Associate Director, Alumni Engagement

Department
 

Booth Advancement: Student Relations

About the Department
 

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges. Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment. Chicago Booth is proud to claim: -an unmatched faculty. -degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents. -a global body of nearly 58,000 accomplished alumni. - strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities. As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment. For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary
 

The Associate Director, Alumni Engagement will implement strategy to grow alumni engagement in the west coast region of the United States and inspire alumni to continue to engage with the school and community in meaningful ways while being based in Chicago, IL. This position provides oversight and support to multiple alumni communities and identifies opportunities to expand the breadth and depth of alumni engagement. This role will also increase pipeline development, alumni career connections, student engagement, global alignment, and affinity connections, working towards increasing the percent of alumni engaged and other key metrics. This position will be required to engage key partners across Chicago Booth and the University. Major areas of focus include alumni communities, affinity programming, diversity and inclusion, events, communication, reporting and analytics.
This position is based in Chicago, IL and will require 30% travel.

Responsibilities

• Implements the vision for regionally based alumni engagement in the west coast region of the US.
• Engages in relationship and volunteer management activities, identifying interests, cultivating engagement, and connecting alumni to Chicago Booth.
• Leverages technology and social media platforms to enhance Chicago Booth alumni communities and ambassadors.
• Develops market/business plan for key alumni markets in the west coast that increase alumni engagement.
• Organizes and engages alumni through events and programs to increase engagement.
• Engages in relationship and volunteer management activities, identifying interests, cultivating engagement, and connecting alumni to Chicago Booth. Manages a portfolio of alumni volunteers. Measures key metrics to track alumni engagement and progress towards goals, with our key metric being percent of alumni engaged.
• Provides partnership to Advancement team members, including Reunions, Student, and Recent Alumni Engagement; Global Engagement; Affinity Programs and Engagement; Annual Fund; and Individual Giving.
• Collaborates with Booth Admissions, Career Services, Student Services and the University Alumni Association on events and programs.
• Collaborates with Booth research centers and serves as liaison.
• Coordinates communication to alumni including collaboration with other school and university partners.
• Participates in strategies for alumni engagement components of fundraising efforts.
• Ensures alignment of alumni events and activities with the goals and objectives of the department, Booth, and university partners.
• Builds knowledge of internal systems and databases to maintain accurate data, tracks and records all alumni meetings and interactions in central database.
• Helps manage US alumni engagement budgets.
• Assists in leading and coordinating the planning, organization, and management of events, programs, and services designed to cultivate and maintain ties between the University of Chicago and key constituent groups. May assist in or individually create a marketing plan to maximize participation and engagement of alumni, parents, and friends.
• Has a deep understanding of strategic planning, data management, the creation and tracking of metrics, and the creation and implementation of new constituent relations programs worldwide. Measures, tracks, and reports participation and success of initiatives.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Experience:

• Direct experience in higher education or advancement strongly preferred.
• Volunteer management experience.

Preferred Competencies

• Proven ability to develop strong working relationships internally and externally to the organization.
• Work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, highly collaborative environment.
• Outstanding interpersonal, presentation, and communications skills, characterized by the ability to listen, speak, and write well, with a strong commitment to customer service.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Self-motivated and work well with and through others.
• Manage confidential information with discretion and tact.

Working Conditions

• This position is currently expected to work a minimum three days per week in the office.
• Attend events outside of business hours.
• Approximately 30% travel.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family
 

Alumni Relations & Development

Role Impact
 

Individual Contributor

FLSA Status
 

Exempt

Pay Frequency
 

Monthly

Scheduled Weekly Hours
 

37.5

Benefits Eligible
 

Yes

Drug Test Required
 

No

Health Screen Required
 

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No

Posting Statement
 

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