Director of Community Experiences and Wellness Coordinator at Hillel at Dartmouth College

Director of Community Experiences and Wellness Coordinator Hillel at Dartmouth College Role Overview As the Director of Community Experiences and Support you will lead our efforts to create an environment with students and staff where showing up is easy, experiences are nourishing and students feel genuinely cared for. In this innovative, non-clinical role, you will approach wellbeing through a community-first lens—integrating evidence-based practices from social work, positive psychology, and experiential education into our organizational culture. Programmatically, you will leverage Dartmouth and Hanover’s unique natural landscape and vibrant arts scene to design sacred pauses from campus grind culture, using shared cooking, creative art-making, and outdoor recreation to foster resilience. Systemically, you will act as a vital resource for our community: assessing wellness trends, maintaining a robust network of campus resources, and training our student-facing staff to support students,promote their wellbeing and navigate referrals to College clinical services, when needed. By balancing creative, low-barrier engagement with strategic team consultation, you will help us honor the whole person as a vital part of nurturing a vibrant Jewish community.  You will thrive in this role if you are enthusiastic about realizing vision, leveraging strategic campus partnerships, and applying your skills and passion to our specialized setting, serving a burgeoning Jewish community on a premier college campus. This position reports to the Assistant Director and collaborates closely with our student-facing engagement professionals. What You’ll Do Build meaningful relationships with students: oriented toward their needs, passions and interests, deepening their involvement in Jewish life  Foster a culture of resilience and connection: Create strategies with students and colleagues to infuse a well-being framework into current Jewish life experiences at Hillel, with a global view toward offerings supporting social, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.   Design proactive, skills-building wellness initiatives: Partner with student leaders, artists, and educators to design Jewish experiences (e.g., reflective arts workshops, creative rituals, storytelling, or music-based programs) that translate creative habits into concrete practices that support students’ emotional, spiritual, and communal well-being reducing risk, strengthening protective factors, and normalizing help‑seeking. Provide staff training and consultation: Build a unified culture on our team and equip our staff to offer appropriate student support and referrals.   Assess student and community needs: Collaborate with student-facing staff to continually assess wellness needs on each campus, ensuring Hillel is responsive to student needs and cultivates wellness practices across our community.  Integrate into Jewish campus life: Participate as a member of the H...