Make your mark on Jewish student life by joining Metro Chicago Hillel (MCH) as a Jewish Life Associate serving our specialty schools: Columbia College, SAIC, Roosevelt University, and IIT! We’re looking for a dynamic, self-starting, and creative Jewish Life Associate to inspire MCH students to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning, and Israel. MCH draws together a profoundly diverse array of students to build an incredible Jewish community. You will mentor student leaders, work collaboratively with our staff to plan awesome events, and build relationships with university partners to make campus a more welcoming space for Jewish students. You should have strong interpersonal skills and an entrepreneurial approach. A successful Jewish Life Associate is fun, highly motivated, and articulate. If you’re a natural community organizer who thrives in a fast-paced environment, this is your chance to join our outstanding, multi-campus staff, committed to building a welcoming, joyous and vibrant community that values Jewish learning and fosters relationships across Chicago.
The salary for this role is $45,000-46,000. Metro Chicago Hillel is part of the Hillels of Illinois, a department of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Chicago (JUF). As an employee of JUF, your comprehensive benefits package includes:
This job also includes great professional development, mentoring, skill building opportunities and continued learning opportunities as part of the global Hillel movement. Additionally, this position provides:
Metro Chicago Hillel is creating a cohesive vibrant Jewish community across Chicago campuses and throughout the city. We serve about 1,500 students at DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Roosevelt University, School of the Art Institute, Oakton Community College, and Lake Forest College. MCH includes Base Chicago, a dynamic, innovative program run by pluralistic rabbis and their partners that create welcoming communities for students and post-college young adults in Andersonville, Lincoln Park, Logan Square, and the West Loop.
Chicago is a vibrant, exciting city of distinct neighborhoods, each with its own character and style. With an estimated 44,000 Jewish young adults, all it takes to make friends outside of work is going out into the city, and with great restaurants, arts, music, and sports, there’s plenty to do whether you walk, take public transit, or drive. Come find your place in the Windy City!
Metro Chicago Hillel 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.
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 more than 550 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.