Senior Jewish Educator at Texas Hillel Foundation

Senior Jewish Educator – Texas Hillel Foundation

Join Texas Hillel as the Senior Jewish Educator to help enrich the lives of students and shape the future of Jewish life on a large, vibrant campus in one of America’s most exciting cities. As a relationship-builder and a passionate and engaging educator, you will spend time with students in the Hillel building and around campus, maintaining and increasing involvement of students in all aspects of Jewish life on campus.

The Senior Jewish Educator will embrace Hillel’s pluralistic identity and serve as a Judaic role model and resource for students at various places in their Jewish journeys. Working collaboratively with staff and student leaders, you will infuse Hillel’s programs and initiatives with meaningful Jewish content and provide frameworks for the continued growth of our students. As the Senior Jewish Educator at the University of Texas at Austin, you can relate to students from diverse Judaic, social, and academic backgrounds and perspectives.

• Oversee religious, spiritual life, and education at Texas Hillel.
• Develop and support vibrant Jewish experiences, such as one-on-one or small group learning, Jewish learning fellowships, holiday programming, immersive trips, and other relational initiatives.
• Direct our Jewish Learning Fellowship Program, including curriculum-planning and design, cohort-building, recruitment, marketing, teaching and grant-reporting. Support and collaborate with members of the Jewish Student Life team to implement Texas Hillel’s fellowship course offerings.
• Serve as the lead on Shabbat on holiday programming at Texas Hillel by partnering with the Jewish Student Life team and student leaders to continue nurturing and enhancing Hillel’s Shabbat and holiday experiences.
• Identify and meet the needs of underserved Jewish communities on campus, using creative, proven, and innovative outreach methods.
• Provide non-judgmental pastoral counseling, support and when appropriate, referrals to trained professionals, including Texas Hillel’s Director of Community Care and Wellbeing.
• Report to the Associate Director, collaborate with the full Hillel staff team, and work in partnership with the Jewish Student Life team (the program/engagement division of the Hillel staff) to uphold Texas Hillel’s mission while shaping and developing the educational vision.
• Contribute to and help implement Texas H