Engagement Associate at Tulane Hillel
Hillel InternationalNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Posted 1 month agoDescription
Engagement Associate
Tulane Hillel
Role Overview
Build your foundational workplace skills in a growth-oriented role focused on building relationships and inspiring action in others. If you're organized, can juggle multiple projects, and are great at catalyzing change in others, you'll thrive here.
As an Engagement Associate, you'll build one-on-one relationships with students, plan and execute engaging campus events, and help students bring their ideas to life while growing their own skills. Tulane Hillel's mission is to create a radically inclusive community, develop student leadership, and encourage curiosity through Jewish values. We're an action-oriented community that serves as a training ground for emerging leaders, using a student-centric model that keeps student voices at the center of our decisions.
This is a fast-paced workplace with a focus on data and analysis, an efficient meeting culture, and a strong commitment to staff growth. And let's be clear: Tulane Hillel is a fun, energetic community with a meaningful network worldwide. Working here will be an inflection point in your life and career.
About the Role
This role is designed for recent grads and early-career professionals looking to gain experience. You'll be trained in Relationship-Based Engagement, Human-Centered Design, and other entrepreneurial frameworks, and exposed to some of the most effective approaches to student engagement in Jewish communal life today. You'll work with students to imagine, create, and refine campus and Jewish life experiences, scale what works, and help launch new ideas students are proud of. This is a full-time, 40-hour/week role.
We're looking for people who embrace challenges, take risks, learn from failure, and keep their sense of humor along the way. Extensive experience in Jewish spaces isn't necessary, just an interest in building a vibrant Jewish community, a commitment to learning, and a desire to make a difference in students' lives.
What You’ll Do
- Use design thinking to increase the diversity and range of students involved at Tulane Hillel; build 2+ new meaningful student relationships every week
- Identify professional development goals and leverage local, national, and international resources, conferences, and mentorship to advance them
- Report to the Director of Student Life as part of a small team of student-facing staff attuned to campus trends and student needs
Responsibilities
- Cultivate and steward a portfolio of 300–400 students, identifying and engaging uninvolved populations through new programs and events
- Identify and recruit students who would make great Hillel leaders
- Activate students to create 10+ student-led programs per semester
- Teach core strategies and skills to help students grow and maximize their potential on campus
- Provide in-person and logistical support for programs (Shabbat, Welcome Week, on-campus outreach, etc.) alongside the engagement team, including evenings and weekends
- Handle weekly tasks such as student contact documentation, meeting facilitation, logistics, and data analysis
- Be a strong team member — collaborating with colleagues, responding efficiently to tasks, asking for help when needed, and stepping up to meet challenges
- Represent Tulane Hillel with students, faculty, administration, and the wider community; internalize Tulane and New Orleans culture
Who You Are
- A Relationship-Builder — you thrive on meeting people and forging meaningful connections
- A Facilitator — you create space for students to converse, share ideas, and explore their own thinking
- A Recent College Grad — excited about Jewish life on campus, with experience as a participant (and maybe educator) in Jewish educational settings
- A Creative Thinker — always reimagining and improving the ordinary
- Growth-Oriented — you see challenges as opportunities, embrace feedback, and push yourself and others to improve
- Organized and Efficient — you manage high volumes of work thoughtfully and consistently meet ambitious goals
What You'll Bring
- 0–3 years of professional work experience
- Bachelor's degree
- In-person role in New Orleans, LA; remote work is not available
- Emotional intelligence to connect meaningfully with a broad range of students
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Drive, energy, innovative spirit, flexibility, humor, and working fluency with Jewish life (formal or informal)
- A year or more of full-time, summer, or internship experience is a plus
- Willingness to embrace obstacles, learn quickly, and apply insights to improve outcomes
- Comfort admitting what you don't know, and excitement to learn in those areas
What You'll Receive
- Competitive nonprofit-market salary: $46,000–$50,000, commensurate with experience
- Comprehensive benefits: health insurance, retirement plan, life/AD&D/LTD insurance, FSAs, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave
- High-level professional development in organizational management, data analysis, and experiential education, learning from some of the most innovative organizations in Jewish education
- Mentoring and career coaching alongside a network of great colleagues across the Hillel movement
- Domestic and international travel opportunities multiple times a year (if permitted)
Ideally, candidates would be able to start work in New Orleans on August 6th, 2026.
Tulane 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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