with Community Connectors and new members.
• This position will be supervised by the Executive Director, and work closely with the Director of Engagement and Programming t o support the recruitment and training of Community Connectors, provide ongoing support to Connectors, and implement resources and systems for effective relationship-building.
• Assist in developing and implementing strategies to connect with prospective members and welcome new members into the community.
• Develop thoughtful matches between new-member households and established congregants based on interests, life stage, geography, family structure, and other relevant factors.
• Maintain regular contact with connectors to identify where relationships are flourishing and where additional staff support may be helpful.
• Coordinate new-member gatherings, small-group opportunities, coffees, meals, and other relational programs designed to help members build meaningful connections.
