• Manage Database Intern to ensure all database entries are updated in a timely manner.
• Manage BU Hillel's fundraising lists, data, and full-range of uses of the BU Fundraising database.
• Write, track, and manage grant proposals and reports for individual donors, foundations, Jewish Federations, Hillel International, and other
• Serve as a liaison between BU Hillel and select stakeholders, including CJP, other Foundations, and Hillel International Development Staff.
• Report timely and accurate information to the CEO and the Board.
• Work closely with Board members, especially chairs of Development and Development Committee members, to engage them in fundraising efforts, utilize relationships, and develop leadership gifts.
• Plan and organize logistics for Board meetings and Development Committee meetings (4 per year).
• Plan and organize Director's Council meetings (3 per year).
What You've Accomplished
• 0-3 years of experience. While development experience is desirable, it is not necessary. We are most interested in someone who is organized, driven, energy and mission focused. The most important experience we are looking for is the ability to organize people and projects and the ability to inspire commitment and action.
• We are interested in people with backgrounds in PR, Communications, Marketing, Communal Engagement, Jewish nonprofit, in addition to development/fundraising experience
• Bachelors degree required
What You'll Bring to the Job
Inspires
• Energy, enthusiasm, a can-do attitude
• Ability to passionately represent BU Hillel's mission
Organized
• Can work independently and also collaboratively
• Thorough, accurate, comfortable with numbers and basic finance and accounting concepts
• Can keep track of multiple work streams
Excels
• Effective at selling
• Successful track record of project management and managing many tasks
What You'll Receive
• High-level professional development to help develop core skills and gain expertise from University, Jewish communal, and nonprofit fundraising experts and lay leaders
• Mentoring and career coaching to help you during and after your position
• A network of terrific colleagues from across the Hillel movement.
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, Tax Deferred Retirement Plan, Life, AD&D and Long Term Disability insurances, Flexible Spending Plan, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave.
• The salary range for this role is $50,000-$60,000
About Boston University Hillel
Boston University Hillel is at the hub of a world-class university, in a thriving city of Boston, right near Fenway Park. Home to 4,000 Jewish undergraduates and 2,000 Jewish graduate students, BU Hillel's mission is to inspire, educate, and empower BU students to lead meaningful and joyous Jewish lives. We engage 4,000 students per year, 600 qualify as in-depth relationships. 200 students travel with BU Hillel each year. We have 160+ student leaders and 120+ lay leaders.
Boston University 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.