Belonging and Campus Engagement Coordinator at the Center for Jewish Life – Princeton Hillel

One to three years of relevant experience preferred, including campus engagement, Jewish communal work, student life, community organizing, education, social work, youth work, or related fields.

Commitment to pluralistic Jewish community and to the CJL’s mission of helping students grow through belonging, learning, inspiration, and service.

Familiarity with campus life, Hillel, Jewish student engagement, or residential college environments is a plus.

to help more Jewish students experience the CJL as a place of connection, meaning, joy, and belonging.

This new full-time role is central to the CJL’s growing vision for student engagement.

The Coordinator will focus especially on students who are not yet deeply connected to Jewish life on campus, including first-year students, students on the margins of Jewish community, and those who may feel hesitant to walk into a Jewish space where they assume others already belong.

While senior staff provide strategic direction, mentoring, learning, and leadership development, this role will drive implementation, follow-through, student relationship-building, and creative presence across campus.

The Center for Jewish Life – Princeton Hillel is the home for Jewish life at Princeton University. Guided by our vision of a generation of Princetonians who carry Jewish purpose, resilience, and responsibility into the world, the CJL helps students grow through meaningful connection, inspirational experiences, Jewish learning, and a commitment to service.

The Belonging and Campus Engagement Coordinator will play a vital role in ensuring that belonging is not only an aspiration, but a daily lived experience for Princeton students.

The Center for Jewish Life – Princeton 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.