2027-2028 Placement Interest Form
The application is composed of questions about your organization’s background and relevant staff information, the issue areas your organization works on, the description of the position you need to fill, the service environment, funding for the position, location, and travel information, and other liability-related questions.
The Placement Organization application for the 2027-2028 Jewish Service Corps will open Fall 2026.
When applying to become a placement, you will upload a job description of the position you would like filled by a Jewish Service Corps Member.
Please note that the purpose of the Jewish Service Corps isn’t to replace an existing or potential full-time employee, but to support organizations in expanding their capacity in ways that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford.
As you create your job description, please make sure they meet the following basic requirements:
Download sample job descriptions from previous program years.
Avodah aims to ensure that Corps Members and Placement Organizations alike know what tangible resources they are entitled to and also what they are responsible for.
The three parties represented in this document are: the Corps Member, the Corps Member’s placement organization, and Avodah. The Three-party agreement is a contract that represents how all parties are all responsible to and supported by one another throughout the service year.
The duration of the contract is September through August. Exact contract dates will be included in the actual document.
Before submitting your application to be a placement organization, we ask that you consider the following additional factors that may impact whether or not we would be compatible partners.
Labor Organization Agreement
Since Avodah Corps Members are volunteers who receive monthly allowances to help cover their living expenses, it will be the placement’s responsibility to determine whether the Corps Member’s volunteer services would trigger any obligation by the placement to obtain a written concurrence from any labor organization representing the placement’s employees.
Corps Member Personal Days
Each Corps Member is encouraged to take—and the Placement must permit—15 personal days during which the Corps Member will not provide service hours to the Placement. The Corps Member may use these for any personal reason.
Liability insurance coverage
Placements are responsible for ensuring that their Corps Member is covered by insurance for in-service injuries, illnesses or incidents.
Service Corps candidates first complete two initial Avodah-led interviews: one with an Avodah program alum and another with a staff member. These interviews along with an applicant’s application and resume will help us determine if the candidate is holistically a great fit for Avodah.
This means the candidate shows a demonstrable commitment to social justice values; the capability to live in a pluralistic, communal home; and investment in deep learning around social justice and Jewish community. The selection team will then move candidates forward by inviting them into a matching round and asking them to rank their top three placement choices.
Avodah invites placement organizations to participate in “matching rounds,” where placements review application materials and select candidates to directly interview.
Application materials include relevant pieces of our program application, references, and resumes. Once you receive the applicants’ materials, you will reach out to the candidates you are interested in directly to schedule a phone or video interview (no in-person interviews are permitted).
The first round of interviews start in early March.
After you’ve interviewed your candidates, you will be asked to rank them in order of preference and give your feedback. Candidates will also re-submit their rankings to share their feedback and interest.
Avodah will offer a match to a candidate based on both sets of rankings to make strong, mutually beneficial offers.
In the event that we’re unable to match a Corps Member with your placement by the end of our recruitment period, we will conduct a debrief with you and discuss revisiting partnership for the following Jewish Service Corps year.
There is no cost to a potential placement if a match is not made.
One of the benefits of becoming a placement organization is access to high-quality, passionate applicants for your position. Avodah’s Recruitment team lays the groundwork, working year-round to implement outreach and community engagement strategies and analyze data and trends to attract a strong, diverse, and talented pool of Service Corps applicants. We cast a wide net to ensure our program opportunity reaches audiences nationally.
Our team is available to help promote your job description and extend our recruitment expertise to bring in the right candidate for your position. We will proactively reach out to collaborate with you and your team if your open role needs extra love.
Avodah is committed to ensuring that both our Corps Members and our placement organizations are set up to have a successful service year. From the moment your placement position is approved, you will be stewarded through the matching and onboarding processes by our dedicated and knowledgeable team.
Virtual Orientation & Supervisor Brunch
Supervisors are highly encouraged to attend both Avodah’s Virtual Placement Orientation and Supervisor Brunch. These gatherings are integral to the onboarding process and ensure that placement supervisors have clarity around the expectations and responsibilities, understand the flow of the year and key dates, and serve as opportunities to build relationships with their Corps Members, other placement supervisors, and the other Service Corps Members in their city’s cohort. Supervisors will walk away with the information and tools they need to successfully begin the service year.
Training Opportunities
There are other training opportunities and check-ins that occur outside of onboarding to ensure placements and Corps Members are having a meaningful service year experience.
As a Jewish organization, we have started to lead a training around anti-Semitism. If you’re interested in learning more about training opportunities and Avodah-created resources, you will be able to indicate so on your placement application.
