Alumni Engagement Coordinator

About the Role

A full-time, professional academic staff position is available in the Alumni Office beginning December 1, 2026. The working title for this assignment is Alumni Engagement Coordinator with an official title of Alumni Relations Officer. The Alumni Relations Officer manages the major functions of alumni engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, including planning and leading the implementation of major alumni events and activities in alignment with strategic initiatives and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Alumni Board information and complete responsibility for planning all Alumni Board meetings (35%)
• Work with key staff to craft and execute a strategic plan that engages alumni in recruitment and retention (30%)
• Monitor, organize, and update donor records, and implement operating policies and procedures (10%)
• Assist in developing and implementing alumni relations goals to promote alumni impact and fundraising activities (10%)
• Develop, implement, and monitor institutional communication and branding campaigns and programs (10%)
• Review the annual budget for the Alumni Association office with Foundation Leadership and manage proper controls for planning and executing the budget monthly (5%)

Key Job Responsibilities

• Serve as a unit liaison for internal and external stakeholders, answer questions, and provide information about established programs
• Plan, direct, and execute alumni visits and discovery calls, passing leads to major gift officers to cultivate relationships
• Lead the development, production, and dissemination of communication and branding strategies and materials
• Identify data trends, errors, and insufficient data, and report variances according to established policies

Department

The Foundation and Alumni office consists of 25 colleagues focused on proactively engaging alumni and friends in supporting the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. This includes giving programs to generate private resources and events across the U.S. to engage and steward alumni. The unit communicates with 100,000 Blugolds alumni and over 10,000 annual donors to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation. For more information, visit https://alumni.uwec.edu/ and https://foundation.uwec.edu/.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $55,000-$65,000, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
• Strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills
• Detail-oriented with proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Experience with event planning

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior university or non-profit experience and/or experience working with boards
• Ability to maintain confidential information and records
• Demonstrated commitment to planning quality events and programming

Special Notes

The university reserves the right to contact additional references with notice given to candidates at an appropriate time. Employment will require a background check and answers to questions regarding past conduct related to sexual violence and sexual harassment. The UW-Eau Claire Police Department maintains a safe environment, and the university complies with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.