Alumni Relations Coordinator Job Description
Alumni Relations Coordinator Duties & Responsibilities
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Education for Alumni Relations Coordinator
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Alumni Relations Coordinator Examples
Alumni Relations Coordinator Job Description
- Create programming and events to introduce students to alumni relations
- Work with members of the Development and Alumni Relations team to plan and execute an Eller Executive in Residence experience
- Serve as the administrator of the Eller Alumni LinkedIn group
- Capture contact, biographical and career information about alumni via LinkedIn, surveys, incoming emails, event rosters, and update alumni database accordingly
- Run queries and reports in RaisersEdge, as necessary
- Update the Alumni Relations project timeline on an annual basis and monitor deadlines
- Attend local and regional alumni relations events and assist where needed
- Assist with other basic office duties as needed
- Occasional travel to large alumni events may be required
- Execute on marketing and communications for alumni programs produce and distribute promotional materials in print and online, including invitations, web postings, social media, and communications calendars
- Spatial reasoning and visual literacy skills
- Supervision and delegation skills
- Commitment to work across the entire academic community and collaborate with the External Relations team
- An understanding of and commitment to Carleton’s liberal arts mission, understanding of how alumni engagement supports the overall advancement goals of the College
- Proven written and oral skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in English, Journalism, Public Relations/Marketing, Hospitality Management or a similar field
Alumni Relations Coordinator Job Description
- Manage smaller alumni communities
- Plan and execute a series of young alumni-focused events in local counties outside of metropolitan Baltimore and Washington D.C
- Create digital engagement strategies for young alumni
- Manage the Blue Jay Bulletin, a monthly email newsletter to young alumni
- Assist colleagues with venue research for events
- Serve as a backup for event management processes, which could include the creation of event numbers, requests for e-forms, registration of guests, or preparation of event websites and email invitations
- Manage inventory of host/speaker gifts and alumni giveaways
- Support the Alumni Journeys Travel Program as needed
- Recruit students to the Doctor of Pharmacy program and the Pre-Pharmacy program, including the Direct Admit Program
- Coordinate the offering of FSOP Tours to prospective students
- Strong project management and consultative skills, including the ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage multiple projects, and prioritize based on business impact
- Fluency with web-based communication and management tools essential
- Ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, enthusiasm, and diplomacy both individually and as part of a complex team
- Demonstrated abilities in effective oral and written communications, with excellent presentation and consensus-building skills
- Ability to be flexible in working independently collaboratively with co-workers, students, and departmental faculty and staff to achieve defined goals
- Multicultural awareness and competence
Alumni Relations Coordinator Job Description
- Assists with the management of PharmCAS/Webadmit/Banner administration and communications with prospective students, applicants, and accepted students for the School of Pharmacy
- E-mails, calls and follows up with prospective students throughout the admission cycle
- Assists in other student recruitment and admissions activities such as open house events, interview days, orientation
- Maintaining confidential student records
- Develop and implement a plan to engage alumni
- Track alumni and provide statistical information as required by leadership
- Develop and maintain a social media presence for FSOP that engages prospective students through alumni
- Assists in planning, writing, and packaging grant proposals and budgets to foundations and to other funding sources, as needed
- Helps with preparation and submission of proposals in accordance with funder's policies, legal requirements, and deadlines
- Contributes to developing resources, evaluating funding sources, and have knowledge of standard concepts and procedures for activities related to grant proposals
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills (heavy interaction with high level executives)
- Must be detail oriented with a proven ability to prioritize multiple tasks
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Natural Resources or other related field
- Two years' experience in alumni relations, outreach, advancement or related
- Progressive experience in communications or marketing
- Ability to work independently and cooperatively in a team environment requiring frequent communication with professional staff, alumni, students
Alumni Relations Coordinator Job Description
- Participates in update meetings to discuss funding strategies and efforts
- Tracks and provides updates on gifts generated by the Foundation Giving Program
- Supports the tracking, writing, and submission of donor progress reports
- Supports development communication efforts, including, but not limited to, writing donor stories for various publications, developing and maintaining website contents, and creating e-newsletters
- Maintain alumni records through the use of AMA database, Salesforce, surveys, event registrations
- Directs, analyzes, coordinates, and evaluates program operation and procedures
- Develops and/or oversees development of budget for program
- Recommends new policies and procedures for improvement of program activities
- Plans and coordinates special events and participates in conferences
- Responsible for design, execution, and effectiveness of system of internal controls, which provide reasonable assurance that operations are effective and efficient, assets are safe-guarded, and financial information is reliable
- Experience in handling multiple projects and setting appropriate production schedules
- Significant experience working with alumni and corporate human resource managers and recruiting representatives
- Excellent writing and editing skills, with experience in technical writing
- Detailed knowledge of marketing and communications principles
- Flexibility is a must, as the needs for this position will rapidly evolve and change over time
- Experience using major social media platforms, especially Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, and high level of comfort interacting in a social web environment is required
Alumni Relations Coordinator Job Description
- Works with other alumni staff to assure coordination and development of alumni relations programs
- Seeks to develop and establish new alumni chapters, regional centers and/or programs and services, as assigned
- Analyzes alumni demographics and recommends creation of new alumni chapters throughout the country based on current alumni interest and established chapter guidelines
- Plans, coordinates and schedules all logistical details and makes necessary arrangements for programs and/or services in assigned area of responsibility
- Provides campus tours on request
- Represents the Alumni Relations department at university events as needed to connect with alumni, collect information, which may occur on weekends, holidays and evenings
- Assists in tracking participation or membership in programs, benefits, rewards
- Records and processes scholarship data, enrollment data, survey data to ensure department ability to track metrics and effectiveness of alumni outreach
- Ensures all activities and communication complies with GCU policies and procedures and is aligned with overall strategic vision of GCU alumni operations
- Assists with answering phones and being the department greeter
- Computer literacy, particularly MS Word and Excel, is required
- Excellent follow through and assessment skills
- Bachelor’s degree in communications or related field and/or related training and significant related experience
- Broad background in communications and evidence of superior writing and editing skills
- Strong interpersonal, presentation, and marketing skills understanding of effective graphic design and proficiency with standard office software
- Ability to accurately complete work independently in a dynamic environment under pressure with multiple and competing priorities