Campus Director at Nova Southeastern University Hillel

Campus Director at Nova Southeastern University Hillel

Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach

Role Overview

Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach seeks a dynamic, strategic, and engagement-driven Campus Director at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). Reporting to the Executive Director, the Campus Director will spearhead Hillel's NSU portfolio, focusing intensely on building and executing innovative engagement strategies for a unique student community composed of 25% undergraduate and 75% graduate and professional students.

This senior professional will supervise one full-time staff member, collaborate with an Israel Fellow and an IACT Coordinator, navigate university partnerships, and drive an NSU parent engagement and fundraising initiative to support campus growth. The ideal candidate excels at student outreach, data-driven engagement strategy, and building deep relationships across diverse student demographics.

What You'll Do

Engagement Strategy & Student Impact

• Design and execute a comprehensive engagement plan tailored to NSU''s unique student profile, including part-time, commuter, undergraduate, and graduate students.
• Strengthen Hillel's visibility and impact through meaningful Jewish learning, leadership opportunities, and campus partnerships.
• Ensure a diverse portfolio of programs that reflect the needs and interests of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.
• Collaborate with the Israel Fellow to seamlessly integrate Israel education, travel, and immersive experiences into the core campus engagement framework.

Strategic Leadership & Supervision

• Lead Hillel's NSU student-centric strategy, ensuring campus growth plans align directly with organizational mission and engagement goals.
• Supervise, coach, and mentor one full-time engagement professional, maximizing their relationship-building capacity and tracking engagement outcomes.
• Partner with the Executive Director to shape long-term objectives for NSU, prioritizing infrastructure, staffing, and high-impact student engagement.

Operations, Data & Development

• Oversee budgets, logistics, and operations for Hillel at NSU.
• Use data and CRM tools to rigorously measure student engagement outcomes, track metrics, and guide strategic decision-making.
• Partner with the Executive Director to implement an NSU parent engagement and fundraising strategy, including securing corporate sponsors to underwrite graduate student programming.
• Serve as Hillel's primary representative to NSU's administration and Student Affairs to support student success and facilitate campus partnerships.
• Work occasional evenings, weekends, and Jewish holidays as needed to support student-facing activities and campus lifecycle.

Who You Are

• An engagement strategist who can translate outreach data into high-impact relationship-building and programming on campus.
• A thoughtful leader with a strong foundation in Jewish life, learning, and Israel, and the ability to thoughtfully integrate Jewish context into programs for diverse backgrounds.
• A strategic thinker who can translate vision into practical implementation.
• Skilled in relationship management, partnership-building, and stakeholder engagement.
• Confident in representing Hillel to university administrators, donors, parents, alumni, and community partners.
• Entrepreneurial, adaptable, and motivated to grow a program within a dynamic organization.

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree or equivalent professional experience in Jewish education, organizational leadership, or related fields strongly preferred.
• 6-8 years of experience in higher education, Jewish communal work, or nonprofit management.
• Prior experience with Hillel is a plus.
• Experience in staff supervision and team development.
• Knowledge and passion for Jewish life, learning, and Israel, and the ability to engage students from diverse backgrounds.

What You'll Receive

• Competitive salary range of $70,000-$85,000, commensurate with experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plan, parental leave, and generous paid time off.
• Robust professional development and executive mentoring through Hillel International's professional network.
• Opportunities for travel and leadership participation in regional, national, and international Hillel convenings.
• A collaborative, mission-driven environment committed to excellence, inclusivity, and innovation.

About Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach, Broward County, and Nova Southeastern University

With over 5,000 Jewish students on the campuses we serve, Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach offers a pluralistic and inclusive community that offers social and networking events, community service projects, travel experiences to Israel and beyond, Jewish learning opportunities, free Shabbat dinners, a place to celebrate and observe holidays, and mentoring programs that integrate our Hillel within the community. Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach is a multi-campus Hillel encompassing Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Lynn University, Broward College, and Palm Beach State College. The main offices of Broward and Palm Beach Hillel are on the FAU campus, with program space at NSU and Lynn.

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a professional-focused institution with a distinctive student profile: approximately 25% undergraduate and 75% graduate students across programs including law, medicine, business, psychology, and health professions. Many students attend part-time, requiring flexible and creative approaches to engagement. A significant number of undergraduates come from out of state and remain for NSU's graduate programs, creating strong potential for sustained relationship-building across multiple years. While undergraduate engagement is active, there is meaningful opportunity to grow Jewish life within the graduate and professional schools.

Located in Broward County, NSU sits in one of the country's fastest-growing Jewish communities. Broward offers warm weather year-round, beautiful beaches, diverse neighborhoods, and a vibrant Jewish communal ecosystem - making it not only an exciting place to build Jewish life professionally, but also a wonderful place to live.

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.