The Senior Program Director is a newly created position at the UW Hillel Foundation which is home to nearly 5,000 Jewish students As a senior program director you will strive to build programs, leadership and personal relationships with hundreds of Jewish students while building depth and breadth programs and affinity groups. You understand that being out on campus, staffing Shabbat dinners, and celebrating holidays with our community will enhance your engagement work by helping you meet new faces. You’ll meet students for lunch and coffee to get to know them and hear what’s going on in their lives. While you will meet with students from varying backgrounds and lived experiences, you will focus much on your engagement work on students who are interested in Greek life, leadership, and civic engagement.
You’ll build one on one relationships with students across campus who are involved in civic engagement, social justice and Greek life. In addition, you will play a role in growing and developing our graduate and young professional program. You will develop and teach a Jewish learning fellowship course on Leadership in Greek life, partner with students to plan programs in fraternities and sororities, around campus and at Hillel.
In this role you will work collaboratively and independently to plan innovative and meaningful Jewish programs, and develop the future generation of Jewish leaders. This is a student facing position with an emphasis on being a staff mentor to students in all student programming, communications, and social media efforts. If you’re team-oriented, never give up, and truly believe that Hillel is the Jewish Home Away From Home for every Jewish Student on campus, then this is the position for you!
You will serve as the advisor for Hillel’s social justice oriented, student-led groups, and will cultivate motivated students to step into leadership roles of new and existing opportunities. As an advisor you will support student leaders to plan programs and opportunities that elevate the ways in which our student community engages with the Madison community and the world.
With nearly 5,000 Jewish students the UW Hillel has a vibrant program of engaged and caring students. The nation's second oldest Hillel, our work to engage all Jewish students on campus crosses all areas of Jewish identity and social life from religious, spiritual, educational, social, social action and support activities; and active engagement in the larger campus community. Located in the heart of campus in what is regularly ranked one of America's best places to live, Hillel at UW-Madison is a fun, dynamic, and special place to work and live.
UW Hillel is affiliated with Hillel International. Hillel International enriches the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.
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 more than 550 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.