Alumni Engagement Officer

Towson; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Towson is seeking an Alumni Engagement Officer to strengthen connections with its alumni community. This role involves recruiting and managing volunteers to create engagement opportunities and events for alumni across the country.

The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, strong communication skills, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Evening and weekend work is essential, alongside occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel and work evenings/weekends.
• Valid driver's license with a low risk driving record.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with alumni and constituents.
• Recruit, train, and steward volunteers.
• Conduct discovery meetings to assess interests.

Skills

Relationship building

Recruiting

Volunteer management

Communication skills

Software proficiency (MS Office, CRM)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate of the University of Dayton

Job description

Alumni Engagement Officer

The Alumni Engagement Officer, working with the Alumni Relations and Events team, will play a key role in advancing relationships with alumni and constituents that strengthen UD’s brand and advances its engagement within our full alumni community, with a specific focus on inclusivity in our alumni communities.

The Alumni Engagement Officer supports the office of Alumni Relations in building relationships with 37 alumni communities across the country. The Engagement Officer has primary responsibility for recruiting, training and stewarding volunteers that support overall engagement work that creates connections with alumni and constituents in specific geographic regions. Work will focus on building relationships with volunteers who will create opportunities for alumni to connect with each other and with UD through communication, programming, leadership development and events in support of overall volunteer engagement and pipeline building for future involvement in UD. They will work to develop diverse programs in alumni communities to reach a broader audience, harness volunteer peer to peer networks to support UD and manage budgets related directly to UD alumni community programs. This role also supports the Alumni Relations and Events team with other programming including Reunion Weekend, Senior Sendoff, and alumni volunteer weekends. Additionally, the Engagement Officer will conduct discovery/qualification meetings to assess constituent interests and any giving potential.

Evening and weekend work is required for recruiting, training and stewarding volunteers and for specific community programs and events, as well as occasional travel. This position reports to the Assistant Director, Strategic Engagement Initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree OR two years of experience in marketing, communication or related field.
• Proven skills in relationship building, recruiting, training and stewarding volunteer leaders.
• Successful experience working with people from various social and cultural communities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in software applications (i.e. MS Office and CRM database).
• Willingness and ability to travel and work evenings and weekends with some frequency.
• Valid driver’s license, with a low risk driving record and be insurable by the University.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate of the University of Dayton.
• Two+ years' experience working in higher education, specifically alumni relations, or not for profit.
• Direct volunteer management work within a comprehensive fundraising effort or relatable experience.
• Event management experience.
• High degree of energy and initiative to complete tasks on own.
• Demonstrated collaboration skills and ability to work as a team.
• Ability to handle multiple, concurrent tasks.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills to support work with diverse alumni, volunteers and university staff.
• Commitment to the University’s Catholic/Marianist character, personal integrity and a strong work ethic.

Special Instructions

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The University does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position.

Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.