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Job Call: Community Engagement and Programming Manager

Role: Community Engagement and Programming Manager
Location: Montréal, QC (Hybrid, regular on-site presence required)
Employment: Permanent, full-time, salaried; $50,000–$54,000 (depending on experience)
Start Date: No earlier than June 18, 2026
Deadline: Wednesday May 20, 2026, 9:00AM EDT
Apply: emplois-jobs@imjm.ca, Subject: “Community Engagement and Programming Manager”

The Museum of Jewish Montreal (MJM) is an innovative cultural institution connecting people with Montreal’s diverse Jewish life, heritage, and contemporary culture through public programs, guided visits, community initiatives, and immersive projects. We are a small, collaborative, and creative team that believes in professional development and growing with our people.

We are at a pivotal and exciting moment: with our main building under renovation, we are actively shaping what the Museum’s next chapter will look like. The Community Engagement and Programming Manager will play a central role in that process, leading our public programming, deepening community relationships, and helping to build the long-term vision for our new space. If you are someone who is as energized by strategy and planning as you are by execution, and who wants to leave a real mark on Montreal’s cultural ecosystem, this role is for you!

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead MJM’s annual programming calendar across ~50 events per year: workshops, community gatherings, family programming, concerts, artist talks, storytelling events, specialty tours, parties, and artisan markets
  • Lead relational and community engagement: one-on-one outreach, partnership development and stewardship, audience development, and community feedback sessions
  • Oversee our CRM: maintain and develop the database, manage data hygiene, produce programming numbers and audience reports for grant applications, funder reporting, and internal strategy
  • Lead the Microgrants for Creative or Cultural Exploration program (entering its 6th year): manage outreach and the open-call process, jury applications, facilitate professional development seminars, and oversee all programme-related events
  • Manage the Montreal Jewish Arts Collaborative (MJAC): programming, engagement activities, and outreach to current and prospective members
  • Manage event strategy and planning end-to-end (conceptualization, scheduling, budgets, logistics, staffing, and post-mortems) for a core selection of programmes; supervise part-time programme support staff
  • Play a central role in shaping the long-term programming strategy for MJM’s next space: contribute to the vision, develop programming frameworks, and help translate institutional goals into a concrete public programme
  • Support grant prospecting, writing and reporting as needed; maintain relationships with granting and foundation officers as relevant to programmes in portfolio
  • Write bilingual (EN/FR) programming copy; coordinate with the communications team on outreach and promotional strategy, social media, website updates, and press materials

Required Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated experience in cultural programming, events management, and/or community engagement, ideally in a not-for-profit or cultural organization
  • Experience with data management and reporting: comfort with managing a CRM, maintaining data hygiene, developing data measures in a non-profit setting, and producing programming metrics for grant and funder reporting
  • Proven experience managing or supervising staff or project teams
  • Full bilingualism in English and French (written and oral) is required
  • Strong project management and time management skills; comfortable juggling multiple concurrent priorities under deadline
  • Demonstrated interest in and aptitude for longer-term planning and programming strategy
  • People-oriented and diplomatic, with a track record of building strong relationships with diverse stakeholders
  • Willingness to periodically work evenings and weekends

Assets:

  • Experience with grant writing, the Canadian non-profit funding landscape and/or the Jewish non-profit funding landscape
  • Existing networks in the Montreal cultural or arts sector
  • Experience with ticketing platforms (e.g. Eventbrite, FareHarbor)
  • Experience with design tools
  • Background in Public History, Jewish Studies, Community Development, Communications, or a related field
  • Knowledge of (or genuine enthusiasm for) Jewish culture and Montreal’s Jewish community
  • Valid driver’s licence

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter (max. 2 pages) as a single PDF to emplois-jobs@imjm.ca with the subject line “Community Engagement and Programming Manager”. In your cover letter, tell us how your experience aligns with this role, what draws you to MJM, and your earliest available start date. Deadline: Wednesday May 20, 2026, 9:00AM EDT.

The Museum of Jewish Montreal is committed to being an inclusive space and encourages applications from everyone, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Accommodations are available upon request.

