Campus Rabbi at Penn Hillel

Hillel International • Philadelphia, PA

9h • $95,000 - $120,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Make your mark on Jewish student life and leadership by joining Penn Hillel as a Campus Rabbi. Entrepreneurial energy and Jewish passion are the keys to success in this position. In addition, the Rabbi should exhibit creativity, the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, ability to take initiative, passion for teaching, interest in professional growth, and excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership development skills. The Rabbi must be capable of working both independently and as part of a team, and have the ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments.
In the dynamic world of the college campus, students are asking essential questions about their lives: who they want to be, how they want to live, and what matters most to them—often alongside questions about ambition, leadership, and professional purpose. Jewish tradition, simultaneously timeless and timely, offers insight into these universal concerns and provides enduring frameworks for ethical decision-making and purposeful living.
Through deep and meaningful relationships, Hillel professionals mentor Jewish students across a wide range of interests and paths, including those with strong pre-professional orientations in fields such as business, finance, and entrepreneurship. In doing so, they help students integrate Jewish values with their emerging professional identities, shaping how they engage success, responsibility, and impact—on campus and beyond.
Campus Rabbis build relationships with students from all Jewish backgrounds through meaningful conversations and experiences, offering insight to their big questions in dialogue with Jewish tradition. These educators function as change agents by being accessible to students of all backgrounds and infusing consequential conversation and facilitating informed Jewish discussions.
Please note that this is a fully in person role, and is not a traditional 9-5.

Requirements

• Gifted relationship builder
• You’re a charismatic self starter who is willing to hustle
• High degree of emotional intelligence
• Contagious Jewish passion and a reservoir of knowledge to share with students
• Willingness and ability to go out and find students and meet them where they are
• An entrepreneurial spirit- an openness to trying new approaches to Jewish engagement and a willingness to take risks in order to actualize our vision for strengthening Jewish life
• Talented and compelling teacher/informal educator
• Deep interest in students, student growth and supporting student-led initiatives
• Interest in personal and professional growth
• Rabbinic Ordination, ideally recently

Responsibilities

• Build 180+ personal relationships with students each year, with a special focus on engaging students in fraternity and sorority life at Penn (approximately 50% of Jews are involved with Greek life at Penn)
• Serve as a thought partner and entrepreneurial leader to increase liberal Jewish life on campus
• Create new initiatives to serve the needs of students in real-time
• Develop and implement curriculum for weekly learning experiences
• Serve as a rabbinic presence for students in the Penn ecosystem
• Collaborate with other Hillel staff to help shape and develop the mission of Penn Hillel.
• Support and/or organize trips for students, including Birthright Israel, Alternative Spring Break, and others.
• Attend staff meetings and participate in regular supervision with your direct supervisor. This position is supervised by Penn Hillel’s Assistant Director, Jenna Ferman Klein.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, life insurance, Long Term Disability (LTD), flexible spending account, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave.
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities.
• Biweekly mentorship from Executive Director Rabbi Gabe Greenberg

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed