We’re hiring!

Makom is hiring; come and work with us! Read on to learn about our community and our current openings.

Organization Overview

Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism is an inclusive community fusing Jewish tradition and progressive values through spirituality, learning and culture. Makom inspires diverse participants to explore together how Judaism can meaningfully enrich our lives.

Makom Afterschool provides high-quality, pluralistic Jewish and Hebrew-language education in three neighbourhood public schools to students in Junior Kindergarten through Grade 5. Children from the diversity of downtown Jewish families find their place in our warm and welcoming community.

In Makom ATID, Jewish pre-teens and teens discover the wisdom Judaism holds for their maturing minds and bodies in today’s world. Students in Grades 6-8 gather twice a week for nuanced, pluralistic Jewish learning; Hebrew conversation and literacy; and hanging out with their peers.

We are hiring for the following positions:

Communications Coordinator

Part time: 8 hours per week
Hours: Flexible, spread over 3 days per week
Start date: February 2026
Location: Toronto, but work can largely be done remotely

Responsibilities

The Communications Coordinator will broaden and deepen Makom’s reach by strategically promoting the organization and its events.

  • Strategic social media management
  • Expand social media reach, engagement and impact
  • Create a weekly newsletter of upcoming events
  • Manage events calendar
  • Create events on event-ticketing website
  • Write content for social media, newsletter, website and event-ticketing site
  • Design simple, effective graphics to post online
  • Occasionally attend events to take photographs for promotional use

Qualifications

  • Goal-oriented, strategic thinker
  • Extensive experience with social media, including monitoring and analytics
  • Robust knowledge of marketing tools including design software, MailChimp, WordPress and Meta Business Suite
  • Strong familiarity with Jewish culture, traditions and holidays
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively, take initiative and ownership, and achieve results
  • Outstanding organizational and administrative skills with excellent attention to detail and follow up
  • Excellent written communication skills; ability to edit and proofread documents

The employee will use their own computer.

Compensation

$20 – $25 per hour, contingent on experience and qualifications

Application Process

Please send your cover letter, resume and portfolio to admin@makomTO.org. 

Application deadline: January 11, 2026

Thank you for your application. Due to the high volume of applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Substitute Hebrew and Jewish Studies Teacher

Openings Available:
Mon or Weds (Roncesvalles or Seaton Village)
Tues or Thurs (Kensington Market or Wychwood)
3-6pm

Substitute staff members agree to be part of a call list and will be contacted on an as-
needed basis. There is no commitment to fill any particular opening.

Location: Toronto, ON

We seek experienced, creative, and energetic teachers for Makom Afterschool.

Responsibilities:

  • Teach Hebrew language and Jewish learning classes to children in JK/SK, grades 1-2,
  • or grades 3-5 using lesson plans provided by the regular teacher
  • Create and maintain a positive, welcoming, and inclusive class community
  • Teach through play-based and experiential modes of education
  • Teach Jewish values, culture, and traditions in a pluralistic, inclusive fashion
  • Pick up students from their public-school classrooms or transport students from
  • their public school to one of our afterschool sites by walking or TTC
  • Supervise recess and snack time
  • Classroom setup, clean up, and attendance taking

Qualifications:

  • Hebrew and English fluency
  • Passion for working with children
  • Experience with classroom teaching, lesson planning, and pedagogy
  • Background in Jewish studies and traditions
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Commitment to children’s social and emotional development
  • Desire to grow and learn professionally
  • Reliable and responsible

Vulnerable Sector Check preferred, and required by 4th afternoon of work for Makom, and for positions involving transporting students. Makom will reimburse the cost of obtaining a VSC after four afternoons of work.

First Aid & CPR-C certification preferred.

Salary

$35/hour.
Transportation duties before 3:30pm are paid at $30/hour.
To Apply

Please submit your current resume to afterschool@makomTO.org. For more information, please visit our website: https://makomfamilies.org/makom-afterschool/

Substitute Teaching Assistant

Mon or Weds (Roncesvalles or Seaton Village)
Tues or Thurs (Kensington Market or Wychwood)
3-6pm

Substitute staff members agree to be part of a call list and will be contacted on an as-
needed basis. There is no commitment to fill any particular opening.

Location: Toronto, ON

We are looking for creative, energetic and reliable teaching assistants for Makom Afterschool

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in a class of children in JK/SK, grades 1-2, or grades 3-5
  • Support and maintain a positive, welcoming, and inclusive class community
  • Assist the Teacher with classroom management
  • Supervise recess and snack time
  • Pick up students from their public-school classrooms or transport students from
  • their public school to one of our afterschool sites by walking or TTC
  • Assist the Teacher with teaching Hebrew literacy and conversation
  • Assist the Teacher with teaching Jewish values, culture, and traditions in a pluralistic
  • and inclusive fashion
  • Assist the Teacher with classroom setup, clean up, and attendance taking

Job Requirements:

  • Passion for working with children
  • Experience with teaching, camp counselling, or youth work
  • Commitment to children’s social and emotional development
  • Desire to grow and learn professionally
  • Reliability and responsibility

Vulnerable Sector Check preferred, and required by 4th afternoon of work for Makom, and for positions involving transporting students. Makom will reimburse the cost of obtaining a VSC after four afternoons of work.

First Aid & CPR-C certification preferred.

Salary

$20/hour starting pay

To Apply

Please submit your current resume to afterschool@makomto.org.

For more information, please visit our website: https://makomfamilies.org/makom-afterschool/

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