Assistant Director, Student Life at University of Maryland Hillel

Proven success in community building and outreach, program visioning and implementation as well as creating structures and opportunities that assist and empower students to take initiative and ownership for their communities.

A commitment to pluralism and comfort with your Jewish identity so you may act as a role model, inspire others, and mentor for emerging Jewish adults

Maryland Hillel seeks an Assistant Director for Student Life who will bring contagious energy and passion for Jewish student life on campus.

The Assistant Director for Student Life will serve as part of a multi-dimensional programmatic leadership team working to advance Maryland Hillel’s vision for Jewish student life.

They will lead the student life team, manage student programs and initiatives, and work to bolster opportunities for Jewish experience.

The Assistant Director for Student Life reports to the Managing Director.

Maryland Hillel serves one of the largest and most vibrant Jewish campus communities in the country.

Actively seeking to engage Jewish students on their own terms, Maryland Hillel provides students with Jewish opportunities that are meaningful, empowering and engaging.

Maryland Hillel, located in College Park, MD, near Washington, DC, enjoys a national reputation for its Jewish community, both due to its size with over 5,800 Jewish undergrads, and, more critically, due to the vibrancy of Jewish life on campus. A team of 12 professionals works in concert with Jewish students to provide a wide range of experiences and opportunities. Hillel strives to ensure that Jewish students derive meaning and value from connecting, in their individual ways, with our tradition, heritage, and Israel. Maryland Hillel attracts students nationwide to the University of Maryland, with large contingents from Maryland, the tri-state area, Florida, and California. Following many years of growth, Hillel is completing a capital campaign to support a state-of-the-art, custom-built 38,000-square-foot Jewish student center to continue supporting this thriving Jewish community, opening Spring 2026.

Maryland 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.