Employment Opportunities
Managing Director
Role Overview
As Managing Director, you will help UMass Hillel achieve a new level of operational excellence and fulfillment of our mission at a time when students and other stakeholders are turning to Hillel for community, support and leadership in unprecedented numbers. This new senior leadership position is a tremendous opportunity for the right candidate to help shape an evolving organization and have a meaningful impact working with a great staff team amidst a vibrant student community. This is a full-time on-site position in a flexible work environment.
The Managing Director will assume significant responsibility for the internal management of the organization, partnering with the Executive Director to implement UMass Hillel’s strategic priorities. The ideal candidate will have proven success in a leadership role within non-profit management, with the breadth and depth of experience and skillsets to serve in a broad leadership role akin to a Chief of Staff while also taking direct responsibility for several key areas of business management. The ability to develop and maintain meaningful relationships with students, colleagues, campus partners and other stakeholders is vital for this role. The Managing Director will align the work of staff with strategic priorities, improving planning, collaboration, and communication within the organization, and will oversee HR, program execution, financial management, and grants management.
In this role, you will report to the Executive Director, supervise multiple staff including the Facilities and Operations Manager and Director of Student Life, and be a strategic thought partner with the Executive Director, Director of Advancement, and UMass Hillel Board of Directors.
What You Will Do
Role Overview
As Managing Director, you will help UMass Hillel achieve a new level of operational excellence and fulfillment of our mission at a time when students and other stakeholders are turning to Hillel for community, support and leadership in unprecedented numbers. This new senior leadership position is a tremendous opportunity for the right candidate to help shape an evolving organization and have a meaningful impact working with a great staff team amidst a vibrant student community. This is a full-time on-site position in a flexible work environment.
The Managing Director will assume significant responsibility for the internal management of the organization, partnering with the Executive Director to implement UMass Hillel’s strategic priorities. The ideal candidate will have proven success in a leadership role within non-profit management, with the breadth and depth of experience and skillsets to serve in a broad leadership role akin to a Chief of Staff while also taking direct responsibility for several key areas of business management. The ability to develop and maintain meaningful relationships with students, colleagues, campus partners and other stakeholders is vital for this role. The Managing Director will align the work of staff with strategic priorities, improving planning, collaboration, and communication within the organization, and will oversee HR, program execution, financial management, and grants management.
In this role, you will report to the Executive Director, supervise multiple staff including the Facilities and Operations Manager and Director of Student Life, and be a strategic thought partner with the Executive Director, Director of Advancement, and UMass Hillel Board of Directors.
What You Will Do
- Organizational Management
- Manage and execute organizational & departmental goals
- Oversee the development and execution of a clear student engagement and program plan for the organization
- Annual calendar planning & coordination
- Facilitate strong communication, coordination, and transparency between staff teams, student leaders, and board members, helping to cultivate a culture of shared mission, purpose, and appreciation
- Partner with ED to manage strategic staff structure shifts and refinement of job portfolios
- Oversee and enhance inter-team collaboration and coordination
- Staff Management & Supervision
- Supervise Facilities & Operations Manager, Director of Student Life, and Office Manager, including regular supervision meetings and annual goal setting and reviews
- Provide support and oversight to ensure successful implementation and coordination of student life program plan, facilities and food service operations, and administrative functions
- Manage calendar for annual staff goal setting and reviews
- Organize staff trainings and oversee staff meeting scheduling
- Improve and communicate organizational systems and policies
- Financial Management
- Partner with ED in budget planning and creation of annual budget, including managing the creation of departmental budgets
- Oversee organizational budget, coordinating budget tracking with senior staff and bookkeeper, and ensuring expenses and revenue are categorized accurately
- Create bi-annual budget projections, coordinating with ED and other senior staff and board members
- Create and maintain annual financial calendar; participate in and support the Finance Committee
- Manage, improve and communicate reimbursement processes
- Manage financial accounts, including adding and removing individuals and facilitating financial transfers
