Alumni & Family Coordinator

Join a purpose-driven team at Caron Treatment Centers, where for nearly 70 years, we’ve been helping people find a path to recovery from addiction and rebuild their lives. We offer real careers with real opportunities for growth, comprehensive training, and a commitment to work-life balance. Our benefits include generous paid time off, company-paid life and disability insurance, professional growth and development, tuition reimbursement, a competitive 401(k) plan, and robust medical, dental, and vision plans. We’re proud to foster a diverse and inclusive environment, with a culture of teamwork, compassion, and dedication to our mission. Start a career that saves lives at a company that values yours! 

Duties and Responsibilities:  

1. The Regional Alumni & Family Coordinator will manage regional support groups and fellowship programs; organize new support groups and programs where strategically appropriate. 
2. Actively engage alumni, families and friends through participation in support groups, fellowship programs, activities and events. 
3. The Regional Alumni & Family Coordinator will engage alumni, families and friends through various communication channels including phone calls, visits, email, web and social media with a focus on high-net worth prospects. 
4. Plan, coordinate, and promote events, workshops, programs and activities with the help of Caron staff and volunteers. 
5. Recruit volunteers to assist in recovery support for newly discharged patients. 
6. Identify individuals with the capacity to advance Caron’s charitable mission through their affluence and/or volunteer potential. 
7. Work collaboratively with Caron’s regional recovery center to provide Recovery for Life support and a source for fund development. 
8. The Regional Alumni & Family Coordinator to initiate and direct any other special projects that contribute to positive and productive alumni and family relations. 
9. Assist and support the Development team with planning and producing regional fundraising events  
10. This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions and does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. 

Physical Requirements:  

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

1. Ability to work extended hours 
2. Ability to travel within region and to Caron PA 
3. Light lifting and bending (10-20 lbs.) 
4. Ability to ambulate around PA campus and within region for meetings as needed. 
5. This position allows for hybrid work and therefore requires appropriate home office space that allows for confidentiality and privacy with computer access and high-speed internet capability. 

Education and Experience Qualifications: 

1. Bachelor’s Degree or 2 years of experience in the recovery field, alumni, or public relations required. 
2. The Regional Alumni & Family Coordinator to have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in event planning and logistics 
3. Computer proficiency in MS Office and social media platforms required 
4. If in recovery, 2 years continuous sobriety preferred. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

1. The Regional Alumni & Family Coordinator must possess the ability to interact with a variety of people from a wide range of ages, experiences and interests. 
2. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
3. Ability to deliver presentations and manage groups. 
4. Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple assignments/tasks. 
5. Strong organizational skills, initiative, vision and creativity. 
6. Excellent computer skills. 
7. Knowledge of recovery or 12-step based programs preferred.