Director of Alumni Relations

Job Details

Department:  Administrators
Job Type:  Staff
Status:  Exempt
Deadline:  Until Filled

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Asbury University is looking for a qualified candidate to fill their open full-time Director of Alumni Relations position.

Job Summary:

The Director of Alumni Relations will engage alumni through invitational and strategic communication and events that enhance the relationship of the alumni body to the University. This includes developing and creating space for stronger ties emotionally, spiritually, financially and socially. The Director will create meaningful opportunities to connect alumni back to the University. The Director will serve as the public image of the University to the alumni community. The Director will navigate, with sensitivity and understanding, the many demands and expectations of this large, multigenerational constituency.

Key Responsibilities:

Communication and Engagement with Alumni

• Invite the 22,000 living alumni and their families to recall their college experience and see the institution as instrumental in their professional, spiritual and personal development.
• Encourage alumni engagement through creative communications, giving opportunities, recruitment, volunteerism, and networking.
• Create specific marketing and event campaigns for young alumni engagement.
• Intentionally design opportunities to encourage growth and a deeper commitment to Christ.
• Oversee social media that effectively communicates the value and the impact of the Asbury community.
• Feature, celebrate, inspire, and spotlight alumni.

Event Management and Direction

• Plan, program, organize and direct a 3-day onsite, multi-generational event for more than 1300 alumni, family, and friends.
• Lead and innovate alumni engagement efforts, with a focus on increasing participation among our 22,000+ alumni base.

Alumni Board and Volunteer Management

• Coordinate annual alumni board meetings and manage the 27-member team.
• Develop advisory committees for the president’s office.
• Collaborate with Class leaders, especially banner-year leadership, for Reunion celebrations.
• Build and maintain cooperative working relationships with faculty and campus departments whose involvement is helpful in effective outreach, engagement, cultivation and stewardship of alumni.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

The Director of Alumni Relations oversees the work of the Assistant Director of Alumni Relations and any part-time or volunteer staff.

Qualifications:             

The Director of Alumni Relations should be a graduate of the University (College) and an experienced professional with a minimum of 5 years of postgraduate leadership experience. Bachelor’s degree is required.

Strong communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex concepts and initiatives in a clear and compelling manner. Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with diverse stakeholders. Strategic thinker with the ability to develop and execute event and engagement plans. Highly developed sense of propriety in dealing with sensitive and confidential information.

The Director of Alumni Relations should be intimately familiar with and thoroughly committed to the mission, vision and heritage of Asbury University, possessing the ability to relate to and communicate with the various constituencies of the institution in an effective manner. The successful candidate must model the spiritual, personal and professional qualities described in the University’s Handbook for Community Life and should be active in the Church and committed to the fundamental doctrines of the Wesleyan and Holiness movements.

Institutional Commitment:

Asbury University is an independent, Christian, liberal arts university in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. In the desire to be a more inclusive community, reflective of the Kingdom of God, we especially encourage applications from women and from candidates from various ethnic backgrounds. At Asbury University, employees must display a committed and dynamic Christian faith along with the ability to support the University’s Wesleyan Holiness theological position, lifestyle standards, and mission. Candidates must agree, support and adhere to University policies and procedures – including the Faculty Manual, Community Standards Guidelines, Human Sexuality Statement, and the Standard of Conduct for employees. Asbury University does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, or handicap in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices.

Application Process:
Additional information may be requested from the Human Resources Office via email at human.resources@asbury.edu or by mail at:

Asbury University
Human Resources
1 Macklem Dr.
Wilmore, KY  40390

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