Manager of Community Service and Learning at Michigan Hillel

The University of Michigan Hillel is looking for a Manager of Community Service and Learning to join our team who will bring enthusiasm for engaging students in meaningful educational opportunities, passion for Reform community, and experience with Jewish social justice work. The Manager of Community Service and Learning is responsible for building a cohort of service engagement interns doing meaningful work on campus, and providing support to our Reform community’s religious and social needs. They will develop and teach educational content to diverse communities, and engage in 1:1 conversations that help invite students to explore meaningful ways to engage in Jewish life on campus.

What You'll Do

• Build relationships with many students from diverse backgrounds through meaningful conversations, and by creating connections to opportunities in Jewish life on campus.
• Spearhead initiatives to make Hillel an inclusive space for all identities.
• Advise and empower students individually and in established student groups to participate in social justice work on campus, and explore justice values through a Jewish lens.
• Recruit and teach Jewish learning cohorts.
• Collaborate with the Senior Rabbi and Assistant Director to identify Jewish educational needs of students not currently being served, and proactively create new opportunities to meet those needs.
• Advise and help create vibrant ritual life for the Reform community on campus. 

What You'll Bring to the Role

• 3-5 years experience in Jewish educational setting and/or community organizing. Experience working with young adults desired.
• A commitment to creating an inclusive, vibrant, and pluralistic Jewish community
• Creative problem-solving, proactive communication, and ability to collaborate across a large Hillel Staff.
• Authentic Jewish expression - a willingness to share your Jewish values and practice with students in appropriate and accessible ways.
• A good knowledge base of Jewish content. This ranges from traditional Jewish texts to contemporary Jewish wisdom, culture and unconventional Jewish sources. You can frame and illuminate contemporary experience, especially social justice work, through Torah.
• Genuine excitement and infectious passion for celebrating Jewish rituals and festivals in Reform community.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and an ability to hold complexity and nuance in difficult conversations.
• Experience with song leading or service leading is desirable, but not required.

What You'll Receive

• Hillel offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, Group Supplemental Retirement Annuity (GSRA), pension plan, life insurance, Long Term Disability (LTD), Flexible Spending Plan, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave 
• Salary Range: $58,000 - $68,000 based on experience
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities
• Independent and hands on work in an exciting, start-up environment
• Flexible work hours 
• LOTS of Maize & Blue swag 

About University of Michigan Hillel

With over 6,000 Jewish students on campus (comprising 20% of the student body) and 30 student groups, the University of Michigan Hillel offers diverse, pluralistic and innovative ways to engage in Jewish life on campus. Michigan Hillel is a national leader in nurturing empowered leadership among students who have a profound impact not only on campus life but on the broader Jewish community as well. Most importantly, our student leaders feel a strong sense of ownership, empowerment, and accomplishment. 

Ann Arbor is a small city  (110,000 people) blessed with many big city comforts. The city prides itself on its wonderful restaurants, natural and recreational spaces, and a football stadium that holds more fans on a game day than the entire population of Ann Arbor. The Jewish community has one of everything (Jewish Federation, Jewish Day School, Jewish Community Center, and Secular Humanistic, Renewal, Reconstructionist, Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Chabad and local home-based services). Ann Arbor is the kind of town where people greet each other in the street and where you can have an impact on building community, while the university’s size and diversity makes you feel like you are always meeting new people and learning something new. 

Start Date

Immediately