Alumni Engagement Specialist

Inside Higher Ed; Bull Valley (IL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Bull Valley, Illinois is seeking an Alumni Engagement Specialist to enhance connections with alumni and support student success. The role focuses on recruiting and engaging alumni, planning events, and maintaining a comprehensive database of alumni contacts. Candidates should have event planning experience, project management skills, and an associate's degree or higher. This position offers flexible scheduling and contributes to the growth of the alumni community.

Qualifications

• Event planning and volunteer management experience is essential.
• Experience working with database systems is required.
• Strong project management skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and engage alumni to support student success.
• Support development of alumni engagement programs and events.
• Update and maintain the alumni CRM database.

Skills

Event planning

Volunteer management

Relationship management

Project management

Database systems experience

Education

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Alumni Engagement Specialist

Workweek: 40 hours | Flexible schedule to meet department needs to include possible evenings and weekends.

One Year Assignment.

Position Summary: Engaging college alumni is critical to building successful community connections, industry collaboration, and growing funds to support students and programming. The Alumni Engagement Specialist creates engaged community advocates, volunteers, and donors. This energetic and organized individual identifies activities and programs/events to specifically increase alumni engagement. The position also serves as a key liaison with the MCC Alumni Association.

Essential Job Functions And Responsibilities

• Recruit, steward, and engage MCC alumni in support of student success
• Support the development of programs, events, and activities that meet goals for alumni engagement
• Help develop and execute a communication plan for alumni
• Help develop and execute an event and program engagement plan for alumni
• Identify, update, and maintain CRM database and repository to house and grow an alumni network of data and contact information
• Grow and engage alumni committee in execution of activities and events
• Collaborate with internal MCC partners to identify and align resources
• Work collaboratively with others (e.g. colleagues, stakeholders, vendors) to accomplish functions and responsibilities
• Assume additional duties as assigned by immediate supervisor

Required Qualifications

• Associate’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
• Event planning and volunteer management experience
• Relationship management experience
• Strong project management experience
• Experience working with database systems

Desired Qualifications

• MCC alumnus
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience in alumni relations/outreach in a higher education environment
• Bilingual communication and writing skills in Spanish
• Experience using CRM and alumni management systems (Salesforce, etc.)

Equal Employment Opportunity

McHenry County College declares and reaffirms a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. The College will make all decisions regarding admission, employment, participation in educational programs, or activities, without discrimination on grounds of race, color, creed or religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, order of protection status, marital status, physical or mental disabilities, military status, sexual orientation, gender-related identity, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge from military service, or other factors prohibited by law. Decisions regarding employment include hiring, promotion, termination, wages or salaries, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment. MCC is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible college community.

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