Senior Jewish Educator at Texas Hillel Foundation
Senior Jewish Educator at Texas Hillel Foundation
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Job Description
Senior Jewish Educator
Texas Hillel Foundation
Role Overview
Join Texas Hillel as the Senior Jewish Educator to help enrich the lives of students and shape the future of Jewish life on a large vibrant campus in one of Americas most exciting cities. As a relationshipbuilder and a passionate and engaging educator you will spend time with students in the Hillel building and around campus maintaining and increasing involvement of students in all aspects of Jewish life on campus. The Senior Jewish Educator will embrace Hillels pluralistic identity and serve as a Judaic role model and resource for students at various places in their Jewish journeys. Working collaboratively with staff and student leaders you will infuse Hillels programs and initiatives with meaningful Jewish content and provide frameworks for the continued growth of our students. As the Senior Jewish Educator at the University of Texas at Austin you can relate to students from diverse Judaic social and academic backgrounds and perspectives.
What Youll Do
- Oversee religious spiritual life and education at Texas Hillel.
- Develop and support vibrant Jewish experiences such as oneonone or small group learning Jewish learning fellowships holiday programming immersive trips and other relational initiatives.
- Direct our Jewish Learning Fellowship Program including curriculumplanning and design cohortbuilding recruitment marketing teaching and grantreporting. Support and collaborate with members of the Jewish Student Life team to implement Texas Hillels fellowship course offerings.
- Serve as the lead on Shabbat on holiday programming at Texas Hillel by partnering with the Jewish Student Life team and student leaders to continue nurturing and enhancing Hillels Shabbat and holiday experiences.
- Identify and meet the needs of underserved Jewish communities on campus using creative and proven outreach methods.
- Provide nonjudgemental pastoral counseling support and when appropriate referrals to trained professionals including Texas Hillels Director of Community Care and Wellbeing.
- Report to the Assistant Director collaborate with the full Hillel staff team and work in partnership with the Jewish Student Life team (the program/engagement division of the Hillel staff) to uphold Texas Hillels mission while shaping and developing the educational vision.
- Contribute to and help implement Texas Hillels overall engagement strategy.
- Build and maintain relationships with approximately 250 students from diverse backgrounds through outreach meaningful conversations and programming.
- Staff Birthright Israel Alternative Break and Perspectives trips and assist with marketing recruitment and program planning and support.
- Lead Texas Hillels interfaith efforts by building and strengthening relationships with the University Interfaith Council and clergy from nonJewish organizations.
- Work with early career staff on their own Jewish knowledge selfconfidence and educational skills.
On a day to day basis you will
- Facilitate learning opportunities for students such as fellowships leadership workshops and classes.
- Have coffee with students to discover their interests and passions and work together to create relevant and meaningful programming.
- Join a fraternity for dinner at their chapter house and lead a conversation about an issue connecting Judaism to a relevant topic in their lives.
- Support student leaders in learning to lead Shabbat services and rituals as well as holiday celebrations.
- Serve as the staff lead for certain Texas Hillel groups like weekly Torah study and others that may arise out of student interest.
- Complete administrative tasks such as: tracking engagement data writing grant reports and attending trainings and meetings.
What Youve Accomplished
- Rabbinic ordination or an advanced degree in Jewish studies Jewish education or a related field.
- 4 years of relevant work experience. Experience in community organizing Hillel youth movements camping or experiential Jewish education is a plus.
- Proven success in community building and outreach and previous experience in program visioning marketing recruitment and implementation.
What Youll Bring to the Job
- A strong knowledge base of Jewish content ranging from traditional Jewish texts to contemporary Jewish wisdom culture and relatable Jewish sources.
- Expertise in leading complex conversations about Judaism and Israel in a way that is approachable and meets students at various points in their personal Jewish journeys.
- A commitment to creating an inclusive vibrant and pluralistic Jewish community.
- Experience developing marketing recruiting for and implementing a range of programs and opportunities and comfort with making adjustments according to feedback.
- A strong entrepreneurial spirit. Things may not always go according to plan but you must be willing to take risks and learn from your wins as well as your losses.
- Confidence initiating and running programs and comfort asking questions.
- Creative problemsolving proactive and highlevel communication organization collaboration humor and empathy.
- Ability to collaborate across teams both inside and outside of Hillel.
What Youll Receive
- Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this position is $85000$105000 commensurate with experience.
- A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance retirement plan Life AD&D and LongTerm Disability (LTD) insurances Flexible Spending accounts generous vacation/sick time and parental leave.
- Great professional development mentoring and skill building opportunities.
- Travel regionally and abroad particularly to Israel.
Written Skills Assessment
As part of the interview process for Texas Hillels SJE position there will be a written skills assessment ahead of a first interview. No more than an hour should be spent on this assessment and it will be due within 48 hours of receiving instructions.
About Texas Hillel
Texas Hillel at The University of Texas at Austin was founded in 1927 and has a long history of community service and programmatic innovation serving approximately 3000 Jewish students in the Austin area. The Topfer Center for Jewish Life at the Abe & Annie Seibel building was opened in 2006 and hosts a full array of awardwinning student groups and events. Governed by a statewide board of directors Texas Hillel enjoys strong partnerships with the UT Austin campus and community organizations. Long recognized by Hillel International andThe University of Texas at Austin for innovation Texas Hillel is adjacent to the UTAustin campus and enjoys a strong partnership with The University and the wider Jewish community.
Texas Hillel is affiliated with Hillel International. Hillel International enriches the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world and envisions a world where every student is inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life learning and Israel.
About Austin
Recently named the #1 city to live in Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. Austin has a young and mobile Jewish community of approximately 20000. Much of the communitys Jewish life is centered at the Dell Jewish Community Campus in Northwest Hills including three synagogues the JCC a community day school Federation and subsidiaries. Austin is the live musical capital of the world home to SXSW Austin City Limits and more. Located in the geographic center of the state Austin is 200 miles from Dallas and 170 miles from Houston. It offers the amenities of a large city with a distinct flavor that makes Austin unique. Austin is the capital of Texas and UTAustin is the flagship campus of the UT System with 50000 students.
About Hillel International
In 1923 Rabbi Benjamin Frankel started Hillel with humble means a noble mission and a breathtaking vision: to convey Jewish civilization to a new generation. Today Hillel International continues to enrich the lives of Jewish students and is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world at nearly 1000 colleges and universities across North America and around the world. As Hillel evolves as an organization the mission remains steadfast: to create lasting connections with every Jewish student that foster an enduring commitment to Jewish life learning and Israel and train them to become the next Jewish leaders.
Hillel is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an accepting and inclusive environment for all.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
