North Carolina Hillel – Hillel @ NC State
Role Overview
Do you dream of a job where you get to connect with people, and design and implement new strategies, all while making a meaningful impact in the lives of college students? Become an Innovation Specialist at North Carolina State University as part of the Springboard Fellowship, a project of Hillel International! This role is the perfect mix of the opportunity to engage with students where they are, and share the wealth of resources and community in the Jewish world, all while getting to creatively build upon a solid foundation of Jewish life.
The Springboard Fellowship is a paid, two-year fellowship that brings recent college grads with raw talent, passion, and skills to college campuses across North America to reimagine and redesign Jewish student life. Trained in the renowned Design Thinking methodology, you will be charged with sparking ideas for transforming Jewish student life into ones that are better suited for today’s students. At the same time, you will help to infuse creative innovation into all aspects of Hillel’s work.
To be successful in this position you must be student-focused, team-oriented, and entrepreneurial. We’re looking for people who embrace challenges and care deeply about others, all while maintaining their passion and sense of humor in the ups and downs of work life. 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. In fact, non-traditional Jewish backgrounds are welcome.
This position will join a full-time Campus Director, for the first time bringing two full-time staff to the amazing students of the Jewish Wolfpack. We have an incredible community of kind, open-minded, and engaged students. We think they’re the nicest people around. Being on a small team means you have the ability to make a big impact. Consider joining us!
Who you are
You’re a relationship builder and can’t get off an airplane without meeting someone new and learning a lot about their interests and passions.
You’re always reimagining the ordinary and thinking about ways to repurpose or make things better
You think big and creatively – to you, everything is a possibility and nothing is too big to tackle.
You’re passionate and excited about Jewish life & college students, and understand why some students might not want to get involved with Jewish life.
You are comfortable with pivoting and being able to look at something, realize that the direction you were going was completely wrong, and adapt your plan.
You’re a risk-taker who thrives on solving problems with an entrepreneurial spirit and not being afraid of trying something new.
You are a recent college grad with professional, extracurricular, or volunteer experience, or an educational focus in innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking, or a related field.
You thrive on learning and know you must first seek to understand something deeply before you can effect successful change.
As an Innovation Specialist, a typical day may include:
Meeting with a group of students to understand what they find spiritual and relaxing, and to imagine how you can create an authentic and meaningful Shabbat experience that builds on these.
Hosting a brainstorming session on the sidewalk outside the student center in order to develop ideas for a new campus partnership.
Prototyping a new way to arrange the Hillel building in order to make it more welcoming for students.
Testing a new way of doing integrated Jewish learning with a group of students involved with Greek Life.
What You’ll Receive
High-level professional development to help develop core skills and gain expertise from innovators and design thinking experts.
Intensive Jewish summer and year-long learning experiences that 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).
A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, Tax Deferred Retirement Plan, Life, AD&D and Long Term Disability insurances, Flexible Spending Plan, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave.
A base salary of $40,000 (which goes a long way in North Carolina!).
To receive full consideration please apply before May 21, 2021.
About North Carolina Hillel
While working at Hillel @ NC State you’ll be part of the North Carolina Hillel team, which serves the public schools of North Carolina. Our organization empowers and inspires students to pursue their own Jewish journeys by creating strong communities and transformative experiences.
We aspire to cultivate within students a commitment to these core values:
קְהִלָה Kehillah – Community: building relationships with Jews at home, in Israel, and around the world
הַכנָסַת אוֹרְחִים Hachnasat Orchim – Hospitality: welcoming people from diverse backgrounds and creating a warm, pluralistic environment
לִמּוּד Limmud – Learning: a lifelong pursuit of deeper understanding and Jewish learning
רוּחָנִיוּת Ruchaniut – Spirituality: investigating religious questions and seeking personal growth and moral fulfillment
צֶדֶק Tzedek – Justice: striving for a more just and righteous world
Hillel @ NC State has grown incredibly since it first added half-time staff in 2014, accelerated by the opening of the first Hillel Center in March 2017. Our Hillel space is located on the most highly foot-trafficked block of Hillsborough Street (right near Chipotle, which students appreciate). In the 2019-20 school year, we engaged 181 Jewish undergraduate students, more than tripling the number of students connected to Hillel in 2013-14; of those, 61 students participated in high-impact experiences, a 663% increase over that time.
We’re poised for incredible growth – would you like to be a part of that?
About NC State University and Raleigh
Since its founding in 1887, North Carolina State University has sought to open the doors of higher education to all of North Carolina, and to transform the state by developing and dispersing an understanding of agricultural and mechanical sciences. With more than 34,000 students and nearly 8,000 faculty and staff, North Carolina State University is a comprehensive university known for its leadership in education and research, and globally recognized for its excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Raleigh, known as “The City of Oaks,” is the capital of North Carolina. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country and regularly places towards the top of national “quality of life” and “best place to live” rankings. Lively, smart and unexpected, Raleigh’s historic landmarks and burgeoning cosmopolitan offerings in a one-of-a-kind capital setting make it a “can’t miss” cultural and entertainment center of the Southeast.
Located in an area known as the Triangle (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill), Raleigh is also a great place to be Jewish. The Triangle’s Jewish population is growing rapidly and behaves like a community much larger. This vibrant Jewish community includes nine congregations (including Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, and Humanistic), Jewish Community Centers in Raleigh and in Durham, and The Lerner Jewish Community Day School in Durham. Moreover, the Jewish federations located in Raleigh-Cary, Durham-Chapel Hill, Greensboro, and Charlotte work together to form a strong connection across NC.
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 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 fosters an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning, and Israel and trains them to become the next Jewish leaders.
North Carolina 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.
Hillel is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an accepting and inclusive environment for all.
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