AssistantAssociate Director Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving

Suffolk University invites qualified candidates to apply for our Assistant / Associate Director, Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving opening. The Assistant / Associate Director of Alumni Relations is responsible for developing, marketing, implementing, and evaluating events, outreach, and programs designed to engage Suffolk’s 80,000 alumni across their entire life cycle and build a culture of philanthropy across the university community. The Assistant / Associate Director will help to develop alumni affinity groups such as the new Black Alumni Network and serve as the alumni staff liaison for existing alumni volunteer organizations.

Suffolk University’s Alumni Relations and Annual Giving programs are critical to advancing the university’s mission. Our alumni relations programs serve to engage and inform our current and future alumni, involve them as volunteers in meaningful ways and strengthen their pride in and attachment to Suffolk. The Annual Fund serves as a vital source of revenue and as an incubator for major donor prospects that will move through the pipeline and later make major gifts. Support of the Annual Fund at all levels from alumni and others is crucial to increasing the pool of unrestricted dollars available to the university. The Annual Giving programs develop and implement comprehensive fundraising strategies for the engagement, acquisition, stewardship, retention and upgrading of donations from alumni, family, friends, corporations and foundations. In addition to generating flexible revenue they identify major and planned giving prospects, help maintain address and data integrity and convey important institutional messages.

PRIMARY / PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES :

Assist with the development of a comprehensive program to engage Suffolk’s 80,000 alumni in meaningful ways and promote philanthropic support of Suffolk at the Annual giving level. Research, develop, plan, implement, and evaluate a broad range of alumni engagement and annual giving programming including events, outreach, volunteer management and regional programs related to segments of the alumni population. May include, but is not limited to, reunion events, alumni weekend, signature development and recognition events, family programming, affinity and regional chapters, college and diversity programming, and athletics.

• 25% VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT

Serve as the alumni staff liaison and ex-officio member for one or more alumni volunteer organizations such as Law Alumni Board, CAS Alumni Board, or SBS Alumni Board.

Collaborate closely with development colleagues in increasing support from alumni; assist in identifying alumni prospects for gifts; communicate development related activities via written contact reports filed in Colleague Advancement.

Assist in the planning, implementation and promotion of alumni programs and events to support the University’s strategic plan and increase alumni financial support.

Assist in data integrity efforts to ensure accurate and complete alumni database records.

REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS

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