Assistant Director 

Hillel of San Diego at UCSD

Role Overview

The Assistant Director is a key member of the professional team responsible for implementing Hillel’s strategic vision of Jewish life on campus. This person works closely with all Hillel of San Diego staff and is responsible for managing all student facing programming and engagement at University of California San Diego.

What You’ll Do

Engagement 

• Develop meaningful relationships with Jewish students by meeting them where they’re at, utilizing creative methods to reach and interest them.
• Identity potential student leaders and work with them to develop leadership skills and strategic thinking
• Oversee social media presence, engagement tracking and outward student communications
• Ability to build strong relationships with a diverse range of students.
• Mentor student leaders to successfully grow and motivate them to go from ideas to action.

Program Management

• Oversee all Hillel programs at UCSD ensuring all programs are student-led, accessible, relevant and meaningful.
• Strategic vision of programming calendar
• Manage the programming budget

Inspiring Jewish Life

• Facilitate Jewish learning and ritual observance when appropriate
• Serve as informal Jewish educator for students on Jewish issues, observance, cultural practices, etc.
• Provide strategic leadership and mentorship to staff and student leaders to design and facilitate meaningful shabbat and holiday experiences

Stakeholder and Community Relations

• Ensure Hillel is an indispensable partner to the university by develop relationships with university officials, faculty, and student government committees relating to Hillel’s interests
• Serving as the face of Hillel for prospective families, community members, and UCSD admin/faculty
• Build strong coalitions with other organizations and cultural centers on campus.

Management 

• Supervise and support engagement staff (currently Springboard Jewish Learning Fellow and Israel Fellow)
• Empower staff to reach engagement metrics and programming excellence
• Appropriate deployment of staff resources to program

What You’ll Bring to the Job

• You’re an experiential Jewish educator and Jewish role model.
• You’re a leader who works well to create consensus within teams.
• You thrive in the details of event and program planning, balancing creativity, hospitality, and execution to create experiences people want to come back to.
• You’ve supervised students, staff, or volunteers and understand that great leadership starts with strong relationships.
• You understand social media and have strong computer literacy skills, including GSuite proficiency.
• You’re not afraid of the pressure cooker. You’re an expert at handling deadlines and competing priorities.
• You’re proactive and seek out opportunities.
• You’re a critical thinker who embraces data and knowledge to develop solutions to problems.
• You’re so organized, your sock drawer is color-coded.
• You have a four-year degree.

What You’ll Receive

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $75,000 - $85,000.
• 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.
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill-building opportunities
• Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel
• Plenty of Hillel swag

Hillel of San Diego at UCSD is affiliated with Hillel International. Hillel International enriches the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world, and envisions a world where every student is inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning and Israel.