Director of Alumni Events, Texas McCombs

Texas McCombs is a top business school at the center of one of the most innovative cities in the U.S. The McCombs community champions hands-on experiences alongside the ground-breaking research and thought-leadership of a world-class faculty. The collaborative spirit and enterprising drive of the Longhorn alumni network, one of the largest university networks in the world, is embedded in our culture, making us human-centered and future-focused in all our endeavors. We are shaping those who will shape tomorrow, and solving challenging problems while remaining committed to creating a community that is dynamic, supportive, and challenging. What starts here really does change the world.

For more information about the McCombs School of Business please visithttps://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/

This position will lead the Alumni Events team, which is part of the McCombs Career Management & Corporate Relations department. The key purpose of this role is to lead alumni events strategy to drive alumni engagement through customized programming, chapter engagement and large-scale networking opportunities to keep alumni connected to McCombs post-graduation through life.

• Lead the Alumni Events team forward with clear expectations and communication for each role and collectively. Create consistent individual and team touchpoints to support growth and development. Build structure to support team goals and track progress. Provide training when needed to ensure all team members receive support needed to be successful in team roles.

• Manage and streamline large scale and custom programming and events. Lead team working on event coordination with project plans and timelines shared across the team. Create and manage event communications and marketing to support alumni events and/or programming in collaboration and alignment with the alumni engagement team.

• Connect with team to create alumni chapter strategy. Meet with all chapter leaders to assess interests, support needed and goals. Work to create an ideal connection point with each chapter, understand budget allocations and provide best-in-class service to our alumni across all chapters. Introduce new programming, ideas and innovate as requested.

• Collaborate with School stakeholders, including Career Management & Corporate Relations, Development, Communications and Marketing, as well as campus units to ensure alignment of organizational goals for alumni events in the team's coordination and strategy. The goal is to communicate events in coordination with other alumni messaging to provide one streamlined communication to alumni as needed to drive engagement.

• Inspire leadership and support of dedicated staff: Lead a team of staff who are dedicated and committed to transforming the alumni experience and engagement. Ensure that adequate systems and resources are available to manage growth and development of staff. Foster an environment where staff are recognized as innovative and productive members of Texas McCombs community. Encourage collaboration, innovation, ownership and accountability.

• Manage and streamline all alumni related programming and events. Responsibilities will include assessing program needs and identifying synergies across teams supporting alumni to create programs that allow alumni to connect to McCombs.

• Manage CRM database to track alumni engagement.

• Undergraduate degree in business, education, counseling, or a related field.
• Extensive knowledge of employer relations and event planning in a higher education setting.
• Seven or more years of professional experience in career services or a human resources role performing a variety of corporate recruiting activities.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written presentation skills.
• Prior client facing experience. Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Data analysis skills in Excel. Excellent teamwork/collaboration skills. Exceptional attention to detail and editing ability.
• Advanced ability to work independently.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Ability to take initiative on projects.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Teams, Zoom and/or other remote communication technologies as well as webinars.

Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

• Master's degree in business, education, counseling, or a related field.
• Substantial relevant work experience can substitute for Master's degree.
• Strong analytical background or work experiences. 3 years of leading teams directly or indirectly, 7 years of experience with alumni events, career management or extensive business experience.
• Strong team leader with ability to create strategies and execute them effectively aligned to our school's mission.
• Clear interest in and/or understanding of higher education ecosystem and culture.
• Proven success in supporting students/talent across work experience and educational levels.
• Experience interacting effectively with students, alumni, faculty, staff, and recruiters. Experience with 12Twenty, PeopleGrove and more.

$80,000 - $85,000 depending on qualifications

• Works in standard office conditions with repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.
• Normal business hours, Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, apply. Work hours may flex accordingly and may require evenings and weekend to support School events and programming.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States. This position is not eligible for sponsorship of work visas.
• This is an Austin, TX-based position

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.