Springboard Innovation Fellow at University of Arizona Hillel Foundation

Springboard Fellow 

University of Arizona Hillel 

Role Overview 

Make your mark on Jewish student life by joining University of Arizona Hillel as the Springboard Fellow. You will build one on one relationships with students, plan and execute engaging events and programs around campus, and help inspire students to make a commitment to Jewish life . The University of Arizona is a diverse campus home to over 3,000 Jewish students, coming from both Arizona and across the United States. We have been on campus as a Hillel for over 70 years, and are constantly evaluating how to best connect with students and allow them to build a dynamic Jewish life for themselves. 

As a Springboard Fellow, you will get to know students who are interested in Jewish life and are figuring out what they want from it. You will help us run a dynamic social media account that is relevant to what students want to see. You will be responsible for engaging students across campus who put a large amount of time into other organizations, be it Greek life, student clubs, or working students. You'll wake up each day (or at least most) and be genuinely excited and enthusiastic about creating an inviting place that inspires students to explore, experience, and create vibrant Jewish lives. This is so much more than your average 9-to-5. 

About The Springboard Fellowship 

The Springboard Fellowship is a paid, two-year fellowship that brings recent college grads with raw talent, passion, and skills needed to reimagine and redesign Jewish student life to college campuses across North America. 

Trained in Relationship-Based Engagement, Human-Centered Design and other entrepreneurial frameworks, you will be exposed to the most successful initiatives from across the Hillel movement. Fellows will work with students to imagine, create, and refine experiences for Jewish life that dramatically impact student engagement, efficiently and strategically apply and scale successful initiatives from across the movement, and give birth to cutting-edge ideas that have the potential to transform how Hillel and creates inclusive spaces for #AllKindsOfJewish.

We’re looking for people who embrace challenges, take risks, fail, and learn from the past, while maintaining their passion and sense of humor. Extensive Jewish education is not necessary — just an interest in creating a vibrant Jewish community, a commitment to learning, and the desire to make a difference in the lives of students. 

What You’ll Do 

• Actively contribute to shaping University of Arizona Hillel by engaging 100 students per year in 1:1 conversations. 
• Work with students and colleagues to develop programs that collaborate with other campus groups. 
• Gain expertise in our Organizational Design Model of meeting and building relationships with students 
• Utilize Social Media best practices to enhance engagement and invite in new people
• Work with undergraduate students- with a strong focus in the Fall semester on freshmen - and empower them to engage with Hillel and campus Jewish life on their own terms. 
• Assist Israel Fellow in recruitment for Birthright and MTF Perspective Trips to Israel
• Work 2-3 Shabbats a month either at the Hillel building or hosting at various organizations 
• Map out a plan to strategically build one-on-one relationships with 180 students currently not engaged in Jewish life. 
• Assist AD in supervising student leaders engaging their peers in Jewish life.
• Take point on running an active Instagram presence. 

Who You Are 

• You’re A Relationship-Builder: You thrive on meeting new people, understanding their interests, and forging meaningful connections. 
• You’re A Collaborative Team Player: You enjoy working collaboratively with a team to solve problems and explore new initiatives.
• You’re A Passionate Learner: You love learning and continuously building up your Jewish knowledge. 
• You’re An Innovative Educator: You believe in infusing education into captivating experiences that stimulate the imagination. 
• You’re A Facilitator: You thrive in creating spaces for students to converse, share ideas, and explore and develop their own ideas on relevant issues. 
• You’re A Recent College Grad: Whatever your degree, you are excited about Jewish life on campus and have experience as a participant and maybe even as an educator in a Jewish educational setting. 
• You’re A Creative Thinker: You are constantly reimagining the ordinary, seeking ways to repurpose and improve things. 
• You’re A Bold Visionary: Think big and creatively, viewing everything as a possibility and embracing a risk-taking, entrepreneurial spirit. 

~You’re A Springboard Fellow ~ 

What You’ll Bring to the Job 

• 0 -3 years professional work experience 
• Bachelor's degree 
• This is an in-person role location in Tucson, AZ; remote work is not available for this position. 
• Strong entrepreneurial spirit. Things may not always go according to plan and you must be willing to take risks and learn your wins as well as your losses. 
• Confidence initiating and running programs, and comfort asking questions.
• Eagerness to collaborate with Greek life and other campus organizations.
• Enjoyment working with and engaging with “All Kinds of Jewish” whether somebody’s background is unaffiliated, Reform, Conservative, or Orthodox. 
• Passion for well curated and effectively run social media 

What You’ll Receive 

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary for this role is $44,000-$46,000 in year one of the Fellowship, and the salary is $46,500- $48,000 in year two of the Fellowship.
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, Life, AD&D, and Long Term Disability (LTD) insurances, Flexible Spending accounts, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave. 
• High-level professional development to help develop core skills in experiential education, including learning from some of the most innovative organizations in Jewish education today. 
• $3,200 in professional development funds from the Springboard Fellowship to utilize over the course of two years. 
• Intensive Jewish summer and year-long learning experiences which will provide you with the knowledge, passion, and critical tool kit to fuel your work building our Jewish communities. 
• Mentoring and career coaching to help you during and after your Fellowship.
• A network of terrific colleagues from across the Hillel movement.
• Travel opportunities, both domestically and internationally, multiple times per year (if permitted, following COVID-19 safety guidelines).

Salary : $44,000 - $46,000