Springboard Fellow at University of Michigan Hillel

About the role

The Springboard Fellow is a paid, two-year fellowship designed to bring recent college graduates with raw talent, passion, and skills needed to reimagine and redesign Jewish student life on college campuses across North America.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the experience of Jewish students in Greek Life through our Community Engagement Fellowship, supporting them to create meaningful Jewish experiences in their fraternity or sorority houses.
• Personally engage 200+ students through 1:1 conversations to help connect and guide them to participate in Jewish community on campus.
• Identify and cultivate students to become leaders in Hillel, being there for them while they discover their own interests, and connecting them to other staff and groups based on their passions, then nurturing their leadership skills.
• Build a minimum of 200 relationships with students on campus, focusing specifically on students in Greek life who are uninvolved with Michigan Hillel and students who have indicated interest in involvement but need an extra push.
• Work with the Manager of Community Service Learning on Hillel’s Engagement Fellowships.
• Facilitate, lead, and partner with other staff to develop leadership workshops and Jewish learning for existing communities.
• Advise a variety of student-led groups that focus on pre-professional communities and niche-interest groups.
• Innovate and oversee relevant and engaging Jewish programming to Greek Life houses and our general student population.

Requirements

• You’re a Relationship-Builder: You thrive on meeting new people, understanding their interests, and forging meaningful connections.
• You’re a Collaborative Team Player: You enjoy working collaboratively with a team to solve problems and explore new initiatives.
• You’re a Passionate Learner: You love learning and continuously build up your Jewish knowledge.
• You’re an Innovative Educator: You believe in infusing education into captivating experiences that stimulate the imagination.
• You’re a Facilitator: You thrive in creating spaces for students to converse, share ideas, and explore and develop their own ideas on relevant issues.
• You’re a Recent College Graduate: Whatever your degree, you are excited about Jewish life on campus and have experience as a participant and maybe even as an educator in a Jewish educational setting.
• You’re a Creative Thinker: You are constantly reimagining the ordinary, seeking ways to repurpose and improve things.
• You’re a Bold Visionary: You think big and creatively, viewing everything as a possibility and embracing a risk-taking, entrepreneurial spirit.
• You Bring Good Vibes: This job isn’t always glamorous or easy, but you’re excited to work with the rest of the staff and our amazing students to bring Judaism to life for students across Michigan’s campus.

Qualifications

• 0 - 3 years professional work experience
• Bachelor's degree
• A natural ability to network and build relationships with a wide variety of people
• A contagious passion for Jewish life and interest in the Greek Life community (experience in Greek Life as a student is preferred)
• Skills to empower student connectors to create meaningful Jewish life experiences for their communities
• Experience using social media tools to attract participants, develop community, and build a stronger brand
• Excellent organizational skills, capable of working independently, and have the ability to prioritize to meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Be comfortable working with students who are exceptionally empowered, entrepreneurial, bright, and highly motivated
• Excitement to work as part of a large staff team

Benefits

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $46,000 - $48,000 in year one of the Fellowship, and the salary range is $48,000- $50,000 in year two of the Fellowship.
• 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.
• High-level professional development to help develop core skills in experiential education, including learning from some of the most innovative organizations in Jewish education today.
• $3,200 in professional development funds from the Springboard Fellowship to utilize over the course of two years.
• Intensive Jewish summer and year-long learning experiences that will provide you with the knowledge, passion, and critical tool kit to fuel your work building our Jewish communities.
• Mentoring and career coaching to help you during and after your Fellowship.
• A network of terrific colleagues from across the Hillel movement.
• Travel opportunities, both domestically and internationally, multiple times per year.