Springboard Innovation Fellow at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Springboard Fellow

At the Cohen Hillel: The University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

Role Overview

Make your mark on Jewish student life by joining Illini Hillel at UIUC as the Springboard Fellow. You will build one on one relationships with students plan and execute engaging events and programs around campus and help inspire students to make a commitment to Jewish life .

Under the supervision of the Engagement Director of Cohen Hillel Center the Springboard FellowEngagement Associate will focus on outreach engagement and empowerment of uninvolved students and will work to connect them to Jewish opportunities in ChampaignUrbana. The fellow will create a Jewish Student Network on campus as a group outside of Hillel to engage students without the stigma and preconceived notions of Hillel.

We have an estimated 3000 Jewish students at the University of Illinois and there is not a one size fits all approach for how we can reach them all. You will have the chance to learn from what works build connections between students and have the opportunity to develop meaningful Jewish experiences

Youll wake up each day (or at least most) and be genuinely excited and enthusiastic about creating an inviting place that inspires students to explore experience and create vibrant Jewish lives. This is so much more than your average 9to5.

About The Springboard Fellowship

The Springboard Fellowship is a paid twoyear fellowship that brings recent college grads with raw talent passion and skills needed to reimagine and redesign Jewish student life to college campuses across North America.

Trained in RelationshipBased Engagement HumanCentered Design and other entrepreneurial frameworks you will be exposed to the most successful initiatives from across the Hillel movement. Fellows will work with students to imagine create and refine experiences for Jewish life that dramatically impact student engagement efficiently and strategically apply and scale successful initiatives from across the movement and give birth to cuttingedge ideas that have the potential to transform how Hillel and creates inclusive spaces for #AllKindsOfJewish.

Were looking for people who embrace challenges take risks fail and learn from the past while maintaining their passion and sense of humor. Extensive Jewish education is not necessary just an interest in creating a vibrant Jewish community a commitment to learning and the desire to make a difference in the lives of students.

What Youll Do

GOALS:

• Creates and cultivates 180 oneonone relationships with Jewish students by meeting them where they live work and/or study utilizing creative methods to reach and interest them. This could mean tabling creating dorm programs eating meals in the dorms or similar initiatives.
• Spends time on campus during Shabbat and Jewish holidays offering a multitude of ways for students to connect with Jewish life; sometimes this will mean bringing Shabbat/Holidays to the students and other times helping students build their own Jewish experiences.
• Creates microcommunities and programs in UIUCs dorms building collaborations with student organizations and university staff members (such as staff in dorms student affairs etc).
• Coordinate bridge building work with other cultural and religious groups on campus demonstrating allyship and facilitating collaborative events with nonJewish groups with Greek houses and underrepresented majors.

WHAT YOULL DO:

• Meet with students from different cohorts and demographics on campus to engage them identify their interests and connect to opportunities.
• Tabling on the quad and in the dorms on a regular basis
• Work with the Engagement Director to create a strategic plan for oncampus initiatives
• Connect with Jewish students from microcommunities such as majors and Greek houses
• Meet with University staff from dorms and dining halls to find new ways to bring Judaism into students every day lives
• Go to nonJewish cultural house events to meet their student leaders and work with them on programs and initiatives

Who You Are

• Youre A RelationshipBuilder: You thrive on meeting new people understanding their interests and forging meaningful connections.
• Youre A Collaborative Team Player: You enjoy working collaboratively with a team to solve problems and explore new initiatives.
• Youre A Passionate Learner: You love learning and continuously building up your Jewish knowledge.
• Youre An Innovative Educator: You believe in infusing education into captivating experiences that stimulate the imagination.
• Youre A Facilitator: You thrive in creating spaces for students to converse share ideas and explore and develop their own ideas on relevant issues.
• Youre A Recent College Grad: Whatever your degree you are excited about Jewish life on campus and have experience as a participant and maybe even as an educator in a Jewish educational setting.
• Youre A Creative Thinker: You are constantly reimagining the ordinary seeking ways to repurpose and improve things.
• Youre A Bold Visionary: Think big and creatively viewing everything as a possibility and embracing a risktaking entrepreneurial spirit.

Youre A Springboard Fellow

What Youll Bring to the Job

• 0 3 years professional work experience
• Bachelors degree
• This is an inperson role location in Champaign IL; remote work is not available for this position
• Thrives in a fastpaced environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Proud to be a Jewish role model
• A dynamic personality and outstanding interpersonal skills
• An entrepreneurial spirit willingness to take risks and the ability to learn from efforts that dont work out as planned
• High organizational creative problemsolving and people skills.
• Excitement to continue developing your own relationship to Judaism.

What Youll Receive

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary for this role is $46000 in year one of the Fellowship and the salary is $48000 in year two of the Fellowship.
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance retirement plan Life AD&D and Long Term Disability (LTD) insurances Flexible Spending accounts generous vacation/sick time and parental leave.
• Highlevel professional development to help develop core skills in experiential education including learning from some of the most innovative organizations in Jewish education today.
• $3200 in professional development funds from the Springboard Fellowship to utilize over the course of two years.
• Intensive Jewish summer and yearlong learning experiences that will provide you with the knowledge passion and critical tool kit to fuel your work building our Jewish communities.
• Mentoring and career coaching to help you during and after your Fellowship.
• A network of terrific colleagues from across the Hillel movement.
• Travel opportunities both domestically and internationally multiple times per year (if permitted following COVID19 safety guidelines).

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.