- Serve as liaison with CPA for annual financial review, 990, providing and gathering necessary information and coordinating with staff and board
- Oversee existing Hillel House insurance plans, meeting and communicating with insurance broker to ensure up-to-date and sufficient insurance coverage
- HR
- Implement a talent plan for the organization in partnership with the ED and HR committee of the board
- Oversee all HR administrative functions, including communication of HR and benefits information to staff and answering HR questions
- Organize and oversee logistical elements of hiring and onboarding processes; lead or partner on hires and personnel management
- Make updates to Paycom, Hillel’s HRIS, as needed in coordination with bookkeeper, ED and Hillel International
- Liaise with Paycom for troubleshooting as needed
- Work with ED and board to update personnel manual and related policies
- Grants & Allocations Management
- Create and maintain annual grants and allocations calendar shared among relevant staff
- Manage grant applications and reporting, content creation, and deadlines among ED, Director of Advancement, and other staff
- Maintain and review grant contracts
- Systematize stewardship of partner organizations in collaboration with the Director of Advancement
- Manage grants involving Student Life staff and student leaders; improve and communicate related processes
- 5+ years of relevant experience in not-for-profit business management, academic administration, or executive leadership
- Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or other relevant graduate degree preferred
- Authentic care for Hillel’s mission and desire to help the Jewish student community thrive; relevant Jewish professional or educational experience
- Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, from students to board members
- Ability to calmly manage and problem-solve for a wide range of challenges
- Significant experience with budgeting, financial management, supervision, HR, and organizational administration and operations
- Experience organizing and facilitating collaboration between varied constituents, departments or stakeholders
- Experience implementing organizational change and strategic initiatives; innate strength in planning and project management
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Fluency with varied software including Office Suite, Dropbox, Google Docs, and other similar systems; familiarity with QuickBooks
- A positive can-do attitude, drive for excellence, and ability to work well independently and with a team. Hard-working but able to have fun!
- Salary of $100,000-$120,000 commensurate with experience
- A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, pension plan, Group Supplemental Retirement Annuity (GSRA), life insurance, Long Term Disability (LTD), Flexible Spending Plan, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave
- Great professional development, mentoring, and skill-building opportunities
- Flexible work hours
- A fun dynamic work environment in a university setting with interaction with students, a great staff team, stakeholders
- The support of a wonderful national Hillel network
- The opportunity to have a meaningful impact on students’ lives and the UMass campus community.
IACT Birthright Engagement Coordinator
Role Overview
Enrich the lives of Jewish students as the IACT Birthright Coordinator at UMass Hillel, as an integral member of a dynamic and caring staff team at a top employee-rated Hillel. 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. You will oversee a comprehensive engagement strategy dedicated to creating community at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that includes building one on one relationships with students, staffing trips to Israel, and connecting students to Jewish opportunities on campus.
The IACT Coordinator will utilize the experience of travel to Israel to empower students to explore their Jewish identity and find inspiration, connection, and meaning in Jewish life and community. In this role you will meaningfully engage Jewish students from a diverse range of backgrounds, with a special focus on those with little current connection to Hillel and/or Jewish life. You will work with them prior to and after their travel experience to further their personal and professional growth as well as engage them in Jewish life, encouraging them to become involved as leaders and participants in student-organized Jewish programming and groups, and facilitating their participation in existing opportunities on and off campus. You’ll wake up each day (or at least most) genuinely enthusiastic to help students explore, experience, and create vibrant connections to their Jewish identities. This is so much more than your average 9-to-5!
With the evolving war in Israel/Gaza, plans for Birthright trips and the associated roles and responsibilities of the IACT Co ordinator will be adapted as needed. In the event that a trip cannot take place, your work will continue to focus on engaging a diverse range of students on campus, and supporting their exploration of Judaism and Israel, as well as developing a “pre-trip community” that enables students interested in Birthright to connect with each other.
What You’ll Do
• Expand the number of Birthright Israel trip participants from UMass through relationship-building and robust creative recruitment and marketing strategies.
