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Hillel International

Engagement Coordinator at Claremont Hillel

Salary$48k – $53k
LocationHillel at the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California, United States
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
DepartmentEngagement
Company size1,001–5,000 people
First seen1w ago
Last seen2d ago
Engagement Coordinator
Claremont Hillel
Role Overview
Claremont Hillel is seeking an Engagement Coordinator who is passionate about building relationships with students and creating meaningful Jewish experiences across the Claremont Colleges. This dynamic, highly relational role combines student outreach and mentorship with creative programming and event coordination. At its heart, the role is about helping students connect with Jewish life, with one another, and with a community that feels like their own.
What You’ll Do
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Build authentic one-on-one and small-group relationships with students from a wide range of backgrounds.
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Serve as a mentor, listener, and trusted Jewish role model.
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Seek out and engage students who aren’t yet connected to Hillel.
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Mentor student leaders and empower them to turn their ideas into meaningful campus experiences.
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Help cultivate a welcoming, pluralistic community where students can explore Jewish identity on their own terms.
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Creating Shabbat experiences, holiday celebrations, social programs, retreats, leadership opportunities, and micro-programming.
On a day to day basis you will
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Work alongside students and colleagues to imagine and deliver Jewish experiences that are relevant, creative, and memorable.
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Craft and help implement the annual cycle of Jewish holiday and Shabbat programming. This extends from regular meals, to social events, and challah bakes.
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Coordinate, advise, and partner with student leaders and other student volunteers to design and implement programming of interest to support wellness, campus life, social impact, social connectivity, Jewish learning, and more.
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Organize program logistics, spaces, vendors, supplies, food, and other event needs.
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Support program and event budgets and administration in partnership with Hillel leadership.
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Contribute to social media and other communications.
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Help maintain organizational calendars and coordinate a busy schedule of student and community programs.
Who You Are
We’re looking for someone who is warm, curious, creative, organized, and entrepreneurial.
You may be a great fit if you:
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Love getting to know college students and helping them grow.
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Are excited about creating a welcoming and meaningful Jewish community.
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Enjoy bringing an idea from “What if we tried this?” all the way to a successful event.
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Can move comfortably between big-picture thinking and logistical details.
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Are an engaging communicator, both in person and in writing.
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Enjoy building systems and finding better ways to organize work.
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Are comfortable learning technology, databases, and engagement-tracking tools.
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Can manage multiple projects and priorities without losing sight of relationships.
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Enjoy collaborating but are also comfortable taking ownership and moving projects forward.
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Bring creativity, flexibility, humor, and good judgment to a fast-moving environment.
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Are comfortable working occasional evenings and weekends for Shabbat, holidays, retreats, and student programs.
You don’t need to arrive knowing how to do every part of the job. We’re looking for someone with strong relationship-building instincts, initiative, organizational ability, and a desire to grow.
What You’ll Receive
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Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $48,000 - $53,000
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A benefits package, including health insurance reimbursement and retirement matching opportunities.
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A flexible work schedule with generous vacation and sick leave
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Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities
If you’re energized by the idea of combining relationship-building, Jewish creativity, program coordination, and community engagement, we’d love to hear from you.
About Claremont Hillel
Claremont Hillel serves students across the Claremont Colleges, creating opportunities to build community, explore Jewish identity, and develop as leaders. Through a creative, student-centered approach, we build meaningful Jewish experiences alongside students. This role offers hands-on experience in engagement, programming, leadership development, communications, operations, and community-building.
The Claremont Colleges are a distinctive consortium of five undergraduate institutions—Pomona College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Scripps College, and Pitzer College—along with Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute. Located on adjoining campuses in Claremont, California, the consortium brings together more than 8,000 students while preserving the close-knit character and individual culture of each institution. Just east of Los Angeles, Claremont combines the energy of a vibrant college community with the charm of a walkable Southern California town, offering local restaurants, shops, cultural events, and easy access to the broader opportunities of the Los Angeles region
Claremont Hillel is affiliated with Hillel International. Hillel International enriches the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world, and envisions a world where every student is inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning and Israel.
About Hillel International
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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