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Associate Director of Alumni Relations

Employer
Ursinus College
Location
Collegeville, PA

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Institutional & Business Affairs, Alumni Relations & Development
Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution
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Summary and Scope of Position: 

Reporting to the Executive Director of Alumni and Parent Relations, the Associate Director of Alumni Relations will be responsible for regional alumni engagement programming. The Associate Director will be responsible for conceptualizing and implementing, and managing programs/initiatives that strategically engage alumni, build affinity for the College and provide tangible benefits to alumni and current students.  

  

Specific Responsibilities: 

· Design and implement new volunteer engagement opportunities, including new leadership group to engage College alumni in key regions. Serve as relationship manager with regional leaders to manage and support programmatic strategy. In consultation with the Executive Director plan meeting agendas, manage a pipeline of potential volunteers for new volunteer leadership committee and proactively identify new prospective volunteers. 

· Maintain and expand inventory of engagement opportunities by deepening partnership with Career and Post-Graduate Development, Admissions and academic departments; serve as the primary liaison between these groups and Advancement to create new pathways for alumni participation. 

· Develop professional networking opportunities for alumni and students and support career initiatives and communities by engaging alumni in various ways with the college and students.  

· Oversee regional communications and event registrations through use of broadcast email tools, mailings, event registration tools, and social media. 

· Plan, develop a strategy for, and coordinate regional alumni events essential to the College’s mission and alumni engagement efforts, particularly those regions with large alumni populations; keep records of activity and provide reports to other staff and alumni.  

· Develop virtual alumni community-building events and programs.  

· Manage a regional budget for events and programs. Develop timeline and strategies to achieve goals. Outline and implement a calendar of regional events. Develop systems for training, managing and stewarding regional volunteers. Inspires them to greater levels of engagement and giving. 

· Participate in reunion planning for milestone reunions in the fall and spring and manage designated classes. 

· Oversee the annual alumni awards program, including recruitment and management of the alumni nominations committee; develop a strategy to build and maintain a pipeline of alumni nominations; and serve as the point person for annual alumni honorees. 

· Assist with major alumni weekends and events, including Alumni Weekend, Homecoming and Family Weekend, Commencement, Council meetings, and others.  

  

Qualifications: 

· Bachelor’s degree. 

· Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in higher education or related experience or development field. 

· Excellent oral and written communication, organization and interpersonal skills are necessary. Superior editorial skills, mature judgment and attention to detail required. 

· Substantial track record of successful volunteer management required. 

· Must have experience working with multiple projects simultaneously and be able to work independently. 

· Must have extensive events management experience, and uncompromising customer service orientation 

· Ability to exercise diplomacy, discretion and collaboration. 

· Position requires evening/weekend and travel assignments. 

· Sophisticated understanding of social media technologies and strong comfort level in using and applying these tools in a strategic, integrated fashion. 

· Strong commitment to the values of a progressive liberal arts college and the ability to champion them. 

  

Work Environment: 

· Ability to sit for long periods at personal computer performing related functions. 

· Availability and flexibility to travel as needed. 

· Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as necessary. 

  

Department Accountabilities: 

· Works collaboratively with colleagues and team members in the Advancement office and throughout the College. Participates in Advancement Office meetings and other key College staff meetings.  

· Provides support to office leadership, as needed, for priority projects. Serves to help educate faculty and staff about the Advancement office and its mission and goals.  

· Possesses knowledge and experience with computer programs that support the Advancement Department including Microsoft Office programs and Raiser’s Edge. 

  

Applications: 

Interested candidates should hit the apply button. Once you create an applicant account, you will be prompted to upload your cover letter, resume, and a list with contact information for three references to the applicant database. Ursinus is an EO/AA employer. Ursinus College does not discriminate on grounds of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, creed, ancestry, veteran status, marital status, disability, or other classification protected by applicable law in the administration of any of its educational programs or activities or with respect to employment. 

Organization

About Ursinus College

  • Founded in 1869
  • First admitted women in 1880
  • 1,650 students from 35 states and 12 countries
  • 20% students of color
  • 12 to 1 student-faculty ratio
  • Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
  • All students and faculty are issued laptop computers
  • Nationally renowned First-Year Experience, including the Common Intellectual Experience(CIE) Freshmen Seminar
  • Over 60 courses of study, including a variety of interdisciplinary programs.
  • The Center for Science and The Common Good offers students the opportunity to focus on the intersection of science and society.
  • Idyllic 170-acre campus 25 miles from Philadelphia
  • Member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Watson Foundation list, Project Pericles, Bonner Leader Program
  • Member of Project DEEP, the Annapolis Group, the Centennial Conference
  • Home to the Berman Museum of Art
  • U-Imagine Center for Integrative and Entrpreneurial Studies

The College's most important assets are its faculty and staff. From time to time, a variety of job opportunities are available, both part-time and full-time. Ursinus is an ideal workplace where there are excellent resources and benefits and, of course, great people. The campus is beautiful and the students keep you young.

Ursinus College is committed to the celebration of and respect for human diversity.

Ursinus College does not discriminate on grounds of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, creed, ancestry, veteran status, marital status, disability, or other classification protected by applicable law with respect to all aspects of employment.

Ursinus College complies with all federal, state, and local statutes and regulations governing employment practices.

Ursinus College is an equal employment/affirmative action employer.

All employees are expected to abide by Ursinus College’s equal employment/affirmative action policy.

Specifically, in matters affecting employment and application for employment, the College will take affirmative action to ensure that each employee and applicant, regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, creed, ancestry, veteran status, marital status, or disability (except as limitations may be mandate by law) is accorded equal treatment with respect to terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, and opportunities for advancement. The College will make good-faith efforts to enhance employment opportunities for minorities and women compatible with the availability of qualified candidates in relevant employment markets in which Ursinus College is able to recruit.

Ursinus College is committed to the celebration of and respect for human diversity.  We believe that human beings derive meaning and purpose through their membership in groups as well as through their common humanity and their uniqueness as individuals.  Intellectual and personal growth are enhanced by understanding and appreciating the similarities and differences among groups and individuals.

The celebration of, and respect for, human diversity at Ursinus is based on the following:

  • The principles of freedom and the quality of individuals as expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
  • The practical goal of preparing students to make significant contributions in an emerging global community.  All communities -- local, national and global -- are stronger and richer to the extent that individuals within them are able to communicate and to affirm life-enhancing values.
  • Individuals whose education has been grounded on mutual understanding and the celebration of human diversity are best prepared to contribute to the making of a just and equitable society.

This statement on human diversity should inform and guide the Ursinus College community as it establishes and implements educational and administrative policies and practices.  These ideals seem especially relevant to those policies and practices that touch upon race, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation and gender, and all other aspects which tend to differentiate human groups.

In making this statement on human diversity, Ursinus College at the same time acknowledges the primary importance in an educational community of the diversity of ideas expressed in the pursuit of truth by all reasonable and free minds in an atmosphere of intellectual openness.

This statement on human diversity at Ursinus College has been developed in the context of the mission statement of the College and the institutional values generated by the mission.

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Location
601 E. Main Street
 Collegeville
Pennsylvania
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