Director of Jewish Culture Center (Student Support Specialist)

Indiana University Bloomington; Bloomington (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Tuition subsidy for employees and/orIU

Paid holidays and leave

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Job summary

Indiana University Bloomington is seeking a Jewish Culture Center Director to provide leadership and operational management for the university’s cultural center. You will supervise staff, manage the center budget, and direct programming, staff development, and community engagement to strengthen the campus experience.

The role focuses on developing programs and services for students, coordinating with campus partners, and ensuring confidentiality and quality in student support while reporting to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, public affairs, public health, counseling, social work, business, or related field.
• 5 years in student services, higher education, social work, counseling, law, or related field.
• Experience supervising professional and student staff; experience with assessment, programming, and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Manages daily operations of the cultural center.
• Oversees the center's budget, including planning, monitoring, and reporting.
• Plans and implements programs, events, and educational initiatives.
• Collaborates with campus partners and student organizations to enhance the student experience.
• Builds relationships with external and internal organizations.
• Represents the center at university and community events to strengthen partnerships.
• Evaluates program effectiveness and student engagement outcomes.
• Prepares reports for leadership and contribute to strategic planning.
• Analyzes, monitors, and evaluates staff performance, establishes work priorities, provides corrective action and provides professional development opportunities.
• Recruits, trains, and supervises center staff and student employees.

Job description

Department

JEWISH CULTURE CENTER (BL-JCC-IUBLA)

Department Information

The Jewish Cultural Center Director provides leadership and operational management for the university's cultural center. This role oversees center operations, supervises staff, manages the center budget, and directs programming, staff development, and community engagement initiatives that strengthen the campus experience.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Manages daily operations of the cultural center.
• Oversees the center's budget, including planning, monitoring, and reporting.
• Plans and implements programs, events, and educational initiatives.
• Collaborates with campus partners and student organizations to enhance the student experience.
• Builds relationships with external and internal organizations.
• Represents the center at university and community events to strengthen partnerships.
• Evaluates program effectiveness and student engagement outcomes.
• Prepares reports for leadership and contribute to strategic planning.
• Analyzes, monitors, and evaluates staff performance, establishes work priorities, provides corrective action and provides professional development opportunities.
• Recruits, trains, and supervises center staff and student employees.

General Responsibilities

• Develops and implements programs and initiatives that offer support for students in crisis, facing adversity or challenges, or who belong to an under-represented or minority student population.
• Interfaces directly with students by attending student programming events, advising student organization leaders, meeting one-on-one to discuss support needs, and gathering satisfaction feedback from student participants to implement into future student services initiatives and objectives. Places an emphasis on confidentiality of student concerns, university policy compliance, and a culture of care within all direct student interactions.
• Collaborates with staff in own department and other departments, as well as academic and campus leaders, on shared student support goals, often coordinating funding to sponsor student programs and initiatives.
• Projects outcomes for support services offered at the program, department/division, or campus level. Measures and evaluates effectiveness of student support initiatives against projected outcomes; regularly prepares reports on impact to students and budget and presents to stakeholders on effectiveness and to secure funding for initiatives moving forward.
• Serves on committees and performs student support research across the field of higher education and at peer institutions to identify and recommend best practices.
• Plans and coordinates communications for student support initiatives to ensure student participation, inclusion, and engagement.
• May provide guidance to other student support staff; makes process recommendations to manager for improved delivery of service.
• May serve on various campus or cross-functional committees to share student support best practices.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

Bachelor's degree in education, public affairs, public health, counseling, social work, business, or related field.

Preferred

Master's degree in higher education student affairs or related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

5 years in student services, higher education, social work, counseling, law, or related field.

Preferred

• Experience supervising professional and student staff.
• Experience with assessment, programming, and strategic planning.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
• Possesses a high degree of initiative.
• Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents.
• Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information.
• Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities.
• Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills.
• Demonstrates customer service skills.
• Knowledge of student development, counseling, or career development theories and practices.
• Ability to advise students individually and in groups on student-related matters.
• Ability to build strong partnerships with students and other university departments.

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Additional Information

Priority consideration will be given to candidates who apply on or before November 11, 2026.

Work Location

Indiana University Bloomington

This is an in-person position.

Advertised Salary

$70,000.00 - $72,000.00 annually

Work Hours

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Occasional evening and weekends

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Job Classification

Career Level: Advanced

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Student Support

Equal Employment Opportunity

Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.

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