Student Engagement Manager

Brandeis Hillel

Role Overview

Brandeis Hillel is seeking a full-time Student Engagement Manager for someone who is energized by relationships, strategic about outreach, and passionate about connecting people to Jewish life and community.

This is an ideal position for a candidate with 2+ years of experience who thrives in a fast-paced environment, knows how to work with student leaders and interns, and is interested in fostering an inclusive and diverse Jewish community.

You’ll work closely with the Assistant Director, student-facing staff, and engagement interns to plan, develop, to design and drive a strategy to grow the breadth of Jewish life at Brandeis. 

Brandeis is a small, academically rigorous university with a close-knit Jewish community of approximately 1,200 students. The work here is relational and intentional, building real relationships with students, understanding what matters to them, and helping them find their place in Jewish life at Brandeis and beyond. With dozens of engaged student leaders and a collaborative staff team to support your work, you’ll have real resources and real relationships to work with. We are looking for someone experienced enough to lead, organized enough to execute, and warm enough to make every student feel seen.

What You’ll Do

• Work with the Assistant Director to revise and implement an engagement strategy that will increase both breadth (1+) and depth (6+) engagement, with an overall goal of reaching 1,000 students over the course of an academic year, 400 of whom are engaged 6 or more times.
• Supervise and mentor a network of student engagement interns, including the Social Engagement Coordinator on the Hillel Student Board
• Work closely with FYSH (First-Year Students at Hillel) to generate targeted engagement of first-year students
• Co-teach 1-2 Jewish Learning Fellowship cohorts per semester
• Plan and develop programming in conjunction with student leaders and staff to supplement 1:1 outreach and engagement efforts
• Supervise and mentor the campus Springboard Fellow

What You’ll Bring to the Job

• 2+ years of experience in a related role (e.g. Springboard Fellowship)
• Bachelor’s degree
• Success in event planning and execution, written and oral communication, collaborating with a team, managing multiple priorities, and meeting short-and long-term goals
• Experience supervising and mentoring undergraduate students
• Professionalism, creativity, problem-solving, and emotional intelligence
• Confidence initiating and running programs and building meaningful relationships
• Strong interpersonal and organization skills

What You’ll Receive

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace: $58,000-$63,000, commensurate with experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plan, life/AD&D/LTD insurances, flexible spending accounts, and generous vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
• High-level professional development, mentoring, and skill building through Brandeis Hillel and the broader Hillel International network
• A close, collegial staff team and a network of colleagues across the Hillel movement

About Brandeis Hillel

Brandeis Hillel is home to a diverse, engaged, and enthusiastic Jewish community. During their time at Brandeis, our students forge new friendships, meet dedicated mentors, celebrate the Jewish calendar, engage in service to others, and find inspiration in Jewish texts and traditions. We are home to a variety of student-led special interest groups related to arts, culture, music, identity, education, and everything in between. Brandeis Hillel is an inclusive and welcoming space open to every Jew at Brandeis regardless of background, ability, and experience.

Located just outside Boston in Waltham, MA, Brandeis University is home to a thriving community of Jewish scholars and professionals who enrich student and academic life on campus.

This role operates in a dynamic campus environment that includes a wide range of perspectives on Israel and Jewish life. We are looking for a candidate who can engage students thoughtfully, navigate complex conversations with curiosity and care, and build relationships across difference.

Brandeis 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.