Engagement Coordinator at Claremont Hillel

Hillel International; Claremont (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance reimbursement

Retirement matching

Flexible schedule

Generous vacation and sick leave

Professional development

Job summary

Claremont Hillel seeks an Engagement Coordinator who loves building relationships with students and creating meaningful Jewish experiences across the Claremont Colleges. This role blends student outreach, mentorship, creative programming, and event coordination to help students connect with Jewish life and community.

You will mentor student leaders, plan Shabbat and holiday programming, manage logistics and budgets, and contribute to communications.

Qualifications

• Love getting to know college students and helping them grow.
• Excited about creating a welcoming and meaningful Jewish community.
• Enjoy bringing an idea from "What if we tried this?" all the way to a successful event.
• Can move comfortably between big-picture thinking and logistical details.
• Engaging communicator, both in person and in writing.
• Enjoy building systems and finding better ways to organize work.
• Comfortable learning technology, databases, and engagement-tracking tools.
• Can manage multiple projects and priorities without losing sight of relationships.
• Enjoy collaborating but are also comfortable taking ownership and moving projects forward.
• Bring creativity, flexibility, humor, and good judgment to a fast-moving environment.
• Are comfortable working occasional evenings and weekends for Shabbat, holidays, retreats, and student programs.

Responsibilities

• Build authentic one-on-one and small-group relationships with students from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Serve as a mentor, listener, and trusted Jewish role model.
• Seek out and engage students who aren't yet connected to Hillel.
• Mentor student leaders and empower them to turn their ideas into meaningful campus experiences.
• Help cultivate a welcoming, pluralistic community where students can explore Jewish identity on their own terms.
• Creating Shabbat experiences, holiday celebrations, social programs, retreats, leadership opportunities, and micro-programming.
• Work alongside students and colleagues to imagine and deliver Jewish experiences that are relevant, creative, and memorable.
• Craft and help implement the annual cycle of Jewish holiday and Shabbat programming.
• Coordinate, advise, and partner with student leaders and other student volunteers to design and implement programming of interest to support wellness, campus life, social impact, social connectivity, Jewish learning, and more.
• Organize program logistics, spaces, vendors, supplies, food, and other event needs.
• Support program and event budgets and administration in partnership with Hillel leadership.
• Contribute to social media and other communications.
• Help maintain organizational calendars and coordinate a busy schedule of student and community programs.

Skills

Relationship building

Mentorship

Outreach

Event coordination

Communication

Organizational skills

Technology familiarity

Project management

Creativity

Flexibility

Job description

Claremont Hillel is seeking an Engagement Coordinator who is passionate about building relationships with students and creating meaningful Jewish experiences across the Claremont Colleges. This dynamic, highly relational role combines student outreach and mentorship with creative programming and event coordination. At its heart, the role is about helping students connect with Jewish life, with one another, and with a community that feels like their own.

What You’ll Do

• Build authentic one-on-one and small-group relationships with students from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Serve as a mentor, listener, and trusted Jewish role model.
• Seek out and engage students who aren't yet connected to Hillel.
• Mentor student leaders and empower them to turn their ideas into meaningful campus experiences.
• Help cultivate a welcoming, pluralistic community where students can explore Jewish identity on their own terms.
• Creating Shabbat experiences, holiday celebrations, social programs, retreats, leadership opportunities, and micro-programming.

On a day to day basis you will

• Work alongside students and colleagues to imagine and deliver Jewish experiences that are relevant, creative, and memorable.
• Craft and help implement the annual cycle of Jewish holiday and Shabbat programming. This extends from regular meals, to social events, and challah bakes.
• Coordinate, advise, and partner with student leaders and other student volunteers to design and implement programming of interest to support wellness, campus life, social impact, social connectivity, Jewish learning, and more.
• Organize program logistics, spaces, vendors, supplies, food, and other event needs.
• Support program and event budgets and administration in partnership with Hillel leadership.
• Contribute to social media and other communications.
• Help maintain organizational calendars and coordinate a busy schedule of student and community programs.

Who You Are

• Love getting to know college students and helping them grow.
• Are excited about creating a welcoming and meaningful Jewish community.
• Enjoy bringing an idea from "What if we tried this?" all the way to a successful event.
• Can move comfortably between big-picture thinking and logistical details.
• Are an engaging communicator, both in person and in writing.
• Enjoy building systems and finding better ways to organize work.
• Are comfortable learning technology, databases, and engagement-tracking tools.
• Can manage multiple projects and priorities without losing sight of relationships.
• Enjoy collaborating but are also comfortable taking ownership and moving projects forward.
• Bring creativity, flexibility, humor, and good judgment to a fast-moving environment.
• Are comfortable working occasional evenings and weekends for Shabbat, holidays, retreats, and student programs.

What You’ll Receive

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $48,000 - $53,000
• A benefits package, including health insurance reimbursement and retirement matching opportunities.
• A flexible work schedule with generous vacation and sick leave
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities

If you're energized by the idea of combining relationship-building, Jewish creativity, program coordination, and community engagement, we'd love to hear from you.

About Claremont Hillel

Claremont Hillel serves students across the Claremont Colleges, creating opportunities to build community, explore Jewish identity, and develop as leaders. Through a creative, student-centered approach, we build meaningful Jewish experiences alongside students. This role offers hands-on experience in engagement, programming, leadership development, communications, operations, and community-building.

The Claremont Colleges are a distinctive consortium of five undergraduate institutions—Pomona College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Scripps College, and Pitzer College—along with Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute. Located on adjoining campuses in Claremont, California, the consortium brings together more than 8,000 students while preserving the close-knit character and individual culture of each institution. Just east of Los Angeles, Claremont combines the energy of a vibrant college community with the charm of a walkable Southern California town, offering local restaurants, shops, cultural events, and easy access to the broader opportunities of the Los Angeles region

Claremont 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 nearly 1,000 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.

About Hillel International

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 nearly 1,000 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.