Salary range: $120,000-150,000

United Hatzalah is seeking a bilingual grant writer to assist with the full grant cycle: research, LOI’s, applications, reporting and ongoing correspondence. This is a fulltime position working at Jerusalem office. 

DUTIES

Write grant applications and reports to funders and prospective funders

Produce donor-driven marketing material  Build program proposals, including budgets and measurables

Track and supervise submissions and relationships with funders using organizational CRM 

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Native-level English speaker with outstanding English writing skills

Hebrew - basic speaking, reading, and writing skills

At least 2 years of proven grant writing experience

Excellent analytical and creative skills

Ability to meet multiple deadlines and work well under pressure

Detail-oriented

Strong team player skills

Computer literacy: OFFICE, EXCEL, on-line grant reporting and submission, CRM 

Please forward resume to: devorah@israelrescue.org 

Only relevant applications will be responded to.

United Hatzalah is seeking a full-time executive personal assistant to join our donor team.

Position is full time, office-based (Jerusalem), with flexible hours, including some time in the evenings and weekends/holidays as needed.

Job Description Summary

Manage inbox and all written communication, as well as general administrative support, to executive-level senior staff member.

Requirements:

• Discretion and confidentiality.
• Highly responsible, detail oriented.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and work well under pressure.
• Native English speaker, with top-notch written and verbal communication skills.
• Great personality - easy going, team player.
• Proficient knowledge of outlook and excel.
• Hebrew and Salesforce a plus.

This is a temporary position with the possibility of staying on long term.

Qualified candidates should submit their resume to: careers@israelrescue.org with the subject

Background

United Hatzalah is the largest independent, non-profit, fully-volunteer emergency medical services organization that provides first response care in Israel within minutes of the initial call of distress.

Friends of United Hatzalah, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which supports the work of United Hatzalah of Israel, is currently seeking a Chief of Staff to the President (Eli Beer). This full-time position will be based in New York City. The position reports to the Vice President and will have significant opportunities to interact with United Hatzalah staff globally.

Responsibilities

• Support Eli Beer in his public speaking and fundraising roles in North America with a specific focus on New York.
• Help manage Eli’s existing relationships with Board members, donors, supporters, communities including Synagogues.
• Manage stewardship for donors to the organization ensuring they get regular updates on the impact of their support as well as inviting them to events and visits to the UH headquarters in Jerusalem.
• Source new potential supporters for the organization, including research and securing meetings.
• Work closely with the NY-based team to support the organization’s priorities with a focus on Eli’s role in driving the success of the organization.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate the following:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 5 years' experience in executive assistant or chief of staff role
• Great interpersonal and communication skills
• Passionate, driven, committed individual
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Strong computer capabilities, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Salesforce or similar CRM preferred
• Excellent communication, writing, research, and presentation skills

To apply: Qualified candidates should send a resume with a cover letter via email to jobs@israelrescue.org. The subject line of the email should include the words “Chief of Staff to the President”.

Salary range: $65,000-75,000

United Hatzalah is seeking a PR Associate, to assist and support our International Spokesperson.

The position may be part- or full time, mostly office-based (Jerusalem) but some work from home especially “after hours” when urgent or urgent situations come up.

The Associate will communicate with journalists, building and maintaining relationships with them, and will strategize and create media kits and story pitches to journalists both in Israel and abroad.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing press releases and regular story columns
• Writing op-eds and blog posts
• Calling volunteers and getting stories from them
• Helping manage the organization's English Twitter account
• Coordinating and overseeing visits for journalists to headquarters 
• Collecting data and maintaining database.

Requirements:

• Excellent communication abilities (oral and written)
• Strong conversational Hebrew (ability to interview in Hebrew, then translate and write up the interview in English)
• Personable, motivated, and energetic. Team-player. Service-oriented.
• Good organizational and time-management skills. Attention to detail.
• Journalism or communications background a plus

Please send resume and cover letter to careers@israelrescue.org , subject line: PR Associate.

Donor Communications

Writing/Content Production

Qualified candidates should submit their resume to: updates@israelrescue.org.

