Senior Jewish Educator at UC Berkeley Hillel

Hillel International-posted 12 days ago

$100,000 - $140,000/Yr

Full-time • Senior

Berkeley, CA

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At Berkeley Hillel, we’re looking for an innovative, creative, dynamic team player who thrives in informal educational environments. Someone who has deep rootedness in Jewish tradition, while at the same time is creative in offering compelling and creative ways for Jewish students to engage in tradition. The Senior Jewish Educator at Berkeley Hillel will need to work within a pluralistic framework that supports both traditional and innovative practices of Judaism. They will provide a nurturing environment for students to grow religiously, socially, and ethically, in community with other Jews, with respect for other faiths, and with a broad understanding of what it means to be Jewish.

Student Fellowships -The Senior Jewish Educator will work along with other staff members in teaching and managing different student fellowships of students with diverse backgrounds who utilize their own social networks to build relationships with their peers and connect them to Jewish life. Together, these fellowships have the potential to engage hundreds of Jewish students each year and over time
Jewish Holiday Celebrations - The Senior Jewish Educator will work closely with the staff and student leaders in creating and developing innovative ways to celebrate Jewish holidays throughout the calendar year
Programmatic Involvement - The Senior Jewish Educator will supervise several students as well as work to add Jewish depth and content to already existing networks and groups in the UC Berkeley Jewish community
Individual student connections - The Senior Jewish Educator will be responsible for building relationships with 20-40 Jewish students who are uninvolved in Jewish life on campus. This will include meeting students one-on-one, teaching in small groups and staffing immersive experiences, and developing new and creative Jewish initiatives
Jewish Content - The Senior Jewish Educator is encouraged to bring their whole self and unique set of skills to enhance key areas of the Jewish community at Cal and at Berkeley Hillel. Some of these may include a traditional or creative approach to High Holidays or Shabbat, or mentoring students to understand and learn about traditional prayer experiences. They will be dedicated to meeting students, staffing immersive experiences, and facilitating and teaching learning opportunities. To build on these experiences, they will work as an integral part of the Berkeley Hillel staff.
Staff Education - The Senior Jewish Educator will serve as the key educational resource for Hillel student leaders and professionals on campus, helping to mentor and enrich their Jewish journeys and ability to facilitate new Jewish opportunities for students. They will be responsible for working with Staff on their own initiatives as well as organizing weekly staff learning.

Knowledgeable - The Senior Jewish Educator will be highly educated in areas of traditional Jewish content. These could range from traditional Jewish texts and tradition, prayer and the Jewish calendar, Zionism, contemporary Jewish culture, and Jewish social and political activism, thus providing the educator with a reservoir of knowledge to share with students.
A Strategic Community Organizer - The Senior Jewish Educator will think strategically about how to reach and impact students not involved in the traditional networks, and will utilize methodologies of community organizing in order to manage and strategize for success.
An Informal Educator - The Senior Jewish Educator will be experienced with the theory and practice of informal education and will use that knowledge to model and teach others, particularly the Hillel professionals on our campus, how to create the most effective opportunities for meaningful Jewish experiences.
A Relationship Builder - The Senior Jewish Educator will be capable of building rapport and developing meaningful relationships with a diverse, broad base of students.
A Pastoral Counselor - Talking one-on-one with students about the challenges in their lives, and giving them ways to understand those challenges in a Jewish framework.
A deep knowledge of traditional texts, learning, and holiday celebrations, along with Rabbinic ordination, is highly encouraged.
3-5 years of professional work experience is expected, as is experience with young adults.
You’ll have a team-oriented approach to work, a strong work ethic, proven experience thinking and acting strategically to reach goals, a sense of humor, and an ability to take risks and learn from situations when things don’t turn out the way you thought they would.
A personal commitment to embodying Jewish tradition and modeling for students a life rooted in Jewish practice.
A commitment to creating a pluralistic expression of Judaism and Jewish practice throughout the diversity of initiatives and Shabbat and holiday celebrations.

Experience as a volunteer or professional in a Jewish organization is a plus, as is community organizing, informal education, summer camp, or other types of direct customer relations work.
A deep knowledge of traditional texts, learning, and holiday celebrations, along with Rabbinic ordination, is highly encouraged.

Hillel offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, Group Supplemental Retirement Annuity (GRSA), pension plan, life insurance, Long Term Disability (LTD), Flexible Spending Plan, self-managed time off, generous sick time, and parental leave
Great professional development, mentoring, and skill-building opportunities
Unlimited paid coffee dates with students
Flexible work hours

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