Alumni & College Success Coordinator

About the role

Cristo Rey Brooklyn (CRB) is a Catholic high school that partners with families to educate students from underserved communities. The Alumni & College Success Coordinator supports students and alumni in achieving successful postsecondary outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct virtual financial aid workshops and assist alumni with scholarship applications and financial literacy support.
• Manage the alumni database through Gradforce/Salesforce, including tracking alumni communication and outreach, monitoring alumni retention, persistence, and graduation data, and preparing reports on postsecondary outcomes and alumni engagement.
• Re-engage alumni who are inactive or have withdrawn from college by conducting phone calls, email outreach, and social media communication to support re-enrollment or transfer opportunities.
• Organize and coordinate alumni engagement initiatives, including alumni panels, career networking, focus groups, reunions, and community-building opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Office of Advancement to maintain alumni newsletters, communications, and social media engagement.
• Partner with the College Guidance team to organize alumni visits, college visits, and college tours for current seniors.
• Assist with summer programming for rising seniors and first-year college students.
• Manage a small caseload of senior students for individualized college advising and application support.
• Facilitate the college application process with students and families, including college list development, college essay writing, application completion, FAFSA/TAP and financial aid assistance, scholarship applications, presenting information during College Nights and family workshops, co-teaching College Guidance classes, creating and implementing college guidance lessons and postsecondary readiness programming, assisting with the coordination and administration of ACT/SAT testing and test preparation initiatives, coordinating annual college fairs and college admissions visits, assisting with the coordination and supervision of college trips and pre-college summer programming, utilizing Naviance, PowerSchool, ACT, SAT, and related platforms to manage student records and submit college application materials, collaborating with the Director of College Guidance to create and implement a comprehensive college readiness program for juniors and seniors.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the Administrative Leadership Team on the planning, implementation, and execution of schoolwide programs and special events.
• Build partnerships with colleges, universities, scholarship organizations, employers, and community-based organizations to support student and alumni success.
• Support schoolwide initiatives related to college access, career readiness, persistence, and postsecondary success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience in college counseling, student affairs, youth development, alumni success, or postsecondary advising.
• Strong knowledge of the college application and financial aid process.
• Experience working with first-generation and historically underserved student populations.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Familiarity with Salesforce/Gradforce, Naviance, PowerSchool, and other student information or data tracking systems strongly preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced school environment.
• Commitment to the mission of supporting students through college access, persistence, and career success.