Associate Director, Engagement

Reporting to the Director of Inclusive and Life Stage Engagement, the associate director will join a team that is tasked with enhancing the alumni experience by expanding engagement opportunities for key populations including alumni of color, new graduates (graduates of the last 5 years), and graduating seniors. This position will play a key role in building and implementing a comprehensive engagement strategy that intentionally targets growing constituencies. This position will help build a pipeline of engaged alumni starting with students transitioning into alumni.

Essential Functions

• Drive, assess, and enhance strategies for increased engagement of historically marginalized alumni communities, new graduates, and graduating seniors.
• Partner with alumni engagement, development, events and other RUF teams to execute team signature activities, events, and initiatives.
• Manage a portfolio of alumni with the responsibility to independently develop and execute strategies leading to successful cultivation and engagement activities.
• Ensure timely reporting and tracking of contacts, solicitations, events planning, etc. through RUF tracking systems.
• Partner with alumni engagement staff members to be informed of the activities of special interest groups, alumni clubs, and school/colleges.
• Develop positive, professional working relationships with RUF and University staff members.
• Other duties as assigned

Competency Aptitudes

Leadership

• Own complex projects with senior leadership support (leadership coaches and removes roadblocks)
• Set clear direction for a project
• Provide feedback, develop staff, and colleagues
• Set clear direction for a project or sub-team of colleagues; provide feedback and develop staff

Autonomy

• Establish and manage set guidelines/timeline for department/project/program
• Perform project analysis; devise and implement process improvements to optimize outcomes

Complexity

• Initiate projects, strategies and innovations within the organization
• Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of department/project/program
• Ability to devise strategies and execute on increasingly complex projects (interdisciplinary initiatives) 

Strategy

• Manage operational components for department
• Develop and submit budgets and other collateral materials as needed to advance a University initiative

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree and 5 years of progressively responsible experience in alumni engagement, advancement, non-profit or higher education. Master’s degree preferred.

Working Conditions

This position requires clarity of focus while juggling complex projects or deadlines with little physical effort. Will work evenings, weekends, or odd hours to meet resource-raising commitments. Typical working conditions with an absence of disagreeable elements. This position requires some early mornings and late evenings to accommodate meetings, travel, events, and external constituents’ schedules.

Workplace Arrangements 

This is classified as an office-centric hybrid position. Colleagues working under an office-centric hybrid arrangement have a primary workstation in a university or foundation location and are in the office between one and five days a week. The frequency with which they are present in the office depends on their role and function and the interdependency of other functions.

Benefits

• Office-centric hybrid work schedule
• Comprehensive medical
• Comprehensive no cost dental, and no cost vision insurance for employee and dependents
• 403(b) plan with matching employer contribution
• Accrual of three weeks of annual vacation time, in addition to two personal holidays and three administrative leave days each year
• 9 holidays, as well as paid time off between Christmas and New Years Day
• Parental leave
• Significant tuition reductions
• Professional development is highly valued at the Rutgers University Foundation, where employees are encouraged to look across the organization to develop new skills and abilities for professional career progression
• $40 monthly cell phone reimbursement

Equal Employment Opportunity 

It is Foundation policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants  The Foundation prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and/or local laws. Equal employment opportunity applies to hiring, placement, transfer, promotion, demotion, recruitment, advertising or solicitation for employment, treatment during employment, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, layoff, or termination. 

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