Join Our Staff
Spend a Year in Israel Working for Young Judaea!
Shalem seeks madrichim for its premier 9-month volunteer/study program in Israel for recent Modern Orthodox high school graduates. The excellence of our madrichim has an enormous effect on the experiences of our participants and, each year, we look to hire the best.
Positions
American and Israeli Shalem madrichim are hired to live with Shalem groups for the duration of the year. The madrich/a to chanich/a (participant) ratio within each group is approximately 1 to 20. Generally, each group has 35-40 participants who are assigned one American madrich/a and one Israeli madrich/a. View a more detailed job description.
Dates
Staff orientation for Year Course 2011-2012 begins in Israel in mid-August, 2011. Year Course participants arrive at the end of August and beginning of September. Year Course ends in the beginning of June and madrichim complete their jobs in early-June.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Israeli requirements: Army service or Sherut Le’umi, extensive experience with English-speaking youth, working knowledge of English.
- Extensive Israel experience.
- Proficiency in the Hebrew language and knowledge of Judaica
- Extensive hadracha experience; experience with groups, either in camp, youth groups or Israel program settings (as a participant and as staff); preferably a Young Judaea alumnus and a Year Course graduate who has stayed involved with Young Judaea and Hamagshimim; extensive programming experience.
- Adaptability; flexibility; maturity; ability to be a team player; responsibility; initiative.
To apply
Download the application form, complete it and fax it to us 212-303-7411 OR request an application by mail.
If you have any questions about Shalem or about being a madrich/a, or if you would like to speak to someone who has worked as a madrich/a for Shalem, please feel free to contact our offices at 800-725-0612 at shalem@youngjudaea.org.