Student Engagement & Jewish Life Coordinator

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 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.