JEWISH LIFE ASSOCIATE AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

About the role

Metro Chicago Hillel is seeking a dynamic and creative Jewish Life Associate to join our team at DePaul University. The ideal candidate will build meaningful relationships with students, plan engaging events, and inspire them to commit to Jewish life, learning, and Israel.

Responsibilities

• Strategically engage and maintain meaningful relationships with a wide variety of students, including responding to student needs and concerns, supporting leadership development, and coaching students in coalition-building with other student organizations.
• Utilize student engagement data to direct outreach and recruitment efforts and to identify trends and opportunities.
• Develop new programming and opportunities for students based on their feedback and needs.
• Work as Hillel's representative at DePaul to strengthen Jewish life and Hillel's visibility on an urban campus, including collaborating with DePaul administrators, staff, and faculty.
• Partner with colleagues to help students explore their relationship to Israel and coach them in responding to antizionist and antisemitic incidents on campus.
• Maintain a social media presence for DePaul Hillel, develop a personal-professional Instagram presence, and closely monitor social media activity related to DePaul's campus community.
• Collaborate with other Hillel staff to help shape and develop the mission of Metro Chicago Hillel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• This is an in-person role located in Chicago, IL; remote work is not available for this position.
• Past experience traveling or studying in Israel.
• Experience working effectively both independently and collaboratively.
• Proven success managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Passion for Jewish community, Judaism, and Israel, and an excitement for future trips to Israel and for the opportunity to continue developing your own relationship to Judaism.
• Knowledge of Jewish community, culture, heritage, and traditions.
• An entrepreneurial spirit, willingness to take risks, and the self-awareness to learn from efforts that don't work out as planned.
• A dynamic personality, outstanding interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, and a sense of playfulness.
• Initiative and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal skills, effective at communicating with a variety of stakeholders including students, parents, alumnae/i, and university partners.

Qualifications

• Passionate about Jewish community, Judaism, and Israel.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-awareness and willingness to learn from failures.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and initiative.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Passion for Jewish community, Judaism, and Israel.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and initiative.

Benefits

• Salary range: $50,000 - $52,000.
• Comprehensive benefits package including up to 20 days paid time off, up to 11 sick days, 8 paid federal holidays, and up to 13 paid Jewish holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) match.
• Additional health and wellness benefits, financial benefits, and tuition reimbursement.
• Professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities, and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to Israel.
• Great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement.
• This position provides Flexible work hours.
• Travel regionally and to