Associate Director, Graduate Alumni Engagement

MIT • Cambridge, MA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director, Graduate Alumni Engagement, within Alumni Relations, is responsible for shaping and strengthening MIT's graduate alumni community. This role involves designing innovative programs and experiences that foster connections among graduate alumni and with MIT through various engagement channels including on-campus, global, virtual, and online opportunities. Key responsibilities include cultivating and stewarding alumni volunteers, leading career and professional development initiatives, and building and growing digital communities and engagement platforms. The position requires collaboration with alumni leaders, academic departments, campus partners, and colleagues to promote lifelong engagement that embodies MIT's values of discovery, innovation, and learning. Additionally, the role will utilize data, alumni feedback, and technology to continuously enhance programming, community participation, and graduate alumni engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• A minimum of three years' experience in alumni relations, advancement, volunteer management, constituent engagement, career and professional development, or a related nonprofit, membership, healthcare, or higher education environment
• Experience managing engagement programs, volunteer communities, or online platforms in a complex organization
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships
• Demonstrated ability to steward volunteers
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to recommend improvements
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic goals into successful initiatives
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to learn engagement technologies
• Demonstrated ability to manage digital platforms
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with vendors
• Demonstrated ability to leverage technology to strengthen constituent engagement

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Ellucian Advance Web or other enterprise fundraising system.

Responsibilities

• Design innovative programs and experiences to connect graduate alumni with one another and with MIT through on-campus, global, virtual, and online engagement opportunities.
• Cultivate and steward alumni volunteers.
• Lead career and professional development initiatives.
• Build and grow digital communities and engagement platforms.
• Collaborate with alumni leaders, academic departments, campus partners, and colleagues to advance lifelong engagement.
• Use data, alumni feedback, and technology to continuously inform programming, community participation, and graduate alumni engagement.

What This Job Offers

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