Manager of Jewish Student Life at FSU Hillel

Manager of Jewish Student Life

Role Overview

Help build joyful Jewish student life on campus! We are seeking a relationship-driven professional who excels at coaching others and is dedicated to creating a vibrant welcoming Jewish community on the FSU campus. The Manager of Jewish Student Life supervises staff leads student engagement efforts supports student leaders and helps bring Jewish life to students in meaningful joyful and accessible ways.

FSU Hillel is unique in providing a meaningful Jewish experience on a campus of 4000 Jewish students attracting a wide variety of students from small rural communities to major metropolitan areas. We offer a pluralistic atmosphere that encourages students to explore the full spectrum of Jewish expression in a safe and supportive environment. This is an opportunity to help shape an inviting place that inspires staff and students to explore experience and create vibrant Jewish lives.

What Youll Do

• Supervise and mentor four staff members across engagement and operations.
• Lead the student engagement strategy and manage the engagement team.
• Develop a student leadership structure to support robust program activities Shabbat holiday celebrations and meaningful Jewish experiences.
• Lead weekly staff meetings and plan quarterly retreats in collaboration with senior leadership.
• Build strong relationships with students through outreach coffee chats and consistent presence on campus.
• Assist senior leadership in the hiring and onboarding processes of new professionals.
• Mentor student leaders in their Jewish growth and identity development.
• Develop content for student executive board leadership training in partnership with the Director of Leadership and Wellness.
• Ensure building policies and systems meet the needs of a growing Jewish community.
• Utilize critical thinking and empathic leadership to lead in collaboration with senior leadership.

What You Bring to the Role

• 2-5 years of relevant experience. Experience in the Hillel world student affairs education or the Jewish nonprofit space is a plus.
• Bachelors degree required.
• Prior experience in a supervisory capacity
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working in Jewish communal campus or youth engagement settings.
• An organized flexible approach to working within a growing campus community.
• Passion for supporting students in exploring Jewish identity community and leadership.
• A commitment to pluralism and a high level of comfort acting as a role model and mentor for emerging adults.
• An entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to navigate the ambiguity of developing new opportunities.
• Ability to make executive decisions independently within a strategic framework.
• An open curious and positive spirit with a commitment to emotional intelligence and leadership.

What Youll Receive

• Competitive salary in the non-profit marketplace. The salary for this role is $60000 per year.
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance (medical dental and vision) retirement plan Life AD&D and Long Term Disability (LTD) insurances.
• Generous time off including vacation sick time parental leave and flexibility for Jewish holidays.
• Great professional development mentoring and skill-building opportunities through Hillel International and the local movement.
• A supportive team culture and the opportunity to do meaningful mission-driven work that shapes the next generation of Jewish leaders.

About Florida State University FSU Hillel and Tallahassee

Florida State University is a calm apolitical campus climate where our growing population of nearly 4000 Jewish students thrive. Our FSU administration strongly supports Jewish students and our broader Jewish community provides opportunities for our students to learn connect and enrich our world. FSU has been rated among the top 25 public universities for the last six consecutive years. Our Hillel success equation blends these three contextual ingredients with our own mission and focus on student engagement leadership development and wellness.

The Hillel at FSU team is small yet mighty. We value empathy initiative teamwork and above all kindness and feel deeply about being a healthy safe environment and community for our staff and students.

Our Hillel serves undergraduate and graduate students and is a home away from home offering nourishment safety and belonging. Hillel at FSU is affiliated with Hillel International and works closely with their professional staff to envision a world where every student is inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life learning and Israel.

Beyond campus Tallahassee is a vibrant welcoming city that pairs the energy of a college town with the warmth of a tight-knit community. With its lush canopy roads thriving local arts and food scene and easy access to nearby outdoor adventures Tallahassee offers a high quality of life that makes it an exceptional place to live work and build community.

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 nearly 1000 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.