Join our Professional Team

San Francisco Hillel is proud to be the only Hillel in our dynamic, world-class city. Our lean organizational structure serves active chapters at SF State, University of San Francisco, UC Hastings College of the Law, and UC San Francisco, and our diverse undergraduate and graduate students experience unique learning environments and represent the multi-faceted future of Jewish identities. They’re attracted to our Hillel’s culture of authenticity and inclusion, and relate to our innovative mindset. For many, this is their first Jewish community, ever. Our staff and board love being able to introduce and deepen their connection and expand their horizons. San Francisco Hillel is affiliated with Hillel International. SF Hillel 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, values and learning, and to develop a thoughtful, meaningful connection to Israel.

Open Positions:
Assistant Director

Lead the rededication of Jewish life on campus by joining SF Hillel as our Assistant Director. You will drive SF Hillel forward by thinking big and implementing with excellence on a day-to-day basis. As you lead people and initiatives you’ll help every student make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, values, and learning, and to develop a thoughtful, meaningful connection to Israel.

As a multi-campus Hillel, we’re the only organization in San Francisco dedicated to providing a Jewish university community, and the Assistant Director will be responsible for leading the student experience across our four schools.
We're looking for someone who has experience:
  • Building welcoming communities: Creating a welcoming, vibrant, and deeply enriching setting where folks of all identities and backgrounds feel belonging and value. 
  • Managing a team: Excellent supervision skills and ability to coach others to achieve outcomes.
  • Providing mentorship: Creating the culture, structure, and resources that empower students to get the help they need, take initiative, and seize ownership of their identities and communities.
  • Building relationships: the ability to connect, build trust, and provide difficult feedback or broach complicated topics. 
  • Management of multiple projects while maintaining quality: the ability to stay organized, delegate many moving projects, and deliver results. 
What you'll do:
  • Design and execute a renewed engagement strategy to connect undergraduate and graduate students at SF State, University of San Francisco, UC Hastings, and UCSF to Jewish campus communities; supervise student-facing communications and social media and to reach as many students as possible. 
  • Craft and supervise the provision of pluralistic Jewish and Israel education for students from a variety of backgrounds, leveraging campus and community connections to provide enriching opportunities and connecting with key student leaders and inspiring their personal and professional growth.
  • Supervise, mentor, and support the growth of the 3 staff members on the Student Life Team.
  • Oversee and ensure the success of Design Tribe (SF Hillel’s leadership platform) by deploying your Student Life Team colleagues as mentors to student leaders who will design robust program activities, Shabbat, holiday celebrations, and meaningful Jewish experiences for themselves and their peers.
  • Create and maintain strategic relationships and partnerships with Jewish organizations and University professionals to advance a positive campus experience and protect the safety and inclusion of Jewish students.