Rabbi Josh Levy and Zac Bates Fisher with students in Birmingham
The Movement for Progressive Judaism (MPJ) is hiring its first student Campus Ambassadors.
Campus Ambassadors will be recruited each academic year and will work for a couple of hours a week during term time. Their role will include putting on events for their peers, being a point of contact for MPJ’s 77 communities and representing Progressive Judaism within the wider student landscape.
Ambassadors will be paid and advised by MPJ nationally – and act as a link between Progressive communities and their local university where applicable. They will lead the creation and holding of events that best suit the students on their individual campus.
Zac Bates Fisher, MPJ’s Student Engagement Officer, will be providing oversight and support. He said: “By hiring paid part-time Campus Ambassadors, we will be directly empowering student leaders to take initiative and create the communities that they want to see.
“I have spent the last year travelling to different campuses and meeting students and, during that time, we have identified this real need to create and grow thriving student communities – both for today and to exist for many years to come.
“The late UJS president Alan Senitt famously said that he wanted ‘more Jewish students doing more Jewish things’, and I am confident that this will do just that.”
The Campus Ambassador roles are open to all current or soon-to-be students, with multiple positions available across universities around the UK and Ireland. They are being funded from the money raised for this purpose at MPJ’s Inaugural Dinner in December.
Rabbi Josh Levy, Co-Lead of The Movement for Progressive Judaism, said: “One of the four key missions of The Movement for Progressive Judaism is to inspire, connect and nurture future generations of Progressive Jews.
“By creating Campus Ambassadors we are meeting the needs of young people when they are outside of their families and congregations, as well as creating more ways for them to engage with their Judaism and the Jewish community.”
Those wishing to apply can view a role description and complete an application form here.
Applications close at midday on Monday 27 July.
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Zac Bates Fisher (right), who is overseeing the new programme, with students at a recent event in Bristol