Who You Are

We are looking for a passionate, organized, and mission-driven leader who understands the power of relationships and caring in shaping Jewish identity and community. The ideal candidate will bring:

• Deep empathy and strong relational skills—comfortable initiating and sustaining 1:1 connections with students from varied backgrounds.
• Experience designing and scaling peer-support or mentoring programs; a proven ability to recruit, train, supervise, and retain student leaders.
• Strong project and program management skills—able to coordinate logistics, budgets, and multi-stakeholder collaboration.
• A systems-thinking approach to care—able to create sustainable processes, documentation, and measurement.
• Excellent judgment and discretion in handling confidential student situations and navigating complex case management.
• Comfort working collaboratively across campus partners (counseling, student affairs, financial aid) and community resources.
• A proactive, service-oriented mindset that values presence—willingness to attend student milestones, occasional evenings, and weekend events as needed.
• A commitment to Jewish pluralism and the mission of BU Hillel—able to integrate Jewish values of hesed (kindness), kavod (dignity), and kehillah (community) into care practices.

Preferred Qualifications

If you are passionate about using care to build Jewish life and inspire the next generation of Jewish leaders, we encourage you to apply!

• Graduate degree in Jewish education, public relations, nonprofit management, social work, psychology, public health, or a related field. Also a background in business or in the private sector would be desirable.
• 3–5 years of relevant work experience, ideally in higher education or student services.
• Experience leading student engagement, residential life, student affairs, social work, or campus-based care programs.
• Background working with college-aged populations

What You’ll Receive

• High-level professional development to help develop core skills and gain expertise from changemakers, engagers, and Jewish life experts.
• Mentoring and career coaching to help you during and after your position
• A network of terrific colleagues from across BU and the Hillel movement.
• Connection to a large network of BU professionals (20,000+) and Hillel professionals (1,000+)
• Potential travel opportunities, both domestically and internationally, multiple times per year.
• 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 salary of $50,000 - $75,000 depending on level of experience.

About Boston University Hillel

Boston University Hillel is at the hub of a thriving city of Boston, right near Fenway Park. Home to 4,000 Jewish undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students, BU Hillel’s mission is to inspire students to be proudly Jewish, engage in Jewish community, and be lovers of Israel.

Boston University 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.