Director of Engagement at Oregon Hillel

Hillel International • Eugene, OR

7d • $65,000 - $72,000

About The Position

Make your mark on Jewish student life by joining Oregon Hillel as the Director of Engagement. As a senior community builder and strategist, you will inspire students to be partners in creating vibrant, welcoming Jewish communities at both the University of Oregon and Oregon State University. You will drive engagement strategy across two distinct campuses, thinking big while implementing with excellence on a day-to-day basis. This role is unique in its opportunity to shape Jewish student life across a multi-campus Hillel, balancing vision, relationship-building, and staff leadership while ensuring students on both campuses feel deeply connected to Jewish life.
At the heart of this role is the mission to cultivate meaningful relationships and pathways that connect Jewish students to community, leadership, and purpose. You will set the strategic direction for engagement at Oregon Hillel, mentor and supervise engagement professionals, and partner with students to ensure Jewish life on campus is inclusive, relevant, and thriving. As Director of Engagement, you are integral to Oregon Hillel’s success—strengthening student connection, growing leadership pipelines, and advancing Hillel’s broader mission to enrich student life across Oregon’s flagship universities.

Requirements

• 4-6 years professional experience in Jewish, experiential or higher education.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Advanced degree is a plus.
• Building Jewish communities that are welcoming, vibrant, and inclusive
• Inspiring and mentoring college students through relationship-based and experiential engagement
• Strategically networking and building partnerships with students, professionals, and community stakeholders
• Managing multiple initiatives simultaneously while maintaining quality and consistency
• Supervising and developing staff or student leaders
• A passion for working with emerging adults and investing in their growth as a Jewish leader
• A commitment to diversity and comfort serving as a Jewish role model and mentor
• Supervisory experience and excitement about coaching early-career professionals
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to balance vision with execution
• Comfort working independently and collaboratively across teams and campuses
• An entrepreneurial spirit—you embrace ambiguity and see opportunity in complexity
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage students, parents, alumni, and partners

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a cohesive engagement strategy that strengthens Jewish student connection at both UO and OSU
• Supervise, mentor, and support the UO Engagement Associate and OSU Engagement Associate to ensure consistent, high-quality relationship-based engagement across campuses
• Build and maintain meaningful one-on-one relationships with a broad and diverse range of Jewish students, including those not yet engaged in Jewish life
• Grow a sustainable culture of student leadership and peer engagement that expands the reach and impact of Oregon Hillel year over year
• Strengthen Oregon Hillel’s engagement infrastructure, ensuring scalable systems, clear goals, and measurable outcomes across both campuses
• Mentoring student leaders in their Jewish growth through individual meetings, cohort experiences, and leadership training
• Partnering with students and staff such to implement a wide range of programs, including Shabbat and holiday celebrations, social and educational programming, and leadership development initiatives
• Serving as a thought partner and advisor to student leaders and engagement-focused student groups
• Overseeing engagement-related communications, marketing strategy, and student participation tracking in collaboration with colleagues
• Coach and support the UO and OSU Engagement Associates through regular supervision, goal-setting, and professional development
• Meet one-on-one with students to build trust, identify interests, and connect them to leadership and engagement opportunities
• Collaborate with colleagues to strengthen outreach, recruitment, and visibility for Jewish life on both campuses
• Support student leadership development through trainings, cohort experiences, and ongoing mentorship
• Strategize around engagement data and trends to continuously refine outreach and impact
• Partner with students and staff to shape and enhance campus-specific engagement initiatives

Benefits

• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $65,000 - $72,000
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, Life, AD&D and Long Term Disability (LTD) insurances, Flexible Spending accounts, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave.
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities
• Robust professional development, mentoring, and skill-building opportunities
• Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel
• Plenty of Hillel and university swag

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director