Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
- Employer
- Pratt Institute
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
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- Administrative Jobs
- Institutional & Business Affairs, Alumni Relations & Development
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Open Date
May 3, 2019
Deadline
May 22, 2019
The Office of Alumni Engagement (AE) facilitates lifelong relationships with and among friends, parents, faculty, staff and students. Charged with both building a community and fostering a culture of engagement, the AE Office is committed to intentional and focused engagement to achieve shared Institutional Advancement goals. The Assistant Director for Alumni Engagement will support the engagement efforts of the AE Office, focusing on students and young alumni. This position reports to the Executive Director for Alumni Engagement. Work is performed independently and requires the employee to be able to schedule and set priorities. The work of the Office of Alumni Engagement ultimately fuels a positive relationship with the Institute that results in stronger connections and increased philanthropy.
Position Duties:
- Develop and execute innovative engagement strategies and events that optimize and improve connections and networking opportunities with students and young alumni.
- Conduct individual visits for volunteer recruitment, training and stewardship.
- Manage a portfolio of student leaders and key young alumni to increase engagement and cultivation, creating unique and individualized plans for each (60% student engagement and 40% young alumni engagement).
- Collaborate with IA program areas, colleagues across campus, and alumni regional network leaders to create and maintain pathways for student and young alumni engagement that advance the goals of the Institute.
- Create a Young Alumni Council to provide leadership for young and alumni and students, as well as and keep them informed of ongoing initiatives and opportunities at Pratt and across the networks.
- Work with Executive Director for Alumni Engagement to develop an annual professional development plan that will ensure awareness of trends, best practices and new information related to development, student and young alumni engagement.
- Strengthen the Fund for Pratt and major gift pipeline by referring prospects to development colleagues as they emerge.
- Uphold departmental and institutional policies regarding confidential information.
- Ability to travel as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred.
Experience: Three to five years of experience in alumni engagement, institutional advancement, volunteer management, student and young alumni programming, special events or related transferable experience required.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of programming and event coordination, with the ability to develop alumni and student engagement opportunities and events.
- Knowledge of, or experience with, volunteer management with the proven ability to manage and train volunteers.
- Experience with cultivating relationships with the ability to understand and tend to the needs of alumni and students, enthusiastically, promptly and effectively.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to compile and analyze data.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and complex projects.
- Strong attention to detail; self-directed and creative problem-solver.
- Understanding of the mission of Pratt Institute and the importance of the relationship between the Institute and its students and alumni.
- Must have the ability to work well with diverse populations; and demonstrated level of cultural competence.
- An understanding of the important role of diversity, equity, and inclusion to institutional advancement.
Application Instructions
Please submit your cover letter and resume. If you are selected for an interview, please be prepared to provide at least 5 References via our on-line reference tool system. At least 2 of your References must be, or have been, your direct managers.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, marital or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pratt Institute recognizes and values the benefits of a diverse workforce.
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Organization
About Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a coeducational, private, professional college offering associate, bachelor and master's degree programs in art and design, architecture and library science. The Institute has been educating professionals for productive careers in artistic and technical fields since its founding on its present site in Brooklyn in 1887 by the industrialist and philanthropist Charles Pratt. His revolutionary philosophy of education emphasized applied knowledge and the teaching of specific skills demanded by a growing industrial economy.
The Institute currently occupies 25 tree-filled acres in the landmark Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn-an historic residential district featuring turn-of-the-century brownstones, Victorian mansions and wide tree-canopied boulevards. Midtown Manhattan, the heart of New York City, is a 1/2-hour subway ride away and offers students a wealth of vocational, cultural and recreational opportunities. Pratt is the only college for art and design on the east coast that has a traditional enclosed campus with on-site student housing.
Pratt is one of the largest undergraduate and graduate schools for art, design and architecture in the country and offers a wide range of cross discipline study options, dual degrees and major concentrations. The Institute houses five schools: Architecture, Art and Design, Information and Library Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Professional Studies.
The Institute's 25-acre campus contains twenty-four buildings, including landmark Romanesque and Renaissance Revival-style structures, clustered around spacious lawns and tree-canopied plazas. Sixteen buildings contain extensive studio, shop and technical facilities needed to support work in all media-from the traditional to the experimental. Five buildings are student residences. All have computer networking capacities and are Internet accessible. Computer labs, established with the most current equipment and the latest software, are available for instructional purposes and individual project use. Gallery space is extensive and the work of students, alumni, staff and other well-known artists is shown throughout the academic year. Pratt's Library, an historical landmark built in 1896, was the first fully automated academic library in the New York City area. Its art and architecture collection is excellent and contains approximately 208,000 volumes, 500 periodical and newspaper subscriptions, 66,000 slides, 190,000 pictures, 50,000 microforms, and 45,000 governmental documents.
The energy, foresight, money and spirit Charles Pratt gave to his dream remains even today. Here careers are molded, and goals, like those of Charles Pratt, are encouraged. Inscribed on the seal of the Institute is the motto: Be True To Your Work And Your Work Will Be True To You.
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