Associate or Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, School of Data Science

University of Virginia

6d • $60 - $85 • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate or Assistant Director of Alumni Relations is responsible for co-creating and supporting programming that enriches the relationship between the School of Data Science and its alumni, parents, and friends and increases the degree to which these constituents are informed, involved, and invested in the School and each other.
The ideal candidate is an experienced alumni engagement professional who can co-create and strengthen mutually beneficial, meaningful, relevant, and value-added content, programming, and connections. This position will serve as the primary project manager for the School’s alumni engagement and communication strategy and all other efforts that advance participation, volunteerism, affinity and philanthropy among alumni, parents, and friends of SDS.

Requirements

• For Assistant Director: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. At least three years of related experience.
• For Associate Director: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. 4+ years of related experience.

Nice To Haves

• For Assistant Director: Individual contributor with experience in relationship and program management. Comfort with the development of engagement and outreach strategy and experience with marketing and event management. Has a history of implementing and delivering programs, using specialized knowledge and interpersonal skills normally acquired through advanced education (typically University). Works independently with general to limited supervision. Comfortable building new relationships and managing budgets, and time. Evidence of being a strong collaborator.
• For Associate Director: Individual contributor with experience in alumni relations or development. Significant experience creating communication campaigns, establishing engagement strategies, managing large scale events, budget management and partnership management. Strong evidence of operating at a high level with minimal supervision and an ability to collaborate in meaningful and intentional ways. Strong event and project management skills, evidence of the ability to connect work and strategy to the broader mission of the school. An influencer and problem solver with experience overcoming complex problems and establishing new initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the Dean’s Office, school advancement/development leadership, Career Services, and Marketing and Communications leadership to develop a multi-dimensional Engagement Strategy for Alumni programming, communication & to develop Signature Events such as forums, symposia, speaker series, in-Residence engagements, milestone events, and premier school events, ensuring execution across School departments.
• Managing the implementation of the Engagement Strategy including oversight and enhancements of existing initiatives in addition to the development of new engagement opportunities.
• Ensuring ongoing refinement and attention to long-term Engagement Strategy.
• Managing Engagement related data and metrics.
• Collaborating closely with the School’s Events Team to deliver Signature School events.
• Collaborating closely with the School’s Marketing and Communications team with cross-SDS input to coordinate branding, marketing, newsletters, event publicity, materials, and assets, and editorial recommendations. Manage the school’s alumni LinkedIn group. Help create an alumni story repository featuring a diverse range of alumni academic and career journeys.
• Collaborating with the development/advancement team, faculty, and staff to ensure seamless engagement management and event coordination when enlisting alumni guest lecturers, panelists, and keynote speakers.
• Overseeing the preparation of briefing materials for Dean/leadership and key faculty and staff for relevant alumni events and engagement programming.
• Manage all logistics and communications related to alumni events like reunions or ad hoc regional receptions including invitations, event planning and organization, budget management, vendor engagement and faculty/school coordination and communication.
• Serving as a primary liaison with Signature Event participants responsible for planning, ongoing communications, run-of-show coordination, and on-sight day-of support for key stakeholders.
• Partner with the Career Services team, development and others to coordinate city events and engagement opportunities. Collaborate with the career services team to establish the inaugural Alumni Career Champions network to foster enhanced student mentorship opportunities including a Give60 Campaign (funding + resume reviews).
• Actively refer talent to Career Services for networking events, industry education, resource development, career programming support, experiential learning support, etc.
• Actively refer “treasure” conversations to the Director of Development.
• Establish alumni chapters in cities with high alumni volume and explore the creation of alumni affinity groups.

Benefits

• UVA Health Plan: the choice between 3 different health plans
• Vision Coverage
• Dental Plan
• Benefit Savings Plans
• Life Insurance
• Disability Benefits
• Paid Time Off: starting with 22 days of time off per year, 12 or more holidays, 8 weeks parental leave
• Use of up to $5250 per calendar year towards a for-credit degree program or for-credit certificate program.
• Use of up to $2000 of the total $5250 noted above per calendar year for professional development including job-related training, conferences, and initial certificate exams.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees