Springboard Fellow at Hillel of San Diego at UCSD

Springboard Fellow

Hillel of San Diego at UCSD

Role Overview

Make your mark on Jewish student life by joining Hillel of San Diego at UCSD 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 . At UCSD, nearly 2,000 Jewish students are woven across eight colleges and an ecosystem of over 10 Hillel student groups that reflect the incredible diversity of our campus.

At Hillel of San Diego at UCSD, students don’t just attend events, they meet their best friends. In this role, you will be the face of that experience: building a strong presence across campus, meeting students where they are, and helping them find “their people” within our community. You’ll design and facilitate fun, high-energy programs that are more than just great events, they’re entry points into lasting relationships. This role is integral to our growth because meaningful Jewish life on campus starts with connection, and you will be at the center of creating it. 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: Short-Term Outcomes

• Personally engage at least 350 unique Jewish students through one-on-one meetings, programs, and campus presence.
  
  
• Build meaningful relationships with 100 first-year and transfer students, helping them find community early in their UCSD experience.
  
  

Recruit and fill a full summer Birthright Israel bus, and serve as staff to deepen student connection before, during, and after the trip.

Longer-Term Community-Building Outcomes:

• Partner with Jewish Greek life and Jewish sisterhood leaders to help grow their chapters by 25%, strengthening leadership pipelines and Jewish campus presence.
  
  
• Help build and oversee Shabbat experiences that consistently engage 100+ students weekly, establishing Hillel as the place to be on Friday nights at UCSD.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:  

• Build a strong first-year and transfer pipeline. During the first six weeks of each quarter, you will proactively identify, meet, and onboard new students , tabling, hosting coffee chats, tracking engagement, and helping them form real friendships that anchor them in Jewish life early.
  
  
• Make Shabbat the place to be. Partner with student leaders and Shabbat committees to design and execute high-level, high-energy Shabbat experiences that consistently engage 100+ students. You’ll bring intentionality to everything, from theme and atmosphere to catering and flow, ensuring Shabbat feels warm, magnetic, and unforgettable.
  
  
• Oversee and grow Jewish Greek life and student clubs. Serve as the primary staff partner for Jewish Greek life and other student groups, helping chapters grow by 25%, strengthening leadership, and expanding Hillel’s presence across campus.
  
  
• Recruit and prepare students for Birthright Israel. Lead recruitment efforts alongside the team to fill a full summer bus, and create meaningful pre- and post-trip engagement so Birthright becomes a launch point for deeper Jewish involvement.
  
  
• Meet students where they are. Maintain a visible campus presence through tabling, coffee dates, and collaboration with social engagement interns who are connecting peers to Jewish life.
  
  

Teach and facilitate Jewish learning. Lead or co-teach the Jewish Learning Fellowship and serve as the primary Jewish educator and role model on campus, integrating learning into experiences that feel accessible, relevant, and inspiring.

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 San Diego, California; 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.
• Ability to collaborate across teams both inside and outside of Hillel.
• Willingness to admit what you don’t know, and excitement to learn in those areas.
• Creative problem-solving.
• Excitement to continue developing your own relationship to Judaism. 

What You’ll Receive

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $46,000 - $50,000 in year one of the Fellowship, and the salary range is $48,000- $53,000 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 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).

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.