Springboard Innovation Fellow at Boston University Hillel

Springboard Fellow

Boston University Hillel

Role Overview

Make your mark on Jewish student life by joining Boston University 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 . If you’re team-oriented, never give up, and truly believe that you must “be the change you wish to see in the world,” then this is the position for you! Boston University Hillel is at the hub of a world-class university, in the thriving city of Boston, right near Fenway Park. Home to 4,000 Jewish undergraduates and 2,000 Jewish graduate students, BU Hillel’s mission is to inspire, educate, and empower BU students to lead meaningful and joyous Jewish lives. 

At BU, you will infuse creative innovation into all aspects of Hillel’s work. You will embrace challenges, take risks, fail, and learn from the past, while maintaining your passion and sense of humor. While your work will be grounded in BU Hillel’s mission, vision, and values, you will specialize in creating an environment that helps BU students lead meaningful, joyous, and Jewish lives. You will do so by utilizing the main tenets of 1x1 engagement, growing the BUJewish Leadership Team (BLT), and planning signature events aimed at bringing the Jewish community together.

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

GOALS: 

• Coordinating and managing the BU Jewish Leadership Team (BLT) of 200 students, including recruitment, mentorship, and program implementation.
• Serving as a strong Jewish role model and facilitating one-on-one conversations with students. 
• Activating Design Thinking cycle to implement user-centric focus to Hillel strategy. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO:  

Coach and advise student leadership cohorts to cultivate a community that is caring, diverse, pluralistic, and welcoming. 

• Expand BLT Fellowships and Internships according to student passions. 
• Support Shabbat, Religious Life, and Jewish learning by cultivating BLT projects in these interest areas. 
• Co-teach one Jewish Learning Fellowship a semester.
• Plan and implement mass scale signature programs such as Petting Dogs, Latkepaooza, Welcome BBQ and more!

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 Boston, MA; remote work is not available for this position 
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and leadership development skills
• Creativity, flexibility, passion, and a sense of humor
• Commitment to growing students' Jewish identity through pluralism, education, and inclusion
• Deep understanding of college culture, Gen Z, and how students may connect with Jewish life and learning

What You’ll Receive

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary for this role is $46,000 -$48,000 in year one of the Fellowship, and the salary is $48,000 - $50,000 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. 
• Computer provided by BU Hillel.
• Eligible for a discounted membership at the BU gym and facilities.
• Receive training in partnership with Boston University student affairs leadership each summer.
• $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 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).

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.