Jewish Life and Israel Engagement Manager at GW Hillel

Jewish Life and Israel Engagement Manager GW Hillel Role Overview GW Hillel seeks a Jewish Life and Israel Engagement Manager who brings contagious energy and passion for Judaism and Israel. An ideal candidate has an innate ability to build relationships and inspire students to make a commitment to Jewish life, paired with a passion for Israel and the vision to lead a robust and diverse Israel agenda on campus. The Jewish Life and Israel Engagement Manager will work closely with a multi-dimensional education and programmatic team, working to advance GW Hillel's overall engagement strategy and Israel engagement plan.

In this role, you will be the primary manager of GW Hillel’s Israel Engagement plan. Informed by student needs and organizational values, the GW Hillel Israel Engagement plan blends education, relationship building, leadership opportunities, and immersive experiences to help students at GW develop their own relationship with Israel. You are a deep thinker, a master relationship builder, and possess extremely high emotional intelligence.

Drawn to learning and facilitating intellectual conversations, often across a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and opinions, you will utilize these skills to engage GW students, Jewish and non-Jewish, in conversations related to Israel. You will be responsible for ensuring meaningful and diverse opportunities for Israel education, identifying and cultivating student leaders who are passionate about Israel, and consistently promoting a welcoming and lively pluralistic Jewish community. You will be well-versed in the moment facing the Jewish community right now, and will support students in taking ownership of their Jewish experience and connection to Israel.

The Jewish Life and Israel Engagement Manager reports to the Managing Director.

What You’Ll Do

Israel Engagement Portfolio Develop and lead a robust and diverse Israel education and engagement strategy. Engage students from a wide range of backgrounds and beliefs in conversations and programming about Israel. Advise and support student-led Israel groups, spanning the spectrum of political, cultural and societal aspects of Israel education and advocacy.

Develop a cadre of influential, proactive and knowledgeable student Israel leaders. Lead students and colleagues in shaping strategy and responding to campus conversations about Israel. Serve as the lead educator for Israel related learning cohorts and other educational opportunities.

Liaise with outside Israel organizations on Israel-related opportunities. Support staff effort to increase student travel to Israel and oversee meaningful post-trip follow-up experiences and opportunities. Staff immersive Israel experiences, such as Birthright and Perspectives (interfaith and intercultural trip to Israel) and conventions including but not limited to AIPAC and JStreet.

General Engagement Portfolio Develop and implement a comprehensive engagement strategy for Hillel to map campus and engage students. Utilize this strategy and implementation to develop innovative initiatives and move the needle toward engaging more Jewish students in more Jewish experiences. Lead staff team in engagement work, helping staff set and surpass individual and collective engagement goals.

Conduct 1:1 meetings with students to build relationships and identify and develop student leaders. Innovate and experiment with different engagement methodologies designed to reach students who are currently uninvolved as well as micro-communities on campus. Build upon existing programs as well as initiate and implement new programs to serve unmet student needs.

Track progress and evaluate impact using LittleGreenLight. Participate fully in the shared work of Hillel, community events, staff meetings and training, and other duties as assigned.