Associate Director, Alumni and Volunteer Experience

Associate Director, Alumni And Volunteer Experience

The Advancement Office engages alumni (~220k), current students, parents, and friends of the University through intellectual, professional and social activities on campus, around the world and online. Advancement raises $600 Million annually to support faculty and researchers, practitioners and patients, and students and programs across the University. Our work supports priorities in every division, school, department, and institute. Within the Office of Advancement, the Alumni and Volunteer Experience team oversees a diverse set of programs and initiatives designed to increase participation and engagement among alumni, parents, and friends of the University, with a focus on driving key University priorities.

The Associate Director, Alumni and Volunteer Experience, will serve in a new role focused on developing innovative strategies for building and strengthening undergraduate alumni engagement through various College affiliations, which include residential houses, registered student organizations, and athletics. The University's undergraduate College has seen significant growth and change in the past two decades, resulting in diversity of identity and campus experiences in the undergraduate alumni population. The Associate Director will be responsible for responding to this diversity by taking an entrepreneurial and proactive approach to tailoring experiences based on the College's unique communities. As an inaugural member of a new vertical focused on the undergraduate alumni experience, they will also shape the priorities and culture of a developing team. This role uses best practices and knowledge within Alumni Relations and leads a program designed to engage the alumni community worldwide, increase participation, and advance the objectives of the Alumni Association and the broader University. Researches, executes, and implements best practices in alumni relationship management. Works with the Alumni Board of Governors to create and implement guidelines to govern shared interest groups.

Responsibilities :

• Develops and implements strategic engagement plans for various College affiliations, with specific and measurable goals, aligned with the University's alumni engagement and fundraising priorities and tailored to the unique needs of each community.
• Identifies, creates, and executes opportunities for meaningful engagement based on these College affiliations with a focus on strengthening connections between alumni and the University; deepening alumni pride; and enhancing and expanding engagement opportunities for the global UChicago undergraduate alumni community.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders in planning and executing strategic experiences based on undergraduate affiliations, including Homecoming and Alumni Weekend programming.
• Partners with colleagues across the University and the College, including College athletics fundraising leads, to develop and implement strategies to increase cross-campus collaboration on College affiliation engagement strategies and goals.
• Builds a culture of philanthropy across alumni communities, supporting divisional qualification, cultivation, and solicitation strategies and ensuring that volunteer boards meet philanthropic goals.
• Continually evaluates, assesses, and reports on College affiliation alumni engagement strategies for ongoing improvement and growth, with a particular focus on driving Advancement goals.
• Identifies and integrates strategies for increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging across programs and experiences.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance, including building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions and with an eye towards broadly diversifying the advancement profession.
• Assists in leading and coordinating the planning, organization, and management of events, programs, and services designed to cultivate and maintain ties between the University of Chicago and key constituent groups. May assist in or individually create a marketing plan to maximize participation and engagement of alumni, parents, and friends.
• Has a deep understanding of strategic planning, data management, the creation and tracking of metrics, and the creation and implementation of new constituent relations programs worldwide. Measures, tracks, and reports participation and success of initiatives.
• Performs other related work as needed.

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Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

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Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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