Responsibilities:

• Create compelling personalized reports which reflect to donors the impact of their support
• Produce content in various media that advance donor stewardship
• Communicating directly with volunteer medics
• Completing tasks in a timely manner

Requirements:

• Mother tongue English and excellent writing skills
• Basic Hebrew written and spoken competency
• Office Suite literacy and CRM familiarity
• Self-motivated team player
• Caring and passionate about making a difference

Advantages:

• Tech Savvy
• Basic familiarity with graphic design
• Medical knowledge
• Hebrew translation experience

Job Description:

The successful candidate will have the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and maintain a high degree of personal initiative. A bachelor’s degree and at least two years development or related experience is required, Nonprofit fundraising experience preferred. Ability to successfully develop and cultivate relationships with a wide variety of customers and the ability to interact with executive-level management, government officials, donors/prospects, volunteers, and development staff, with an understanding of protocol and confidentiality is required.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors for United Hatzalah operational and capital projects.
• Communicate and support the vision, mission, and core values of United Hatzalah of Israel with existing and potential contributors, and the public at large.
• Initiate and coordinate fundraising activities and meetings.
• Manage and develop lay leadership relationships to support overall fundraising efforts including supporting senior team members efforts and activities.

Grow Portfolio of Anglo-Israeli Donors:

• Priority on building a new donor base in Israel.
• Increase support from our current supporters in the region.
• Specific focus on mid-level gift donors, $5K+.

Event Planning:

• Coordinate cultivation and outreach events, including parlor events and local events.
• Overseeing event planning, logistics, and follow-up.

Donor Stewardship:

• Ensure donors receive our best-in-class donor stewardship.
• Communicate with donors to highlight the impact of their giving and the stewardship they will receive.

The Regional Development Officer will be supervised by the Regional Development Director and will have significant opportunities to interact with the United Hatzalah staff in Israel and in the United States. The annual salary will be commensurate with experience.

Qualifications:

Successful candidates must demonstrate the following:

1. 2+ years of fundraising experience.
2. Bachelor’s degree required.
3. Native-level English speaker with outstanding English writing skills
4. Hebrew – intermediate speaking, reading, and writing skills
5. Excellent interpersonal skills and customer service orientation.
6. Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
7. Strong computer capabilities, including MSOffice
8. Ability to take initiative, prioritize, and multi-task.

To Apply: Qualified candidates should send a resume with a cover letter via email
to: Shaij@IsraelRescue.org. The subject line of the email should include the words, “Regional Development Officer - Israel.”

Background

United Hatzalah is the largest independent, non-profit, fully-volunteer emergency medical services organization that provides first response care in Israel within minutes of the initial call of distress.

All of United Hatzalah’s volunteers are trained and certified as EMTs, paramedics or doctors. Through their State-of-the- art Command Center, United Hatzalah uses a unique GPS dispatch technology to identify the closest and most qualified volunteers to an emergency, maximizing efficient allocation of resources and minimizing response times. Given their proximity, volunteers are able to arrive on scene within 2 to 3 minutes. United Hatzalah provides its services free of charge.

Friends of United Hatzalah, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which supports the work of United Hatzalah of Israel, is currently seeking a PR Coordinator. The position jointly reports to the Chief of Staff in New York and the English Language Spokesperson based in Israel and will have significant opportunities to interact with the United Hatzalah staff in Israel and in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Generating News Coverage
  • Build relationships with national and local media outlets and reporters to place UH in the news more frequently.
  • Generate stories/interviews/media exposure that highlight the lifesaving work of the organization.
  • Focus on substantive coverage, as well as coverage around events, and crises where UH is responding (e.g. Meron tragedy, response to rocket attacks and other conflict situations within Israel, Surfside Miami mission).
  • Have a clear project plan in conjunction with the Israel team as to what is our PR focus on a monthly basis as well as a social media strategy and content calendar.
  • Build a roadmap for success on different issues targeting media that makes the most sense and impact our awareness.
  • Build a template of outreach to media for all events.
  • Coordinate with the Founder and Founding Chair on travel to ensure we maximize exposure as they visit various major cities
  • Work in partnership with the Israel office reviewing the best feature stories of work to drive impressions.
  • Maintain an inventory of all media coverage on a weekly, monthly and annual basis to measure success.
• Focus on Thought Leadership
  • Identify opportunities to generate thought leadership on Israel, EMS, philanthropy with organization leadership.
• Promote Topic Specific Angles of UH Operations
  • Build awareness and coverage for the many different aspects of UH – lifesaving, bridging divides in Israel between communities, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, Ten Kavod program, and others.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate the following:

• 2-3 years of journalism or PR experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to serve as a spokesperson for the organization.
• Strong story-identifying and story-telling skills
• Strong computer capabilities, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize, and multi-task.
• Ability to work independently and assertively pursue opportunities through execution.
• Ability to develop relationships internally and externally.
• Hebrew language fluency a plus.