Job Call: Museum Public Education Assistants

Job Title: Museum Public Education Assistants
Location: Montreal
Start Date: Monday May 11, 2026
Compensation: $19.25/hr
Commitment: 32 hours/week
Application Deadline: March 13, 2026 by 6pm EST

The Museum of Jewish Montreal—an innovative place to connect with Montreal’s diverse Jewish life and heritage through new cultural experiences—is seeking qualified students to join our team as Museum Fellows to work as Museum Public Education Assistants, leading the Museum’s historic walking tours through the Plateau/Mile-End. Beginning on May 11th, and running through early November, the program is designed to help university students interested in pursuing museum careers acquire the skills they need to work successfully in the cultural and heritage sectors. Participants will gain professional experience in public museum education, intangible culture, interpreting primary research and oral histories, and leading historical walking tours around the city in English and/or French.

Responsibilities will include:  

  • Interpreting and presenting educational material and answering questions on Montreal’s and Canada’s Jewish history and heritage;
  • Leading walking tours and culinary heritage tours for audiences through Montreal’s historical Jewish quarter;
  • Engaging in research, including archival research, oral history research, as well as secondary source research for new heritage experiences;
  • Writing and managing digital content for Museum’s online heritage platform;
  • Coordinating with colleagues and local vendors to ensure provisions are secured for the Museum’s walking and food tours;
  • Liaising between Museum guests, tour guides, and other operational staff before and during walking tours;
  • Animating Museum visits at our welcome desk and in our exhibition gallery;
  • Providing customer service to diverse Museum audiences, including booking tour tickets, introducing visitors to Montreal’s Jewish history, and answering questions about the Museum’s mission and programs;
  • Assisting with the set-up, content, and take-down of the Museum’s public programs;
  • Working as part of a team within the Museum’s Fellowship program to engage in discussion, learning, and exploration of contemporary museological practices, while managing daily job-related tasks;
  • Engaging in weekly seminars designed to further participants’ knowledge of Canadian and Jewish cultural heritage and contemporary museum practices.

The ideal candidate will be excited about exploring and facilitating intercultural dialogue, and undertaking original research, have an interest in leading educational discussions, and enjoy speaking publicly and engaging with diverse museum audiences. Applicants should be enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree, or equivalent program, but do not require a particular field of study. However, those interested or with a background in Museology or Curatorial Studies, History, Public History, Anthropology, Canadian Studies, Québec Studies, or Jewish Studies may find the position especially rewarding.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate an aptitude for public presentation, adaptability, problem-solving, and improvisation in a public-facing environment. Those with experience or a background in theatre, summer camp animation, teaching or leading groups, leading events or programs are encouraged to apply. Candidates should also bring to the position a strong sense of professionalism, diplomacy, time-management, and curiosity. Strong candidates will be those who are excited to engage in learning opportunities, and eager to learn about the following:

  • Jewish culture, history, or heritage
  • Urbanism and architecture
  • Intangible food heritage
  • Early-20th century civil or political history
  • Literature
  • Immigrant histories
  • Under-represented histories
  • Contemporary museum practices

This position will require availability to work and weekends. Please note, this position requires medium-level physical activity such as leading 2+ hour neighbourhood tours outdoors, carrying supplies upstairs, and moving equipment weighing up to 20 lbs. Because of the program’s location and responsibilities, applicants must be fluent in either French or English, and must possess at least intermediate capabilities in the other language.

In accordance with the Young Canada Works (YCW) Student Eligibility Criteria, you are only eligible for the Fellowship program if you:  

  • Are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada (note: non-Canadian students holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent status are not eligible);
  • Are legally entitled to work in Canada (have a valid social insurance number);
  • Are between 16 and 30 years of age inclusively at the start of employment;
  • Are a high school, college, CEGEP or university student;
  • Meet the eligibility criteria of the program for which you are applying;
  • Are registered in the YCW online candidate inventory;
  • Are willing to commit to the full duration of the work assignment;

Further details and registration materials are available at young-canada-works.canada.ca/

Interested individuals who meet the above criteria may apply directly to the Museum of Jewish Montreal by emailing a CV, cover letter, unofficial transcript, and writing sample to emplois-jobs@imjm.ca with the subject of “MPE Assistant Application.”

Applications are due Friday, March 13, 2026 at 6 pm EST.

The Museum of Jewish Montreal is committed to ensuring that we are an inclusive space and encourage applications from everyone, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and persons of all sexual and gender identities.

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