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.
Positions available
Engagement and Communications Associate
Role Overview
Enrich the lives of hundreds of college students as the Engagement and Communications Associate as a member of a great staff team at UMass Hillel. In this role you will engage students meaningfully in Jewish life and community by building relationships, managing key programs, advising student groups, and promoting Hillel through a range of communication channels. Your work will include a focus on developing student leaders and building community among first-year students.
The Engagement and Communications Associate is a natural relationship-builder with a love for Judaism, who brings creativity and technological savviness to Hillel. You will oversee digital communications as it relates to student engagement and sharing of the student experience, including managing email newsletters and social media.
The Engagement and Communications Associate reports to the Assistant Director and is an integral member of a dynamic and caring staff team. UMass Hillel is a great place to work - in a national 2021 Hillel movement-wide survey of employee satisfaction, UMass Hillel was a top ranked Hillel. Bring your passion and skills to the exciting work of building vibrant Jewish student community.
What You’ll Do
Student Engagement & Program Management:
• Build relationships with students by meeting them where they’re at, such as attending on-campus events and meetings, tabling, one-on-one coffee conversations, facilitating small group discussions, staffing immersive experiences, and developing new and creative initiatives.
• Support UMass Hillel’s Student Leadership Collective by working with the Assistant Director to create a cohesive student leader experience, and run or curate relevant trainings and workshops.
• Manage freshmen engagement, including overseeing the FreshFest pre-orientation program for first year students and creating opportunities for freshmen to connect to Jewish life and each other throughout the year.
• Advise Jewish student groups, empowering them to enact their missions and plan dynamic programs.
• Recruit and supervise student interns.
Communications and Online Engagement:
• Develop and implement digital and print marketing plans to promote Hillel opportunities and to engage students in Hillel initiatives.
• Manage “News4Jews” weekly eblasts, social media, creation of digital content such as videos and flyers, and website support.
What You’ll Bring to the Job
• 0-2 years professional work experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Natural ability to connect with a wide range of students.
• A team mindset and strong communication skills.
• Experience using social media for marketing and publicity, creating graphic design content and email marketing (such as Constant Contact or Mailchimp).
• Excellent writing skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Confidence in organizing events or group programs, and a willingness to ask questions.
• Creative problem solving.
• Passion for Jewish life.
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 $38,000-$42,000.
• 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.
• Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel.
To apply, click HERE
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. 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 opportunities that meet their interests upon their return to campus. You will be an integral member of a dynamic and caring staff team at a top employee-rated Hillel. In a national 2021 Hillel movement-wide survey of employee satisfaction, UMass Hillel ranked 10 percentage points higher than the average Hillel.
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, 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!
Due to the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, your role and responsibilities will adapt to current realities. In the event that trips to Israel are prohibited, your work will focus on engaging diverse students on campus, supporting their exploration of Judaism and Israel, and developing a “pre-trip community” that enables students interested in Birthright to connect with each other.
What You’ll Do
What You’ll Bring to the Job
What You’ll Receive
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.
Positions available
Engagement and Communications Associate
Role Overview
Enrich the lives of hundreds of college students as the Engagement and Communications Associate as a member of a great staff team at UMass Hillel. In this role you will engage students meaningfully in Jewish life and community by building relationships, managing key programs, advising student groups, and promoting Hillel through a range of communication channels. Your work will include a focus on developing student leaders and building community among first-year students.
The Engagement and Communications Associate is a natural relationship-builder with a love for Judaism, who brings creativity and technological savviness to Hillel. You will oversee digital communications as it relates to student engagement and sharing of the student experience, including managing email newsletters and social media.
The Engagement and Communications Associate reports to the Assistant Director and is an integral member of a dynamic and caring staff team. UMass Hillel is a great place to work - in a national 2021 Hillel movement-wide survey of employee satisfaction, UMass Hillel was a top ranked Hillel. Bring your passion and skills to the exciting work of building vibrant Jewish student community.
What You’ll Do
Student Engagement & Program Management:
• Build relationships with students by meeting them where they’re at, such as attending on-campus events and meetings, tabling, one-on-one coffee conversations, facilitating small group discussions, staffing immersive experiences, and developing new and creative initiatives.
• Support UMass Hillel’s Student Leadership Collective by working with the Assistant Director to create a cohesive student leader experience, and run or curate relevant trainings and workshops.
• Manage freshmen engagement, including overseeing the FreshFest pre-orientation program for first year students and creating opportunities for freshmen to connect to Jewish life and each other throughout the year.
• Advise Jewish student groups, empowering them to enact their missions and plan dynamic programs.
• Recruit and supervise student interns.
Communications and Online Engagement:
• Develop and implement digital and print marketing plans to promote Hillel opportunities and to engage students in Hillel initiatives.
• Manage “News4Jews” weekly eblasts, social media, creation of digital content such as videos and flyers, and website support.
What You’ll Bring to the Job
• 0-2 years professional work experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Natural ability to connect with a wide range of students.
• A team mindset and strong communication skills.
• Experience using social media for marketing and publicity, creating graphic design content and email marketing (such as Constant Contact or Mailchimp).
• Excellent writing skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Confidence in organizing events or group programs, and a willingness to ask questions.
• Creative problem solving.
• Passion for Jewish life.
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 $38,000-$42,000.
• 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.
• Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel.
To apply, click HERE
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. 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 opportunities that meet their interests upon their return to campus. You will be an integral member of a dynamic and caring staff team at a top employee-rated Hillel. In a national 2021 Hillel movement-wide survey of employee satisfaction, UMass Hillel ranked 10 percentage points higher than the average Hillel.
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, 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!
Due to the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, your role and responsibilities will adapt to current realities. In the event that trips to Israel are prohibited, your work will focus on engaging diverse students on campus, supporting their exploration of Judaism and Israel, and 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 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.
- If Birthright trips are cancelled due to the current pandemic situation, you will 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 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 $38,000-$42,000
- A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, Flexible Spending account, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave
- Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel
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