Director, Alumni Engagement

About the role

The Director, Alumni Engagement for the University of Cincinnati Alumni Association (UCAA) is employed by the University of Cincinnati Foundation (UCF) and reports directly to the UCAA Senior Director, Alumni Engagement.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary liaison between the University of Cincinnati Alumni Association and the Lindner College of Business to ensure mutual understanding and support of priorities.
• Build and maintain relationships with college-based alumni both locally and nationally to encourage active participation, volunteer leadership, and support of alumni and donor engagement initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with college development staff to support the donor cultivation process, while engaging prospects and stewarding donors through targeted alumni outreach and engagement programming.
• Execute annual signature experiences from ideation through implementation, including Homecoming and Alumni Week events, Business Achievement Awards, and other potential activities, including but not limited to: professional networking, reunions, alumni panel discussions, scholarly lectures, student-alumni engagement activities, partnered professional organization receptions, academic department programming and corporate outreach with industry partners.
• Manage the Lindner College of Business Alumni Council and communicate with volunteer leaders regularly regarding college-wide and university initiatives and events.
• Recruit, retain, and engage the Alumni Leadership Council representatives for the Lindner College of Business.
• Draft and manage content for relevant college-based alumni communications including electronic communications, web content, print brochures, invitations, and letters in coordination with UCAA Integrated Marketing, UC Foundation, and Lindner College of Business marketing and communications teams.
• Identify outstanding alumni worthy of college- and university-wide recognition through various awards programs, driving the nomination calendar and process in cooperation with the dean’s office, the alumni association, and the college’s development staff.
• Proactively report on progress and challenges in annual and long-term goals, and assist the Senior Director, Alumni Engagement and Assistant Vice President, Alumni Engagement, as requested in budget and program development matters.
• Represent the college’s alumni engagement programs at various internal and external functions through targeted outreach and engagement efforts.
• Participate with industry-specific professional organizations, specifically CASE District V, and connect with fellow Big 12 business college alumni directors.
• Participate in overall alumni association programming and initiatives, as directed and serve as a representative and liaison for the Alumni Celebration working group.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5-7 years of alumni relations, volunteer management, event planning, external relations, or closely related experience, preferably in a higher education setting or advanced degree with 3-5 years of experience.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated service orientation and diplomacy; possess the ability to multi-task; be highly organized and detail-oriented; have effective organizational and time management skills; demonstrate effectiveness as an independent worker with adept problem-solving and project management skills, as well as a strategic and critical thinker; and exhibit an enthusiastic and energetic attitude.
• Must be willing to travel, as well as work evenings and weekends as needed. Valid driver’s license required for travel.

What We Offer

• The anticipated starting salary range for the Director, Alumni Engagement role is $70,000 to $80,000 annually.
• The UC Foundation offers a total rewards package inclusive of performance based bonus, as well as, competitive health and wellness benefits, tuition remission, retirement with employer match, paid parental leave, and paid vacation, sick time and holidays, including calendar year-end closing.