Director of Strategic Outreach and Engagement

University of Arkansas • Fayetteville, AR

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Strategic Outreach and Engagement is responsible for developing and implementing a broad range of outreach initiatives for the College of Education and Health Professions and engaging with the education and healthcare community, alumni, and partners across the state. The Director strives to increase stakeholder and alumni engagement, foster stronger external relationships, raise the college's profile, and amplify the statewide impact of the college’s research, teaching, and service functions. The Director will work closely with the Dean, the Dean’s office, and the communications team to help design an outreach and marketing strategy, identify key stakeholders and alumni, and develop tools and activities to reach the target audiences to foster relationships with potential partners and collaborators. Leveraging the strength of the college’s outreach units and research programs, the Director will work closely with faculty and staff to help identify potential grant collaborators, spotlight the innovative work happening in the college, and bring greater attention to the college’s research and outreach programs. The Director will also work with the Dean’s office and academic program leadership to identify potential future student clinical/internship placement partners and promote the college’s academic programs. This is an in-person position with a start date of July 1, 2026. Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education
• Demonstrated experience of success in building strong relationships and growing networks
• Proven success in developing and executing an outreach and marketing strategy
• Experience with coordinating multi-stakeholder projects
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage and analyze data

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education
• Proven experience of developing and maintaining a strong network of stakeholders and partners within the education and/or healthcare fields
• Experience leading innovative projects that focus on building networks and fostering partnerships

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing a broad range of outreach initiatives
• Engaging with the education and healthcare community, alumni, and partners across the state
• Increasing stakeholder and alumni engagement
• Fostering stronger external relationships
• Raising the college's profile
• Amplifying the statewide impact of the college’s research, teaching, and service functions
• Designing an outreach and marketing strategy
• Identifying key stakeholders and alumni
• Developing tools and activities to reach the target audiences to foster relationships with potential partners and collaborators
• Identifying potential grant collaborators
• Spotlighting the innovative work happening in the college
• Bringing greater attention to the college’s research and outreach programs
• Identifying potential future student clinical/internship placement partners
• Promoting the college’s academic programs

Benefits

• university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance
• tuition waivers for employees and their families
• 12 official holidays
• immediate leave accrual
• a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary

What This Job Offers

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