Assistant Director at KU Hillel

Role Overview

Make your mark on Jewish student life by joining KU Hillel as our next Assistant Director. This senior staff member is a passionate Jewish leader who prioritizes creating student-led innovative and meaningful programs experiences and communities on campus. You will inspire students and staff to dream big as you empower them to make those dreams a reality. Youll have meaningful ownership over strategy and implementation across all aspects of our student-facing operations. KU Hillel strives to foster a pluralistic community where students explore and own their Jewish journeys.

The University of Kansas is an exciting melting pot of undying school pride be that through sports like KU Jayhawk Basketball love for our beautiful campus up on the hill or connection to the micro-communities they see as family. KU Hillel staff meet students where they are building Jewish community all across campus life. We seek a proven professional who leads with passion empathy and curiosity and who approaches the world with nuance humor and always puts people first. We welcome candidates from student affairs higher education nonprofit leadership religious education and other related fields.

What Youll Do

• Strategy & Leadership
• In partnership with the ED develop and drive a strategy for expanded student engagement.
• Develop a broad-spectrum approach to student leadership with multiple entry points for engagement.
• Be the leading voice and active model for building authentic relationships with students and fostering a welcoming pluralistic environment that celebrates the Jewish students who call KU home.

Communication & Education

• Champion Jewish learning and identity exploration through student-driven experiences.
• Oversee and implement a communications & marketing plan to creatively reach students in as many ways as possible.
• Oversee organizational communications marketing and program calendars.

Supervision & Management

• Supervise a team of 2-3 employees and 8-10 student interns. Support staff in leveraging their strengths and interests into new opportunities.
• Support staff in leveraging their strengths and interests into new opportunities.

Operations & Administration

• Oversee and manage a six-figure program budget and support grant opportunities.
• Help maintain financial accountability by helping with daily operations and monthly financials.
• Contribute to grant writing development planning and campus partnerships.
• Improve systems and operational efficiency.

Who You Are

• Youre A Relationship-Builder: You thrive on meeting new people understanding their interests and forging meaningful connections.
• Youre A Mentor & Role Model: You mentor and develop emerging leaders with empathy and clarity.
• Youre an Educator & Facilitator: You facilitate thoughtful conversations and learning spaces.
• Youre A Creative and Bold Thinker: You reimagine the ordinary think big and embrace a risk-taking entrepreneurial spirit.
• Youre an Organized Self-Starter: You are organized proactive and detail-oriented while still taking time to dream about new opportunities.

What Youll Bring to the Job

• Bachelors degree required. Masters degree or relevant certificates preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in leadership development relationship-based engagement or Jewish educational programming or adjacent fields. Transferable skills make a difference!
• Experience supervising professional staff/teams and/or facilitating leadership development for young adults.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively communicate with a variety of stakeholders.
• Commitment to pluralism and comfort in engaging with Jewish life and community.
• Ability to work some evenings weekends and Jewish holidays to support student life.
• Primarily in-person in Lawrence KS with limited remote flexibility during the academic year. Staff frequently choose to live in nearby Kansas City.
• Familiarity with Google Suite Canva and social media marketing platforms is a plus.

What Youll Receive

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $65000-$75000 commensurate with experience.
• Monthly travel & cell phone stipend.
• 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.
• High-level professional development to help develop core skills and gain expertise from changemakers engagers and Jewish life experts.
• Mentoring and career coaching to help you during and after your position
• A network of terrific colleagues from across the Hillel movement.
• Travel opportunities both domestically and internationally multiple times per year.

About KU & Lawrence Kansas City and Our Community

The University of Kansas (KU) is centered in Lawrence Kansas. Today Lawrence remains a crossroads of culture celebrating the artists and innovators that populate its history and create an unmistakable identity. So too is the spirit of the Jayhawks that powers KU. KU is the states flagship institution home to innovative research and the constant pursuit of knowledge.

KU Hillel proudly serves more than 1000 Jewish studentswith a dynamic professional team and strong community partnerships.

**Interested candidates willing to relocate to Kansas are encouraged to use Jewish Federations See KC program as a resource to learn more about living in Kansas City and our incredible Jewish community. Kansas City boasts a thriving Jewish community of more than 20000 including an incredible group of young professionals living in and around the KC Metro Area.**

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.