Director of Wellness

Queens Hillel

Role Overview

Queens Hillel is hiring a Director of Wellness, a licensed social worker who will strengthen our holistic approach to student engagement. At Queens Hillel, we believe that supporting the whole student, emotionally and socially, is inseparable from our mission to enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

Queens Hillel supports students from some of the most diverse campuses in the country, Queens College, Queensborough Community College and St. John’s University, and our community reflects that richness. The right candidate will bring clinical skill, cultural humility, and a genuine passion for meeting students where they are across two active sites, three campuses, and a borough-wide reach that is still growing.

This is a meaningful role for someone who wants their work to matter, not just within the walls of a Hillel but within the lives of students navigating college, identity, and what comes next.

Who You Are

You are an experienced licensed social worker excited about the work of Queens Hillel. This is a role for someone who understands that holistic student engagement means showing up for students across every dimension of their lives, using their warmth, flexibility and expertise to help students succeed.

Our students come from one of the most diverse areas of the country, and they bring real complexity with them: food insecurity, financial stress, career readiness fears, domestic neglect or violence, and more. You have a rich and robust network in NYC and are ready to use it to meet students where they are, connect them to what they need, and stay in relationship with them for the long haul.

In this role, you will supervise staff and interns, participate actively as a member of our staff team, meet one-to-one with students in order to build meaningful relationships, design wellness-minded experiences with students, and ensure wellness is infused in all we do.

You lead with high emotional intelligence, strong communication skills, and a genuine desire to build lasting relationships with students throughout their college careers and beyond.

What You'll Do

• Oversee the Social Work Internship program
• Supervise at least 1 staff member, including our Student Success Specialist;
• Build meaningful relationships with students of diverse backgrounds and experiences with an orientation toward wellbeing promotion and deepening involvement in Jewish life;
• Train Hillel staff on best practices for supporting and bringing wellness into Hillel initiatives and build these practices into our structures and culture;Connect students with culturally-sensitive services and resources in the community;
• Establish & maintain partnerships to help students access food, including overseeing our Kosher Grocery Program with the Student Success Specialist (in partnership with Commonpoint Queens);
• Establish and maintain partnerships to help students access career services, including overseeing the CUNY Career Connect program in partnership with Commonpoint Queens.

What You’ll Bring to the Job

• Required: LMSW, SIFI (or willing to get within 1 year), community-based social work experience, staff supervision experience, willingness to work at multiple sites, working knowledge of NYC support services such as food support, job readiness, domestic neglect or violence support and financial literacy services.
• Preferred: LCSW, experience working with college students or young adults, and knowledge of NYC resources.

What You’ll Receive

• Competitive salary ($79,000-$83,000)
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, Life, AD&D and Long Term Disability (LTD) insurances, Flexible Spending accounts, generous vacation/sick time, and family leave.
• Professional development, mentoring and skill building opportunities, and access to up to $2,000 annually through our Talent Investment Fund.
• Opportunity to attend our annual professional conference
• Commitment to a culture of self care, work life dynamic, and balance.

About Queens Hillel

Located in the heart of the world’s borough, our students represent more diversity in religious traditions, ethnicities, kinds of Jewish education and communal involvement, socioeconomic backgrounds, and academic profiles than any other Hillel in the United States. We serve “commuters” (who come to campus and then go home) and “residents” (who live in the dormitory or neighborhood apartments) alike. Our students represent the future of the New York Jewish community, as the vast majority will likely stay close to home after graduation.

As we work to achieve our mission of enriching the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world, we strive to be an inclusive resource that empowers students to engage in open-ended identity exploration, mentors them to seek and find what they need and feel passionate about, and coaches them to actualize their big ideas. Since our founding in 1947, our primary campus community and home has been Queens College. Today, we’re an award-winning Hillel, with two locations in Queens, and with the inspiring vision to serve every Jewish college student in the borough whether they attend Queens College, Queensborough Community College, or St. John’s University.

Queens 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.