IACT Director of Engagement

USC Hillel

Role Overview

Invigorate the next generation of Jewish life as IACT Director of Engagement at USC Hillel. This dynamic new role sits at the intersection of direct student engagement and visionary leadership. You will champion our Hillels engagement efforts serve as a collaborative thought partner for the student experience and take charge of transformative immersive experiences. You will catalyze the student life team around recruitment and outreach efforts and have creative license to innovate around existing and new spaces for engagement on campus. You will contribute enthusiastically to fullteam endeavors like Shabbat and Jewish celebrations to create a warm welcoming home for the Jewish Trojan Family.

The IACT Director of Engagement is a fulltime leader on our student life team serves as the direct supervisor for our two additional frontline student engagement professionals (Springboard Fellow and Israel Fellow) and reports to our Managing Director.

What Youll Do

You will participate fully in studentfacing engagement work manage major immersive experiences coach student leaders and supervise two professionals.

Campus Engagement Efforts

You will be a frontline engagement professional with a goal to recruit students for immersive experiences fuel our student leadership engine and bring students closer to Jewish life on campus. You will build a wide breadth of relationships across campus 200 students) and establish deep meaningful relationships with a smaller segment of those students 75. You will work with students and professionals to create oncampus opportunities for engagement and amplify Hillels presence and brand visibility in the campus community.

Immersive Experiences

You will own two of our flagship immersive experiences: Birthright Israel and FreshFest.

You will lead the charge of Birthright recruitment and staff trips each season aided by the support of a Birthright Israel student intern team and by empowering other members of the student life team. You will lead followup efforts upon returning to campus and serve as a resource connecting students to additional Israel opportunities that meet student interests.

As our largest annual immersive experience our overnight FreshFest retreat is the introduction for firstyears to Jewish campus life and a catalyst for continued engagement. You will own the cycle of the FreshFest experience from start to finish by working with a team of student leaders to craft the arc of the program throughout the year. You will manage student leaders and staff to outcomes across an eightmonth period to bring this exciting environment to life.

Supervision

You will supervise two professionals on the student life team: the Springboard Innovation Fellow and the Israel Fellow.

As the supervisor of the Springboard Fellow you will support the fellows transition into what is likely their first fulltime job as a young professional. You will manage their engagement outcomes through setting SMARTIE goals checking in 1:1 on a weekly basis to track progress and maintain accountability and give actionable feedback. You will also counsel them on adjusting to a workplace and our team culture.

As the supervisor of the Israel Fellow you will support the fellows work overseeing Hillels Israelfocused student campus groups and their work as our Hillels lead Israel educator and engager on campus. As the supervisor of an Israel Fellow you will: honor weekly 1:1 meetings provide constructive and consistent feedback for the fellow to learn and grow as a professional and be mindful of their unique role as a staff person far from home.

Team

As a member of the student life team youll join together with your colleagues to facilitate Jewish life through meaningful observances of Shabbat and Holidays and in coordination with major campus events.

What Youll Bring to the Job

• Dynamic energy and enthusiasm to connect with students
• Strong relationship building skills and accessibility to students from diverse backgrounds.
• Strong entrepreneurial spirit a willingness to take risks and learn from your wins as well as your losses.
• Capacity to create space for a diversity of perspectives and allow all student voices to be heard.
• An attitude of proactive communication and collaboration.
• A passion for supporting students to explore experience and create vibrant connections to Israel.
• An ability to manage multiple projects and track deliverables and outcomes
• A commitment to working in an immersive inperson onsite environment
• A willingness to conduct your role in alignment with a studentfocused schedule including some evenings and weekends.
• A commitment to Jewish pluralism and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 24 years of professional work experience. Experience in a Jewish professional higher education or missiondriven organizational capacity a plus. Past Hillel experience a plus.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a complex team.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage multiple projects.
• Excellent time management skills.

What Youll Receive

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $70000$75000 and the position is classified as exempt..
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance Group Supplemental Retirement Annuity (GSRA) pension plan life insurance Long Term Disability (LTD) Flexible Spending Plan generous vacation/sick time and parental leave.
• Outstanding professional development mentoring and skill building opportunities.
• Travel regionally and abroad particularly to Israel.
• Schedule flexibility from week to week to ensure balance.

About USC Hillel

USC Hillel is the Center of Jewish Life at USC annually engaging over 75 of our 2000 Jewish student population. Our mission is to enrich the lives of our students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Fostering meaningful Jewish experiences USC Hillel develops leaders and inspires young Jewish Trojans to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life. We offer a welcoming environment to nurture a strong Jewish community and place an emphasis on peertopeer relationship building among an actively engaged student base. USC Hillel offers opportunities for students to become leaders mentors and community members within the greater USC and Los Angeles communities. USC Hillel prioritizes the development of our professionals by investing in teamwide and individual skill building opportunities both in and outside of the Hillel context. USC Hillel received the Great Place to Work award in 2022 from Hillel International which highlighted our emphasis on professional growth opportunities strong interpersonal relationships and prioritization of personal wellness.

About the University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is one of the worlds leading private research universities. An anchor institution in Los Angeles USC enrolls more international students than any other U.S. university and offers extensive opportunities for internships and study abroad programs. With a strong tradition of integrating liberal and professional education USC fosters a vibrant culture of public service and encourages students to cross academic as well as geographic boundaries in their pursuit of knowledge.

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.