Assistant Director of Career and Networking

Working Title: Assistant Director of Career and Networking

State Role

Title:

Administrative and Professional Faculty

Position Type: Administrative & Professional (Non-teaching Faculty)

Position Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Exempt:
Not Eligible for Overtime

College/Division: Constituent Engagement and Sustained Giving

Department: 100247 - Alumni Relations

Pay Rate: Commensurate with Experience

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Is this a JMU only position? No

Is this a grant-funded position? No

Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position? No

Beginning Review Date: 11/22/2025

Mission:
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.

Vision:
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.

Who We Are:

Situated in the heart of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is a vibrant community with a population of approximately 52,000. Harrisonburg is conveniently located approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA.

JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and supportive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 21,000 undergraduate and 1,800 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.

JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.

The Assistant Director of Career and Networking is a member within the division of University Advancement with full‑time responsibilities within the Office of Alumni Relations. The Assistant Director reports to and takes direction from the Director of Alumni Relations.

• Organizing professional development programs
• Facilitating mentorship opportunities and recruiting and training volunteers to fulfill mentoring programming needs
• Promoting networking events sponsored by the JMUAA, Alumni Chapters, and the Office of Alumni Relations
• Serving as Alumni Relations’ liaison to campus partners, including the University Career Center and academic units, for career‑focused or networking events and programs
• Communicating with all alumni about our programs through Linked In, our website, Madison magazine and more

A broader emphasis will be placed on overall ability to engage all alumni in the life of the university as volunteers, event participants, mentors, employers and donors in line with the strategic goals of the university; our division; and the Constituent Engagement unit, which includes Annual Giving and Family Engagement, as well as Alumni Relations and its connected 501(c)3, the more‑than‑170,000‑member JMU Alumni Association.

• Design and implement innovative programming and events that support alumni career development and professional networking
• Facilitate both online and in‑person career/networking events and resources
• Manage OAR‑sponsored mentorship opportunities for students and alumni
• Create and manage webinars with career or professional development content
• Lead events and programming connecting students and young alumni to alumni career networks
• Work with established resources to evaluate then refine or terminate existing offerings to benefit alumni professionally; create new ones; promote to alumni
• Research best practices at universities across the country

• Implement an alumni mentor program through communication and stewardship of volunteers
• Build relationships and sustainable partnerships with departments across campus focused on career networking and student involvement
• Develop strategy and implement plan for collecting data for mentoring efforts happening campus‑wide and not under the direction of OAR
• Facilitate alumni business…