Springboard Ezra Fellow
Hillel BC (University of Victoria)
Role Overview
Make a lasting impact on Jewish student life by joining Hillel BC as the Springboard Ezra Fellow! In this role, you will build meaningful one-on-one relationships with students, plan and execute engaging events and programs around campus, and inspire students to deepen their commitment to Jewish life. Hillel UVic is a vibrant community, offering Jewish students at the University of Victoria both a welcoming physical space and a dynamic venue for events.
Your day will begin with a morning coffee chat with the current housemates, followed by a few hours dedicated to planning programs and handling daily tasks. In the afternoon, you'll have the opportunity to connect with students—whether it's grabbing lunch together at the house, meeting for coffee, or enjoying the outdoors on the quad. Each day brings new excitement and opportunities to engage with the community.
You’ll thrive as the UVic Springboard Fellow if you're eager to connect with the Jewish community and passionate about expanding the programming at Hillel BC.
About The Springboard Fellowship
The Springboard Fellowship is a paid, two-year fellowship that brings recent college grads with raw talent, passion, and skills needed to reimagine and redesign Jewish student life to college campuses across North America.
Trained in Relationship-Based Engagement, Human-Centered Design and other entrepreneurial frameworks, you will be exposed to the most successful initiatives from across the Hillel movement. Fellows will work with students to imagine, create, and refine experiences for Jewish life that dramatically impact student engagement, efficiently and strategically apply and scale successful initiatives from across the movement, and give birth to cutting-edge ideas that have the potential to transform how Hillel and creates inclusive spaces for #AllKindsOfJewish.
We’re looking for people who embrace challenges, take risks, fail, and learn from the past, while maintaining their passion and sense of humor. Extensive Jewish education is not necessary — just an interest in creating a vibrant Jewish community, a commitment to learning, and the desire to make a difference in the lives of students.
What You’ll Do
GOALS:
- Actively contribute to shaping Hillel UVic by engaging 100 number of students per term.
- Collaborate with students and colleagues to develop innovative programs.
- Grow the Jewish Interactions at UVic
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Meet with students from different cohorts and demographics on campus to engage them, identify their interests and connect to opportunities.
- Meet with students to help connect them with leadership roles in Hillel.
- Plan and facilitate weekly student intern meetings.
- Supervise student interns who are responsible for engaging their peers in Jewish life on campus.
Who You Are
- You’re A Relationship-Builder: You thrive on meeting new people, understanding their interests, and forging meaningful connections.
- You’re A Collaborative Team Player: You enjoy working collaboratively with a team to solve problems and explore new initiatives.
- You’re A Passionate Learner: You love learning and continuously building up your Jewish knowledge.
- You’re An Innovative Educator: You believe in infusing education into captivating experiences that stimulate the imagination.
- You’re A Facilitator: You thrive in creating spaces for students to converse, share ideas, and explore and develop their own ideas on relevant issues.
- You’re A Recent College Grad: Whatever your degree, you are excited about Jewish life on campus and have experience as a participant and maybe even as an educator in a Jewish educational setting.
- You’re A Creative Thinker: You are constantly reimagining the ordinary, seeking ways to repurpose and improve things.
- You’re A Bold Visionary: Think big and creatively, viewing everything as a possibility and embracing a risk-taking, entrepreneurial spirit.
~You’re A Springboard Fellow ~
What You’ll Bring to the Job
- 0 -3 years professional work experience
- Bachelor's degree
- This is an in-person role location in Victoria, BC, remote work is not available for this position
- Strong entrepreneurial spirit. Things may not always go according to plan and you must be willing to take risks and learn your wins as well as your losses.
- Confidence initiating and running programs, and comfort asking questions.
- Ability to collaborate across teams both inside and outside of Hillel.
- Creative problem-solving.
- Excitement to continue developing your own relationship to Judaism.
What You’ll Receive
- Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $45,000 CAD - $53,000 CAD in year one of the Fellowship, and the salary range is $47,500 CAD - $55,00 CAD in year two of the Fellowship
- $500 CAD yearly wellness package
- Covered Bus or parking
- A comprehensive benefits package, including full health insurance, full dental insurance, generous vacation/sick time
- High-level professional development to help develop core skills in experiential education, including learning from some of the most innovative organizations in Jewish education today
- $3,200 USD in professional development funds from the Springboard Fellowship to utilize over the course of two years
- Intensive Jewish summer and year-long learning experiences that will provide you with the knowledge, passion, and critical tool kit to fuel your work building our Jewish communities
- Mentoring and career coaching to help you during and after your Fellowship
- A network of terrific colleagues from across the Hillel movement
- Travel opportunities, both domestically and internationally, multiple times per year (if permitted, following COVID-19 safety guidelines)
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.
