Executive Director at Newberger Hillel University

Position: Executive Director at Newberger Hillel at the University  United States
Executive Director at Newberger Hillel at the University of Chicago

Role Overview

Join University of Chicago Hillel as the next Executive Director and help create the vision, develop the resources, and manage the operations for an organization that is the center of a pluralistic and inclusive Jewish community on campus. As Executive Director, you’ll oversee a talented team, manage operations, finances, and programming, and spearhead fundraising initiatives.

In partnership with all its key stakeholders, including Hillel’s Advisory Board, you will develop financial resources to help the organization grow and thrive, as well as work towards long‑term financial sustainability. We are looking for a strong fundraiser, manager, and master relationship builder. You’ll be excellent in this role if you: possess a deep love for the Jewish people, are passionate about supporting students, enjoy being part of a university environment, have strength to lead a team, are able to set strategic vision, can secure financial resources, and build community.

What you’ll be doing :

Strategic Planning, Vision and Leadership

• Develop, articulate, and promote a dynamic and innovative vision for Jewish life at UChicago in partnership with key stakeholders, including students, Board, alumni, parents, staff, the Jewish United Fund, Hillel International, and The University of Chicago.

• Create an annual engagement strategy that centers students’ relationships and interests, in partnership with staff. Create strategies to expand the base of the Jewish student community to include a multiplicity of Jewish backgrounds and interests.

• Manage programs and projects to ensure effective and efficient internal operations and external affairs, including reporting, data, and metrics to track progress and growth.

Financial Resource Development and Fundraising

• In conjunction with the Executive Director of the Hillels of Illinois and the Assistant Director for the Hillels of Illinois and the Board, spearhead development activities, including annual and endowment/capital campaigns, major gifts cultivation, planned giving efforts, and face‑to‑face solicitation.

• Exhibit leadership around financial resource development and cultivate the stakeholders that will help you get there, including lay leaders and local community members and agencies. Develop and implement a robust multi‑faced annual development plan including stewardship of gifts and donor relations.

• Personally engage in fundraising with major donors and grant organizations.

• Oversee and manage the fiscal operation of Hillel through budget planning and management processes.

Staff Supervision and Development

• Inspire, develop, supervise, and mentor a professional staff team that delivers on a vision of pluralism, inclusivity, and student leadership development in order to deepen students’ relationships to Jewish life, Jewish learning, and Israel.

• Establish a culture of professional development, continual training, and growth.

Community Relations

• Exhibit organizational and communal leadership by understanding Hillel’s unique culture at the University of Chicago and in the Hyde Park neighborhood, cultivating relationships with all stakeholders, including student and university leaders, Jewish community leaders, as well as alumni and parents across the country, and in alignment with JUF and Hillel’s priorities.

• Build relationships with students from diverse backgrounds through meaningful conversations and by creating connections to opportunities to participate in Jewish life on campus. Have your pulse on the changing needs of Jewish college students, Jewish identity development, and campus climate.

• Create a culture of shared responsibility and engagement among members of the advisory board and cultivate relationships with prospective board members who can provide generative and strategic leadership.

• Support JUF Campaign and mandatory campaign‑related activities on an ongoing basis.

What You Need to Succeed:

• 10+ years of professional work experience. Experience in management roles in the Jewish or secular nonprofit, higher education, or mission‑driven organization world is a plus.…