Careers at JTS
The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is committed to providing a pleasant and rewarding work environment for staff and faculty, one that fosters cooperation and mutual respect. All positions listed below are currently open.
If you are interested in one of these positions, please send your resume and cover letter to HR at jtsaresumes@jtsa.edu with the job title in the subject line. In the body of the email, please mention that you found the job on our website.
It is JTS policy that all applicants for employment are afforded equal opportunities for employment, without regard to race, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, caregiver status, sexual and reproductive health decisions, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, uniformed service or military status, any lawful source of income, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, or any other legally prohibited status, or any other factors as prohibited by law.
To Apply:
Please email your resume and cover letter to jtsaresumes@jtsa.edu.
Open Positions
Executive Director of Admissions and Enrollment
Department: Admissions
Reports to: Provost
Location: In-person, New York City
Full-time: 35-hour work week, with Fridays off
Salary: $135,000
Program Description:
The Executive Director of Admissions and Enrollment provides strategic leadership for all enrollment management functions of the schools of JTS. They serve as the lead institutional professional for the development and cultivation of relationships with key organizational partners for the benefit of new student enrollment, advise the senior administration on all enrollment-related matters, and supervise the professionals and day-to-day operations of the Admissions Office. They are responsible for the enrollment-related aspects of all school-specific initiatives and work collaboratively with the academic deans and other division heads (e.g., Development and Communications, Lifelong and Professional Studies, and Alumni Affairs). They also provide strategic oversight and execution of institutional financial aid and student scholarships.
Academic Assistant Director, MFA in Creative Writing
Department: Division of Lifelong and Professional Studies
Reports to: Dean of the Division of Lifelong and Professional Studies
Location: In-person, New York City
Full-time: 35-hour work week, with Fridays off
Salary: $80,000
Program Description:
MFA students experiment with diverse methods of storytelling while developing their creative voice and working intensively on their own projects and process. This four-semester, two-year program combines in-person residencies on the JTS campus with personalized study and mentorship from world-renowned storytellers.
Inspired by the rich tradition of Jewish storytelling, this MFA welcomes writers who have a story to tell and want to work with cutting-edge contemporary writers and artists in an environment that supports fiction, poetry, performance, non-fiction, songwriting, hybrid forms, and work that exists between genres. More information is available at https://www.jtsa.edu/mfa-creative-writing/.
Academic Program Manager
Department: Division of Lifelong and Professional Studies
Reports to: Academic Director, Division of Lifelong and Professional Studies
Location: In-person in New York
Full-time: 35-hour work week
Salary: $70,000 per year
Description of the Position:
The Academic Program Manager is a dynamic administrative position supporting the Academic Director of the Division of Lifelong and Professional Studies. The Manager will play a pivotal role in launching JTS’s newest degree program—the MA in Ritual Leadership—while also overseeing enrollment and data management for three of JTS’s vibrant Lifelong Learning offerings: the Biblical Hebrew and Context certificate programs and the Open Classroom auditor program. In this highly interactive role, the Manager will be the first point of contact for students, fostering meaningful relationships and ensuring they have a smooth, successful, and enriching academic experience.
Office and Program Manager
Reports to: Director, Center for Pastoral Education
Position Status: Full Time/35-hour work week
Pay Rate: $62,000 per year
Description of the Position:
The Office and Program Manager is a multi-faceted administrative position supporting the top-level leadership of the Center for Pastoral Education. An integral member of the Center’s team, the Office and Program Manager provides critical administration at a premier institution for clinical training and spiritual care education.
Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $78,000
Description of the Position:
Support all of the Chancellor’s administrative needs, including short and long-term schedule management; meeting coordination, preparation, and follow up; internal and external communications; travel bookings; and acting as a welcoming presence in the JTS Chancellor’s office suite. In addition, provide support, as needed, to the Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement.
About JTS
The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) was founded in 1886. Its mission was to preserve the knowledge and practice of historical Judaism. Since then, JTS has greatly expanded its mission, creating a beautiful campus and evolving into the prestigious center of Jewish learning it is today. A Jewish university with a world-class faculty and a diverse student body, JTS grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through its five schools and offers enriching programs for the Jewish community in the United States, Israel, and around the world.
JTS schools and facilities include the Gershon Kekst Graduate School; The Rabbinical School; H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music; William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education; Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies; several research institutes; lay leadership and professional institutes; community education programs; and the incomparable collections of JTS’s world-renowned Library.
Over the past year, JTS has embarked on a strategic plan. One of the pillars of the strategic plan adopted is the intention to broaden and strengthen JTS’s historic role as the convenor of multi-disciplinary conversations and studies on matters of crucial concern not only to the Jewish world but beyond it as well. And the plan lays great emphasis on the importance of disseminating the ideas generated in these convenings to many different audiences in many different forms. This historic role goes back at least 80 years, to the Institute for Religious and Social Studies and the Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion, both of which mobilized scholars, religious leaders, government officials, and journalists to collaborate on tackling issues of the day, among them the value of democracy (in the face of the risen totalitarianism in that time), the role of ritual and symbolism in society, equity in education, and many others.
Campus Security
In furtherance of its efforts to provide a safe and secure learning and work environment, and pursuant to the federal law known as the Clery Act, JTS makes available its Annual Security Report here. Requests for a paper copy may be sent to facilities@jtsa.edu. JTS’s Clery Act statistics are filed annually with the U.S. Department of Education and may be accessed on its website at http://ope.ed.gov/security.