Check-ins
Check-ins are also valuable tools Avodah uses to understand how the service year is going and address any potential challenges between the Placement and Corps Member. The Mid-year check-in is an opportunity for all three parties to come together and discuss the year thus far and solve any hiccups.
In return for a talented, passionate, emerging social justice leader committed to fulfilling your mission as a full-time volunteer, an Avodah Placement Organization must make the following payments:
Placement Organizations will pay two fees directly to Avodah: The Placement Fee and The Housing Reimbursement Fee.
This fee paid to Avodah is a nonrefundable one-time fee that is used to defray Avodah’s costs to recruit, place, and support the Corps Member. The Annual Placement Fee is calculated on a sliding-scale basis according to your organization’s budget.
| City | Total Expenses for Salaries and Benefits | Placement Fee |
| Chicago | $500,000 and under | $4,300 |
| Chicago | $500,001-$1,000,000 | $4,750 |
| Chicago | $1,000,001 and over | $5,300 |
| City | Total Expenses for Salaries and Benefits | Placement Fee |
| New Orleans | $500,000 and under | $3,800 |
| New Orleans | $500,001-$1,000,000 | $4,500 |
| New Orleans | $1,000,001 and over | $5,000 |
| City | Total Expenses for Salaries and Benefits | Placement Fee |
| New York City | $500,000 and under | $4,500 |
| New York City | $500,001-$1,000,000 | $5,000 |
| New York City | $1,000,001 and over | $5,500 |
| City | Total Expenses for Salaries and Benefits | Placement Fee |
| Washington, D.C. | $500,000 and under | $4,500 |
| Washington, D.C. | $500,001-$1,000,000 | $5,000 |
| Washington, D.C. | $1,000,001 and over | $5,500 |
This one-time fee is paid to Avodah in order to defray the cost of the Corps Member’s housing and program participation during the Service Corps year.
| City | Housing Reimbursement Fee |
| Chicago | $6,050 |
| New Orleans | $2,860 |
| New York City | $8,250 |
| Washington, D.C. | $8,250 |
Below is the total amount Placement organizations will pay directly to Avodah. The exact amount will depend on the sliding scale Placement Fee, which is determined by the placement organization’s budget.
| City | Total Fee |
| Chicago | $10,350, $10,800, or $11,350 |
| New Orleans | $6,660, $7,360, or $7,860 |
| New York City | $12,750, $13,250, or $13,750 |
| Washington, D.C. | $12,750, $13,250, or $13,750 |
Placement Organizations issue monthly payments to Corps Members for Living and Transportation Allowances.
Placements provide their Corps Member with a Monthly Living Allowance to help offset the Corps Member’s living expenses during their participation in the program.
| City | Monthly Living Allowance | Total Annual Amount |
| Chicago | $775 | $8,525 |
| New Orleans | $755 | $8,305 |
| New York City | $840 | $9,240 |
| Washington, D.C. | $795 | $8,745 |
Placements also provide their Corps Member with a Monthly Transportation Allowance to cover the Corps Member’s commuting costs for the duration of the program.
| City | Monthly Transportation Stipend | Total Annual Amount |
| Chicago | $105 | $1,155 |
| New Orleans | $60 | $660 |
| New York City | $132 | $1,452 |
| Washington, D.C. | $200 | $2,200 |
Placements provide their Corps Member(s) with health insurance coverage for the duration of the program. The placement can either provide the Corps Member with the same health insurance provided to the placement’s employees, or may purchase coverage through the Corps Network, The National Association of Service and Conservation Corps.
In either case, the policy must be ACA-compliant and the placement is responsible for the full monthly premium.
Health insurance for Corps Members must begin September 1st of the program year.
There are 3 options and the choice is up to you and your Corps Member:
Option 1: Corps Members stay on an existing health insurance policy for the year.
Option 2: The placement organization will provide their Corps Member with health insurance through the plan used by all of the placement’s employees.
Option 3: The Placement Organization will provide your Corps Member with health insurance through The Corps Network.
In addition to providing the Corps Member with health insurance coverage, placements are also responsible for covering certain health-related costs for deductibles, treatment fees, prescription costs, and more.
Each Corps Member is responsible for covering their first $100 of health-related costs. Then, depending upon the extent of the coverage provided by the placement to its full-time employees, the placement is responsible for reimbursing the Corps Member between $500 and $800.
| Dental Provided* | Vision Provided* | Reimbursement |
| ❌ | ❌ | $800 |
| ❌ | ✅ | $650 |
| ✅ | ❌ | $650 |
| ✅ | ✅ | $500 |
*Provided to full-time employees
Tierra, our Recruitment and Placement Manager, is here to help you through the application process every step of the way. We know that each organization’s capacity and needs are different, and can answer any questions you may have.
