Director of Alumni Relations and Initiatives

Alumni Relations

• Provide vision, leadership, and oversight to the Office of Alumni Relations, the National TRIO Alumni Association (NTAA) and execute the goals of the TRIO Alumni Committee of the COE board of directors.

• Engage alumni in purposeful service to TRIO students, including advocacy, volunteerism and effective networking with peers through consistent and positive communication using electronic, print, and social media, excellent customer relations, and creative events.

• Build deep relationships with member college success program administrators to develop life-long connections with alumni and facilitate their continued engagement and support for COE and TRIO programs.
• Develop and execute plans and activities for alumni affinity groups (professional affiliations, mentoring, civic engagement, special interest, etc.), identify and cultivate volunteer leadership, develop strategies for the success of each group, and support their events and activities.
• Collaborate closely with development colleagues in increasing support from alumni, routinely identify and qualify alumni prospects for gifts; periodic attendance at prospect management meetings; raise funds for select special projects and events in collaboration with development colleagues.
• Identify and launch loyalty programs providing a benefit or service to alumni to cultivate volunteers and generate income for alumni association programming.
• Oversee the alumni achievement award nomination and selection process.
• Manage funds by planning, developing and managing authorized expenditures in the Office of Alumni Relations.
• Develop and manage an effective volunteer management system that supports the objective of engaging alumni in meaningful volunteer opportunities and serving as a source for alumni talent and resources for students, college success faculty, and COli>

• Work with technology and research partners to build out a career pathway programming that addresses the unique needs of low-income, first-generation students seeking upward economic mobility by providing targeted, intentional mentoring/coaching and opportunities to acquire and hone skills employers prioritize.
• Work with research partners to curate existing and develop new training guides that embed career readiness mentoring and are aimed at increasing workforce readiness, skills, and access to professional networks.
• Establish talent-sourcing partnerships with college access and success COE member programs.
• Develop and implement student and alumni-focused career development offerings that include webinars, information sessions, social media, and marketing materials.
• Recruit, train, and supervise volunteer mentors who will work with students through individual and group coaching sessions augmented with support from volunteer mentors.
• Establish talent-sourcing partnerships with major national and multi-national employers that will provide paid internship and employment opportunities for students and alumni. Build and maintain the infrastructure to manage employer partnerships.
• Work with research partners to develop evaluation protocols to assess how career opportunity initiatives are effectively reaching their long- and short-term goals and objectives and coaching helps students to develop the skills prioritized by employers, and how effectively the initiatives are helping students and alumni to reach their career goals.

• Contribute to the Council by working on special projects and performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required.
• Experience in a related field in which the candidate can demonstrate a may be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively build programs and/or implement initiatives.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally and interacting effectively with employers, corporate sponsors, students, alumni, and university personnel.

• Terminal degree or master’s degree completed.
• Three to five years of successful experience in alumni relations with demonstrated creative productivity.
• Experience…