Director of Graduate Student Programming at Harvard Hillel

Harvard Hillel is seeking a Director of Graduate Student Programming to support students and faculty in building vibrant Jewish life across Harvards graduate and professional schools. Working closely with the Senior Director of Jewish Student Life and broader Harvard Hillel staff this person will be the Jewish point of connection for hundreds of Jewish graduate students across Harvards thirteen graduate and professional schools and play a central role in strengthening community cultivating leadership and creating inspiring Jewish life for students at this formative time in their lives.

This role will have a particular focus on building a strong and consistent presence at Harvard Business School (HBS) Harvard Law School (HLS) and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) while supporting Jewish life across Harvards broader graduate and professional student community. This is a highly relational and student-facing role centered on building ongoing relationships supporting Jewish student associations and creating meaningful experiences that help graduate students connect to participate in and lead their communities.

• Build meaningful one-on-one relationships with graduate students through outreach mentorship and ongoing engagement serving as a trusted mentor connector and thought partner as students navigate graduate school Jewish life and life beyond campus.
• Cultivate a strong and consistent presence at HBS HLS and HKS through regular outreach campus presence school-specific programming and community-building efforts.
• Serve as Harvard Hillels primary liaison to graduate Jewish student associations partnering with student leaders through advising leadership development program support and ongoing partnership.
• Create and execute a robust calendar of social educational religious holiday and community-building experiences for graduate students.
• Develop both school-specific and cross-school opportunities that strengthen individual graduate communities while fostering broader connection across Harvards graduate and professional schools.
• Recruit advise and support graduate student leaders and a Graduate Student Board.
• Partner with students and staff to create new initiatives traditions and engagement opportunities that reflect graduate student interests and needs.
• Track relationships and engagement through Hillels database systems and use data thoughtfully to support meaningful follow-up and long-term community building.
• Manage graduate programming budgets planning and logistics.
• Participate fully in Harvard Hillel community life including Shabbat holidays and major organizational initiatives.

• At least five years of relevant professional experience working in Hillel Jewish organizations campus communities community organizing experiential education or other young adult engagement settings.
• Bachelors degree required.
• A warm engaging and approachable personality with genuine excitement for building Jewish community and meaningful relationships.
• Demonstrated experience building and sustaining communities for graduate students young adults or other post-college populations through relationship-based engagement mentorship and community-building.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with the ability to connect with people from a wide range of backgrounds experiences and levels of Jewish engagement.
• Experience mentoring advising and supporting student or community leaders and helping translate ideas into meaningful programs and experiences.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects programs and relationships simultaneously.
• Comfort working independently taking initiative identifying opportunities and following through.
• Strong communication collaboration and problem-solving skills.
• Curiosity flexibility and excitement about building vibrant Jewish life and helping people find connection and belonging.

• A salary of $75000-$95000 commensurate with experience with flexibility to explore either a full-year position or a 10-month schedule with compensation adjusted accordingly.
• A comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision retirement contributions and paid time off.
• Professional development support and opportunities for continued learning and growth.
• The opportunity to join a warm collaborative and mission-driven team committed to meaningful relationship-building and student-centered work.
• The chance to work closely with remarkable students and help shape Jewish life across Harvards graduate and professional schools.

Harvard Hillel is the Jewish center of the worlds greatest university. Home to 500 Jewish undergraduates and 1800 Jewish graduate students Harvard Hillels mission is to train a generation of Jewish students to lead a divided Jewish community in an uncertain future - by helping mentoring them as they create an inspiring life-shaping community of meaning with and for one another during their years as students.

Harvard Hillelis 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.

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.