Executive Director- Windsor Jewish Federation & Community Centre

Position: Executive Director Organization: Windsor Jewish Federation & Community Centre Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada Website: www.jewishwindsor.org Posting Date: July 28, 2026 The Windsor Jewish Federation & Community Centre is seeking a passionate, dynamic, visionary professional to lead it through its next stage of organizational development, building on a period of exceptional transformation and creativity of the past few years.

Key to the success of this opportunity is continuing to galvanize and leverage the full organizational and philanthropic potential of Windsor Jewish community, to continue to inspire and strengthen all members of the community. Also critical to the success of this opportunity is the sustenance of important partnerships and relationships with the broader Windsor community including all relevant government bodies, faith-based and cultural organizations and law enforcement, in a post October 7 environment. The Windsor Jewish Federation & Community Centre encompasses the Windsor Jewish Federation (WJF), Windsor Jewish Community Centre (WJCC), Windsor Jewish Communal Projects (WJCP), United Jewish Appeal of Windsor Trust (UJA), and I.

L. Peretz Senior Citizen Corporation (ILPH). The Organization & Community Windsor has a small but vibrant Jewish community composed of approximately 1,200 members.

The Windsor Jewish Federation & Community Centre serves as a central hub to share in the richness and culture of Jewish life through social, recreational, educational and cultural activities. Windsor Jewish Federation & Community Centre works in coordination with but independent from the community’s three Jewish religious institutions. Our goal is to offer activities and programs based on Jewish values to enrich life for the Jewish and greater Windsor communities, offering support, programming and enrichment.

Windsor, with a population of roughly 250,000, borders Detroit, Michigan, which has a large and well-organized Jewish community of approximately 70,000 members and affords ready access to resources that are not plentiful in our smaller community. This is an extremely important moment in the community’s history, as it works to strengthen the impact and position of the Jewish community and represent the Jewish community’s interests and concerns in the broader Windsor community. The Executive Director Position: The Executive Director serves as the chief professional officer and provides the overall leadership to, and management of, the organization.

This includes: all aspects of financial oversight and resource development; organizational representation locally, nationally and internationally; community relations and advocacy; management of human and financial resources including the professional team; budgets and allocations; community programming; and lay participation and governance. The Executive Director will report to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors through the (lay) President. The Executive Director will oversee all staff.

Success in this role will be a function of the candidate’s ability to marshal the full organizational and philanthropic potential of Windsor’s Jewish community, to inspire and strengthen all members of the community and to represent the Jewish community in the broader Windsor community. The scope and responsibility of the role of Executive Director includes, but is not limited to the following: Vision & Leadership Provide ongoing strategic direction and professional leadership to the organization. Collaborate with the professional and volunteer teams to ensure sound implementation of these plans and evaluation of impact.

Be the public face and ambassador of the Federation to represent and advocate on its behalf with community partners and government organizations. Financial Resource Development Build and diversify the fund development strategy with a particular focus on the Annual UJA Campaign. Develop and actualize plans to enhance donor relations, increase and