Alumni Engagement Manager

MSU Jobs • Starkville, MS

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About The Position

Under direction of the Associate Director, this position’s primary responsibility is providing leadership for alumni engagement programs. Oversees and directs a portfolio of alumni association engagement events and programs. Provides leadership for Alumni Delegates student organization, and Alumni Engagement Benchmarking/Scoring. Salary Grade : 14 Please see Staff Compensation Structure for salary ranges.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Experience (yrs): 3 years directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified
• Position requires occasional travel and occasional work outside of normal business hours.
• A valid driver's license is required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with effective public speaking skills
• Ability to independently perform high quality work following well-defined policies and procedures while simultaneously performing in a team environment
• Ability to initiate and follow through to completion special projects and/or assignments taking an idea from conception to implementation
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of MSU
• Must be able to engage in multiple tasks simultaneously

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree
• Experience in event management, alumni relations, or nonprofit organization at a coordinator level or above

Responsibilities

• Serves as adviser to the Alumni Delegates program, overseeing the recruitment and selection process and providing leadership, guidance and mentorship
• Coordinates Student and Young Alumni programs including event planning and management, communicating with recipients, and working with divisional staff
• Oversees a portfolio of Alumni Association events and programs that serve to continue to grow and foster engagement with our alumni base
• Utilizes software specific to alumni engagement strategies
• Oversees, develops, and reports Alumni Association Engagement surveying strategy to assess events and programs effectiveness as it relates to alumni engagement
• Participates in regular professional development opportunities
• Provides leadership in reporting and data capture for benchmarking and engagement scoring, program surveying and assessment for Association for programs under purview
• All other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level