What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Director, Engagement position at Rutgers University-Camden?
Job Details
Description
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
Autonomy
Complexity
Strategy
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
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.
