Enrich the lives of Jewish students as the IACT Birthright Coordinator at UMass Hillel, as an integral member of a dynamic and caring staff team at a top employee-rated Hillel. IACT (Inspired, Active, Committed, Transformed) is an initiative that builds on the success of Birthright Israel by offering support and inspiration to students before, during, and beyond the trip. You will oversee a comprehensive engagement strategy dedicated to creating community at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that includes building one on one relationships with students, staffing trips to Israel, and connecting students to Jewish opportunities on campus.
The IACT Coordinator will utilize the experience of travel to Israel to empower students to explore their Jewish identity and find inspiration, connection, and meaning in Jewish life and community. In this role you will meaningfully engage Jewish students from a diverse range of backgrounds, with a special focus on those with little current connection to Hillel and/or Jewish life. You will work with them prior to and after their travel experience to further their personal and professional growth as well as engage them in Jewish life, encouraging them to become involved as leaders and participants in student-organized Jewish programming and groups, and facilitating their participation in existing opportunities on and off campus. You’ll wake up each day (or at least most) genuinely enthusiastic to help students explore, experience, and create vibrant connections to their Jewish identities. This is so much more than your average 9-to-5!
With the evolving war in Israel/Gaza, plans for Birthright trips and the associated roles and responsibilities of the IACT Co ordinator will be adapted as needed. In the event that a trip cannot take place, your work will continue to focus on engaging a diverse range of students on campus, and supporting their exploration of Judaism and Israel, as well as developing a “pre-trip community” that enables students interested in Birthright to connect with each other.
UMass Hillel is a vibrant active Hillel, located at the edge of the UMass Amherst campus. We empower students through the vitality of Jewish life to cultivate purposeful, healthy lives and relationships that better our community and world. With over 10 Jewish student groups and a fun and dedicated staff team, UMass Hillel offers a huge range of meaningful programming and opportunities to engage the 2000+ Jewish students of UMass and beyond. We are located in the beautiful college town of Amherst in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.
In 1923, Rabbi Benjamin Frankel started Hillel with humble means, a noble mission and a breathtaking vision: to convey Jewish civilization to a new generation. Today, Hillel International continues to enrich the lives of Jewish students and is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world at nearly 1,000 colleges and universities across North America and around the world. As Hillel evolves as an organization, the mission remains steadfast: to create lasting connections with every Jewish student that foster an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning, and Israel and train them to become the next Jewish leaders.
Hillel is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an accepting and inclusive environment for all.
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