Overview
Director of Advocacy, Emerging Campuses at Hillel Ontario Jobs in Old Toronto, Canada at Hillel International
Location: Old Toronto
Director ofAdvocacy, Emerging Campuses
About Hillel Ontario
Hillel Ontario is the largest Hillel in the world, operating at nine universities with a combined Jewish student population of 14,000. Hillel embraces religious and politicaldiversityin aninclusiveenvironment, and supports a broad spectrum of identities while students grow intellectually, socially, and spiritually, opening up new ways for them to make a meaningful impact on the future of the Jewish people and the world.
Throughinnovativecampus programming, studentleadershiptraining, life-changing immersive experiences, and educational and religious initiatives, Hillel engages, empowers, and inspires the next generation of Jewish leaders to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, Jewish learning and Israel.
About the Role
In consultation with the Hillel OntarioAdvocacyTask Force, the Director ofAdvocacy, Emerging Campuses’ will advance the organization’s Israel and Jewishadvocacyagenda on campuses beyond our current reach. Working alongside Hillel’s campus directors across the province, the Director
will play an integral role in managing, both proactively and reactively,advocacyissues at non-Hillel staffed universities across Ontario. The Director will build and recruit, convene and mobilize a cohort of Jewish students and provide them with the support and resources they need to be effective advocates on their campuses.
Key Responsibilities
In partnership with the Hillel OntarioAdvocacyTask Force and thesenior leadershipteam, guide and implement Hillel Ontario’sadvocacystrategy on campus
Supportadvocacyinitiatives on Ontario’s emerging campuses without a Hillel presence
Support student leaders in theiradvocacyefforts
Identify specific goals and implement strategies, and measurable objectives in partnership with theadvocacyteam.
Effectively collaborate and coordinate with other Jewish and/or Israeladvocacyorganizations operating on campus to further Hillel’s strategicadvocacyobjectives and strengthen intra-organizational relationships.
Engage students to participate in joint learning, campaigns and events.
Elevate and amplify student perspectives and voices
Create, drive and report on provincial campusadvocacycampaigns aimed at countering antisemitism and promoting Israel.
Visit campuses on a regular basis to train and empower students in theiradvocacyefforts and work with them to become more politically engaged on campus.
Mentor students to improve theiradvocacyskills and become more effective
Provide monthly reports on antisemitic and anti-Zionist activities across the campuses in their portfolio.
Proactively monitor social media
Develop strategic relationships with university staff, includingDiversity, Equity andInclusion, Security, and Division of Students.
Engage Jewish and non-Jewish students interested inadvocacyand build strategic relationships with various stakeholders and clubs on campus.
What You Bring
The Director ofAdvocacy, Emerging Campuses is a strategic thinker who has formal and informal Jewish and Israeladvocacyexperience. The director must have a solid understanding of the challenges facing Jewish students on campus in Ontario, and be familiar with – and able to teach – the elements ofadvocacyand activism. The director has a high level of emotional intelligence, is masterful at building, cultivating and maintaining relationships, and is able to work collaboratively in a complex, geographically dispersed environmen…
Title: Director of Advocacy, Emerging Campuses at Hillel Ontario
Company: Hillel International
Location: Old Toronto, Canada
Category: Non-Profit, Management
