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What You’ll Do
GOALS
- Build one-on-one relationships with 150 students currently not engaged in Jewish life.
- Collaborate with students and colleagues to develop your own programs and help others implement theirs.
- Learn the skills that will enable you to embark on your next professional adventure.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Map out a plan to strategically engage undergraduates at contrasting universities.
- Supervise student interns who are responsible for engaging their peers in Jewish life on campus.
- Meet with students at Rice University and the University of Houston to understand their backgrounds and work with them to radically reimagine Jewish life on their terms.
- Host brainstorming sessions to develop ideas that fill the gaps in Houston Hillel programming on campus.
- Teach our Jewish Learning Fellowship.
Who You Are
- 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 building 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 Grad: 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: Think big and creatively, viewing everything as a possibility and embracing a risk-taking, entrepreneurial spirit.
~You’re A Springboard Fellow ~
What You’ll Bring to the Job
- 0 -3 years professional work experience.
- Bachelor's degree.
- This is an in-person role location in Houston, Texas; remote work is not available for this position.
- Strong entrepreneurial spirit. Things may not always go according to plan and you must be willing to take risks and learn from your wins as well as your losses.
- Confidence initiating and running programs, and comfort asking questions.
- Ability to collaborate across teams both inside and outside of Houston Hillel.
- Willingness to admit what you don’t know, and excitement to learn in those areas.
- Creative problem-solving.
- Excitement to continue developing your own relationship to Judaism.
What You’ll Receive
- Competitive salary in the Houston nonprofit marketplace. The salary for this role is $46,000 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 (if permitted).
- Living in Houston, the most racially and ethnically diverse city in America, that enjoys affordable housing and a low cost of living.
- A Remote Work Stipend that will enable you to work from anywhere on campus and throughout the community.
- Access to Houston Hillel’s fund solely dedicated to providing financial travel support for employees seeking abortion access that is not available locally.
- The opportunity to deliver a High Holy Day sermon. Rabbi Kenny Weiss will work with you as you craft your sermon and learn delivery techniques.
