Employment Opportunities
About UMass Hillel
UMass Hillel is a non-profit organization serving students, faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Our mission is to empower students through the vitality of Jewish life to cultivate purposeful, healthy lives and relationships that better our community and world. This includes collaborating with students and campus partners who are not Jewish, as we work together to build bridges and live up to our shared ideals. Nestled in idyllic Amherst, Massachusetts, the campus is consistently ranked among the top public research universities in the nation and offers a rich cultural environment in a rural setting close to major urban centers.
Position available
IACT Birthright Coordinator
Role Overview
Enrich the lives of Jewish students by joining UMass Hillel as the IACT Birthright Coordinator. IACT (Inspired, Active, Committed, Transformed) is an initiative that builds on the success of Birthright Israel by offering support and inspiration to students before, during, and beyond the trip. As an integral member of our student life team, you will oversee a comprehensive engagement strategy dedicated to creating community around our Israel experiences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. You will recruit students for Birthright Israel trips by building one on one relationships with them, staff trips to Israel, and help connect students to opportunities that meet their interests upon their return to campus. UMass typically sends 100-140 students on Birthright trips each year.
You will leverage Israel experiences as a way to meaningfully engage a great diversity of Jewish students, with a special focus on those with little current connection to Hillel and/or Jewish life. Your role will further the personal and professional growth and development of UMass students. You will work with them prior to their departure and upon their return to engage them in Jewish life on campus, encouraging them to become involved as leaders and participants in student-organized Jewish programming and groups, and facilitating their participation in existing Israel-related opportunities on and off campus. You’ll wake up each day (or at least most) and be genuinely enthusiastic to help students explore, experience, and create vibrant connections to Israel and their Jewish identities. This is so much more than your average 9-to-5.
What You’ll Do
• Expand the number of Birthright Israel trip participants from UMass through relationship-building and robust and creative recruitment and marketing strategies.
• Engage participants in Jewish life after the trip in the areas of Israel education/advocacy, community service, and Jewish life and learning; develop personalized follow-up and individual Jewish/Israel plans with alumni to deepen individuals’ connection to Jewish life.
• Work with the UMass Hillel student life team to leverage the Birthright Israel participants as a core group through which others are engaged and brought into Jewish activities, thereby helping to transform campus Jewish life.
• Contribute as a full member of the UMass Hillel staff team, including advising and overseeing the activities of student groups, mentoring student leaders, and developing and supporting creative initiatives.
What You’ll Bring to the Job
• 0-2 years professional work experience
• Bachelors degree
• Sales or recruitment experience, either through a job, campus organization, or as a volunteer
• Natural ability to connect with a wide range of students
• Team player and clear communicator
• Ability to manage projects, with many moving parts, to set timetables and adhere to deadlines
• Proven leadership skills
• Interest in professional growth in a team environment
• Comfort presenting in front of groups, outgoing and personable
• Prior travel experience in Israel, and depth of personal connection with Israel and Judaism
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Jewish education and outreach
• Knowledge of Israeli society and culture
What You’ll Receive
• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace, the salary range for this position is $38,000-$42,000
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, Flexible Spending account, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities
• Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel
To apply, click HERE
UMass Hillel is a non-profit organization serving students, faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Our mission is to empower students through the vitality of Jewish life to cultivate purposeful, healthy lives and relationships that better our community and world. This includes collaborating with students and campus partners who are not Jewish, as we work together to build bridges and live up to our shared ideals. Nestled in idyllic Amherst, Massachusetts, the campus is consistently ranked among the top public research universities in the nation and offers a rich cultural environment in a rural setting close to major urban centers.
Position available
IACT Birthright Coordinator
Role Overview
Enrich the lives of Jewish students by joining UMass Hillel as the IACT Birthright Coordinator. IACT (Inspired, Active, Committed, Transformed) is an initiative that builds on the success of Birthright Israel by offering support and inspiration to students before, during, and beyond the trip. As an integral member of our student life team, you will oversee a comprehensive engagement strategy dedicated to creating community around our Israel experiences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. You will recruit students for Birthright Israel trips by building one on one relationships with them, staff trips to Israel, and help connect students to opportunities that meet their interests upon their return to campus. UMass typically sends 100-140 students on Birthright trips each year.
You will leverage Israel experiences as a way to meaningfully engage a great diversity of Jewish students, with a special focus on those with little current connection to Hillel and/or Jewish life. Your role will further the personal and professional growth and development of UMass students. You will work with them prior to their departure and upon their return to engage them in Jewish life on campus, encouraging them to become involved as leaders and participants in student-organized Jewish programming and groups, and facilitating their participation in existing Israel-related opportunities on and off campus. You’ll wake up each day (or at least most) and be genuinely enthusiastic to help students explore, experience, and create vibrant connections to Israel and their Jewish identities. This is so much more than your average 9-to-5.
What You’ll Do
• Expand the number of Birthright Israel trip participants from UMass through relationship-building and robust and creative recruitment and marketing strategies.
• Engage participants in Jewish life after the trip in the areas of Israel education/advocacy, community service, and Jewish life and learning; develop personalized follow-up and individual Jewish/Israel plans with alumni to deepen individuals’ connection to Jewish life.
• Work with the UMass Hillel student life team to leverage the Birthright Israel participants as a core group through which others are engaged and brought into Jewish activities, thereby helping to transform campus Jewish life.
• Contribute as a full member of the UMass Hillel staff team, including advising and overseeing the activities of student groups, mentoring student leaders, and developing and supporting creative initiatives.
What You’ll Bring to the Job
• 0-2 years professional work experience
• Bachelors degree
• Sales or recruitment experience, either through a job, campus organization, or as a volunteer
• Natural ability to connect with a wide range of students
• Team player and clear communicator
• Ability to manage projects, with many moving parts, to set timetables and adhere to deadlines
• Proven leadership skills
• Interest in professional growth in a team environment
• Comfort presenting in front of groups, outgoing and personable
• Prior travel experience in Israel, and depth of personal connection with Israel and Judaism
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Jewish education and outreach
• Knowledge of Israeli society and culture
What You’ll Receive
• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace, the salary range for this position is $38,000-$42,000
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, Flexible Spending account, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities
• Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel
To apply, click HERE
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