Director, Alumni
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Education / Teaching
Education Administration, University Professor, Professional Development, Academic -
Management
Education Administration, Professional Development
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Payroll
Title:
ALUMNI EXTERNAL REL SPEC 5 - Department: Alumni & Community Engagement
- Hiring Pay Scale: $123,000 -$127,161
- Worksite: Campus
- Appointment Type: Career
- Appointment Percent: 100%
- Union: Uncovered
- Total Openings: 1
- Work Schedule: Days, 8 hrs/day, Monday-Friday
Filing Deadline:
Mon 11/16/2026
UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.
DESCRIPTIONDepartment Overview
UC San Diego Advancement's dynamic team inspires, builds and nurtures relationships with our community that increase engagement with and philanthropic support for the university. Together, Advancement's units bring together strategy, partnerships and expertise to support UC San Diego's efforts to unite diverse people and unconventional perspectives to propel limitless impact here in San Diego and far beyond.
UC San Diego Alumni Relations, a key unit within Advancement, fosters lifelong connections between alumni and the university. Guided by our values of collaboration, innovation, joy, community, and respect, Alumni Relations develops strategic, data-driven initiatives that empower alumni to engage with UC San Diego and each other throughout their lives. Our priorities focus on instilling pride, developing volunteer leadership, and offering relevant programs for all alumni stages.
We recognize alumni as essential stakeholders with a deep emotional connection to UC San Diego, and we aim to strengthen the alumni network, philanthropy, and partnerships across our campus. For the first time in the university's history, our alumni have a home at the Triton Alumni and Welcome Center (TAWC), the front porch from which we welcome alumni back to their alma mater during the Decade of Alumni.
Position Overview
An accomplished professional with wide-ranging experience who administers, oversees, or performs work involved in establishing and maintaining the highest-level relationships between the institution and its many alumni and other constituents, including the general public, and various other relevant publics or interest groups, which may include internal, external, domestic and foreign audiences. Constituencies typically include the most influential or powerful institutional publics or special interest groups.
Reporting directly to the Assistant Vice Chancellor, Alumni Relations (AVC, AR), the Director, Alumni Advancement (D-AA) is a senior member of the Alumni Relations Leadership Team whose scope spans philanthropy, partnerships, and operations. The D-AA works across every part of Alumni Relations, advising the AVC, AR and translating strategy into results.
The D-AA designs and leads initiatives and strategies that advance the Alumni Relations strategic plan during the Decade of Alumni, deepening lifelong engagement, developing alumni leadership, and building pride and ownership among alumni of the highest capacity and influence. The D-AA brings proven expertise in driving revenue, whether through moves-management fundraising or through program development, and a track record of delivering programs that generate resources and increase mindshare among alumni and the community.
In coordination with Alumni Relations leadership and Advancement colleagues, the D-AA leads top-of-the-pyramid strategies and programs that move alumni from engagement to investment and maintains a focused portfolio of high-capacity alumni prospects.
The D-AA serves as the connective tissue between alumni relations and the university’s philanthropic programs, working within the collaborative One Advancement model. In partnership with Annual Giving, the D-AA designs, plans, and implements the alumni giving program for giving day campaigns and targeted giving efforts that support university-wide initiatives. In partnership with the Office of Gift Planning, the D-AA designs, plans, and implements alumni programs that elevate legacy conversations and gifts.
As a university generalist, the D-AA anticipates and responds to emerging opportunities and shifting priorities, building credibility and moving the organization forward in an environment of high-velocity change.
The D-AA oversees Alumni Relations operations, supervising the Administrative Operations Assistant and the Assistant Director, Alumni Communications and…
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