Community Engagement Social Worker at Rita Levine Rabin Hillel at Hunter College

The role

You will lead the Wellness Program by connecting students to food, career, and mental health resources. You will build relationships with students, mentor student leaders, and welcome students into Jewish community life.

What you will do

• Build relationships with 75 unique students a year through tabling, lounge time and coffee chats
• Track engagement in Hillel's systems and contribute to reports
• Supervise undergraduate engagement interns and facilitate monthly student leaders' meeting
• Develop new programs each semester and support Shabbat and other programming
• Co-facilitate a Jewish Learning Fellowship class each semester
• Recruit for Birthright, Perspectives and annual Shabbaton
• Monitor student WhatsApp chats and Hillel social media channels
• Run the monthly Met Council grocery program and weekly sliding-scale kosher lunches
• Coordinate with CommonPoint Queens and organize career gatherings and headshots
• Provide one-on-one short-term support and connect students to mental health care and campus services

Required qualifications

• MSW required
• Experience with college-age students, ideally in campus, community or youth settings
• Program planning or supervision experience, or a strong interest in learning
• Strong communication, organization and teamwork skills
• Commitment to inclusive, welcoming environments

Nice to have

• LMSW
• SIFI
• familiarity with Jewish life

Benefits

• Hillel pays 85% of individual and 70% of family health insurance premiums
• 403(b) retirement plan
• up to $2,500 a year for professional development
• annual professional conference
• national Hillel cohorts

About the company

Hunter Hillel serves 1,100+ commuter students a year in the heart of New York City. It is affiliated with Hillel International.