• Engage participants in Jewish life both before and after the trip in the areas of Israel education, community service, and Jewish life and learning. Develop personalized follow-up and individual engagement plans with alumni to deepen students’ connection to Jewish life.
• Work with the UMass Hillel student life team to leverage 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 Jewish student programming.
• Develop and implement creative initiatives to engage students on the margins of Jewish life, meeting them where they are. This could include facilitating ongoing learning, reimagining Shabbat dinner experiences, and partnering with new students to develop their ideas and passions.
What You’ll Bring to the Job
• 0-2 years professional work experience
• Bachelor's 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
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities
• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace, the salary range for this position is $40,000-$45,000
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, Flexible Spending account, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave
• Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel
About UMass Hillel
UMass Hillel is a vibrant active Hillel, located at the edge of the UMass Amherst campus. We empower students through the vitality of Jewish life to cultivate purposeful, healthy lives and relationships that better our community and world. With over 10 Jewish student groups and a fun and dedicated staff team, UMass Hillel offers a huge range of meaningful programming and opportunities to engage the 2000+ Jewish students of UMass and beyond. We are located in the beautiful college town of Amherst in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.
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 more than 550 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.
To Apply, click HERE
Role Overview
Enrich the lives of Jewish students as the IACT Birthright Coordinator at UMass Hillel, as an integral member of a dynamic and caring staff team at a top employee-rated Hillel. 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. You will oversee a comprehensive engagement strategy dedicated to creating community at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that includes building one on one relationships with students, staffing trips to Israel, and connecting students to Jewish opportunities on campus.
The IACT Coordinator will utilize the experience of travel to Israel to empower students to explore their Jewish identity and find inspiration, connection, and meaning in Jewish life and community. In this role you will meaningfully engage Jewish students from a diverse range of backgrounds, with a special focus on those with little current connection to Hillel and/or Jewish life. You will work with them prior to and after their travel experience to further their personal and professional growth as well as engage them in Jewish life, encouraging them to become involved as leaders and participants in student-organized Jewish programming and groups, and facilitating their participation in existing opportunities on and off campus. You’ll wake up each day (or at least most) genuinely enthusiastic to help students explore, experience, and create vibrant connections to their Jewish identities. This is so much more than your average 9-to-5!
With the evolving war in Israel/Gaza, plans for Birthright trips and the associated roles and responsibilities of the IACT Co ordinator will be adapted as needed. In the event that a trip cannot take place, your work will continue to focus on engaging a diverse range of students on campus, and supporting their exploration of Judaism and Israel, as well as developing a “pre-trip community” that enables students interested in Birthright to connect with each other.
What You’ll Do
• Expand the number of Birthright Israel trip participants from UMass through relationship-building and robust creative recruitment and marketing strategies.
• Engage participants in Jewish life both before and after the trip in the areas of Israel education, community service, and Jewish life and learning. Develop personalized follow-up and individual engagement plans with alumni to deepen students’ connection to Jewish life.
• Work with the UMass Hillel student life team to leverage 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 Jewish student programming.
• Develop and implement creative initiatives to engage students on the margins of Jewish life, meeting them where they are. This could include facilitating ongoing learning, reimagining Shabbat dinner experiences, and partnering with new students to develop their ideas and passions.
What You’ll Bring to the Job
• 0-2 years professional work experience
• Bachelor's 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
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities
• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace, the salary range for this position is $40,000-$45,000
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, Flexible Spending account, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave
• Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel
About UMass Hillel
UMass Hillel is a vibrant active Hillel, located at the edge of the UMass Amherst campus. We empower students through the vitality of Jewish life to cultivate purposeful, healthy lives and relationships that better our community and world. With over 10 Jewish student groups and a fun and dedicated staff team, UMass Hillel offers a huge range of meaningful programming and opportunities to engage the 2000+ Jewish students of UMass and beyond. We are located in the beautiful college town of Amherst in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.
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 more than 550 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.
To Apply, click HERE
