Campus Director 

Georgia College Hillel - Hillels of Georgia 

Role Overview

Hillels of Georgia seeks a visionary, dynamic, and strategic leader to serve as the inaugural Director of Georgia College Hillel - our first full-time professional staff member on campus. Are you passionate about building a vibrant Jewish life? Do you want to create a dynamic program of Jewish learning, celebration, service, Israel engagement, and networking for Georgia College’s growing Jewish student body? Are you ready to empower students with leadership opportunities and develop meaningful Jewish programming? Are you committed to diversity, inclusion, and audacious hospitality? Can you build strong relationships with students, families, alumni, community leaders, and university officials? Are you prepared to oversee operations, programming, and fundraising for this growing Hillel? If so, Hillel at Georgia College is for you.

What You’ll Do

• Set a vision for Jewish pride, engagement, involvement, and empowerment by motivating and inspiring students to engage in their own personal Jewish journeys and define their Jewish commitments 
• Be a “Doogma” (role model) in order to teach and inspire students to embrace Jewish life, living, learning, leadership, service, and activism, including Shabbat and holiday celebrations, Tikkun Olam and Tzedakah projects, cultural and other events 
• Provide awareness and education about Israel; and be an advocate for Israel travel, study, engagement, and connections  
• Develop and implement a strategic plan for student engagement, empowerment, leadership development, programming, and more
• Maintain up-to-date database for students, alumni, families, and supporters
• Provide professional guidance to Hillel student leadership and nurture their development while promoting a culture of creativity, innovation, and excellence
• Direct programming, activities, budgeting, fundraising, and all aspects of Hillel operations
• Develop and maintain relationships with other professionals serving student organizations and Jewish communal partners to further collaborations benefiting Hillel
• Collaborate with other Hillels of Georgia colleagues for system-wide programs and services
• Commit to work both independently and collaboratively with all partners and stakeholders

What You’ve Accomplished

• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant professional experience as a Hillel professional, Jewish communal work, or campus student activities
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree is a plus

What You’ll Bring to the Job

• Passion, dedication, and commitment
• High level of emotional intelligence
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• A strong foundation of Jewish knowledge, values, history, and practice
• Experiential education and community organizational skills and experience 
• Familiarity with Jewish communal, campus, student life, and higher education agenda
• Entrepreneurial and innovative spirit
• Success and achievement-oriented mindset; determination and tenacity
• Excellent time and project management skills
• Commitment to personal and professional excellence
• Competence with social media, technology, and database management
• Exceptional written and verbal skills
• Strong work ethic, ability to problem-solve, and take risks
• A sense of humor

What You’ll Receive

• Competitive compensation in the nonprofit marketplace, $70,000-$80,000
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, Group Supplemental Retirement Annuity, Pension Plan, life insurance, Long Term Disability, Flexible Spending Plan, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave.
• Outstanding supervision, professional development, mentorship, and skill-building opportunities
• Travel for professional conferences, continuing education, and immersive programs including travel to Israel and the Jewish world
• Eligible for Jewish Community Professional Tuition Grant - The JCP Tuition Grant Program is for eligible Jewish Community Professionals that provides up to half off tuition to any participating, eligible Jewish day school in Atlanta

About Georgia College, Georgia College Hillel, and Hillels of Georgia

From its founding as a women’s educational center in 1889, Georgia College and State University has consistently been a destination for students looking to make a difference in the world. GCSU is Georgia’s designated public liberal arts university. GCSU’s goal is to teach every student how to learn, striving to instill a lifelong passion for learning that serves our students well regardless of the career paths they choose. Undergraduate study encompasses multi-disciplinary intellectual encounters with both enduring and contemporary questions, intensive study in the major, exposure to artistic endeavors, opportunities for scholarly research, and capstone experiences that integrate and apply learning. Georgia College & State University is located in Milledgeville, a charming, traditional southern town less than a two-hour drive from Atlanta.

Georgia College Hillel serves as the “center” of Jewish life on campus and is committed to creating vibrant and dynamic Jewish life on campus for the 300+ identifiable Jewish students. GCSU Hillel is an integral part of the Hillels of Georgia constellation serving more than 5,000 Jewish students on more than two dozen campuses across the State with Hillel Centers at Emory University, the University of Georgia, and at Georgia College; and plans for future expansion of Hillel Centers at KSU and Georgia Tech. Hillels of Georgia is proud to be part of the greater Atlanta Jewish community which has a population of more than 150,000 members and an extensive network of synagogues, Jewish day schools, and other Jewish communal agencies serving our warm, welcoming, and diverse pluralistic Jewish community.

Georgia College 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.

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.