**Director, Alumni Engagement at the Leeds School of Business** **Requisition Number:** 61620 **Location:** Boulder Colorado **Employment Type:** University Staff **Schedule:** Full Time **Posting Close Date:** 09-Feb-2025 **Date Posted:** **Job Summary** Advancement at CU Boulder encourages applications for a key leader at the Leeds School of Business! The Director of Alumni Engagement plays a significant role in strategizing, leading and driving alumni engagement efforts for the Leeds School of Business. This position supervises a team of three to five full-time employees to engage alumni and other constituents, promote the reputation of the Leeds School, and increase philanthropy for CU Boulder. Reporting to the Managing Senior Director of Development, the Director of Alumni Engagement will bring visionary leadership and expertise in alumni relations and higher education to inspire confidence and drive impact. Our Leeds team thrives on the energy, passion and school pride that comes from daily interactions with students, alumni, volunteers, and corporate partners at Leeds and across campus. This position will lead the strategy to significantly engage our constituents in innovative ways, across a variety of platforms. The Director will lead, empower, and engage a high-performing team that will serve as a key point of connection with our alumni-motivating them to serve as ambassadors, advocates, and contributors. As Leeds embarks on its first-ever campaign, the Director will be instrumental in positioning the school for unprecedented success, building innovative engagement strategies that elevate the alumni experience and advance the mission of the Leeds School of Business. The Director will focus on: + Leading a Strategic Vision: Developing and implementing a best-in-class strategic plan for alumni engagement, using innovative business school initiatives, and empowering a team to implement execution plans effectively. + Fostering Meaningful Connections: Creating dynamic opportunities for alumni and the broader business community to engage with Leeds through diverse platforms, while cultivating a culture of lifelong connection, philanthropy, and engagement that begins with current students. + Strengthening Partnerships: Partnering with internal stakeholders-including the dean's office and cabinet, academic leaders, and campus entities-and external constituents such as board members, alumni, volunteers, donors, and corporate partners. These collaborations will develop professional opportunities, important partnerships, and a strong network that benefits current and future alumni and the business community. + Aligning and Elevating Annual Giving: Collaborating closely with campus partners to align annual giving efforts with Leeds School priorities, driving innovation and excellence to position Leeds as a leader in alumni and annual giving programs. The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. **Who We Are** CU Boulder Advancement is committed to a culture of joy, motivated by collaboration, passionate about excellence and driven by impact. These four values define the culture and drive engagement and fundraising success. The division consciously allocates time and resources to diversity, equity, and inclusion. These efforts contribute directly to the division's core values and to advancing CU Boulder's mission through impactful fundraising and engagement results. As a team and as individuals, the Advancement Division commits to learning about and challenging systems, policies, and practices that enable oppressive ideologies to recur in the CU Boulder community. Embracing the responsibility to lead and model helps promote the desired culture while supporting internal and external constituents. Accountability for the division's commitment to these values is established through specific individual and team goals that evaluate progress and growth. **What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be** **Alumni Engagement Strategy and Execution** + Lead and manage implementation of strategy to engage, cultivate and involve constituents, especially alumni, in ways that support the school's vision and strategic direction. + Supervise Leeds advancement events to ensure they are consistently representing the school's standards of excellence, while serving as impactful platforms for alumni and constituent engagement. + Collaborate with the Leeds Marketing and Communications team to create and deliver campaigns that support alumni engagement goals, including storytelling initiatives, alumni profiles, podcasts, video series, newsletters, the annual alumni magazine, and event promotions to inspire pride and enhance alumni visibility. + Propose and implement strategic/innovative solutions to currents projects for streamlining, project flow, etc. + Propose, collaborate, and pilot new projects as needed with feedback loops from alumni to refine engagement efforts, ensuring the program remains responsive to alumni needs and interests. + Guide online engagement, communications and annual giving efforts as well as several, high-impact annual events. + Provide leadership and strategic direction for the GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) and MBA Advisory Board volunteer programs, ensuring their efforts align with the school's vision and goals. Offer guidance and support to staff members who serve as primary liaisons to these groups. + Partner with and involve deans, directors, faculty, and students, locally and across the globe as part of outreach efforts. + Identify, promote, and support opportunities to celebrate and recognize alumni and volunteers. Examples include alumni awards, alumni publications, community and business awards, etc. + Work closely with Advancement leadership to source and engage alumni in fundraising opportunities and create a culture of philanthropy. + Identify and implement new alumni engagement opportunities to reach different constituents, including educational, service, family, etc. **Team Management and Leadership** + Complete all aspects of managing and leading a team of individuals responsible for alumni engagement, events, board engagement. Examples include: + Provide coaching and mentorship, especially to new team members. + Carry out administrative personnel actions (performance management, hiring, training, onboarding, offboarding, etc.). + Set the overall direction for the team engagement activities annually. This includes defining success metrics, setting goals and developing processes for metrics reporting. Keys to success include leading the team to develop priorities and schedules prior to the beginning of the new fiscal year, being clear on roles, responsibilities and expectations, setting overall timelines and providing the needed processes to support the staff work. + Cultivate an environment that encourages creativity and innovation, empowering the team to experiment with new engagement strategies without fear of failure. + Be responsible for the team's budget and ensure alignment with strategic priorities, optimizing resources to improve impact. **Other Duties as Assigned** + Attend and be an influential member of the campus community of alumni directors across campus to share information, discuss standard processes and identify potential partnerships and joint initiatives. + Work with CU system, CU Foundation and CU Boulder Advancement staff to assist with the effective identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors to the Leeds School of Business. + Meet annual engagement metrics. **What You Should Know** + This position will occasionally be required to work evenings/weekends. + This position has the ability to work a hybrid schedule with some days on campus and some days remote. + This position may require local, regional, and out-of-state travel to engage with university constituents. **What We Can Offer** The salary range is $107,814 - $130,000 annually. Relocation assistance is available within Advancement guidelines. **Benefits** The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits (https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/benefits) , including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder (https://www.colorado.edu/about) . **Be Statements** Be engaged. Be impactful. Be Boulder. **What We Require** + Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. + Experience: 4+ years of professional, job related experience including 1+ years of team lead or supervision experience that includes the following: + Experience working in education or nonprofit. + Experience developing, planning and rolling out strategy. + Program and event management experience. **What You Will Need** + Ability to strategize plans for employee retention and satisfaction. + Ability to practice situational leadership and discover what motivates individual team members to achieve goals. + Ability to establish and enhance interpersonal relationships, including ability to coordinate and manage volunteers. + Solid knowledge of fundraising, donor relations, and alumni relations standard methodologies. + Expert communication skills including the ability to participate in public events and represent Advancement and the university in a professional manner. + Solid ability to analyze information/situations and solve problems. + Ability to exercise a high degree of tact, discretion, and collaboration in working with a diverse range of constituents including employees, students, volunteers, alumni, donors, and campus colleagues. + Solid ability to organize and manage multiple projects/tasks simultaneously; ability to work independently and on a team and adapt to changing priorities. + Solid knowledge of current issues facing public universities and interests of assigned school, students, faculty, and alumni. + Solid knowledge of annual giving standard processes. + Strong attention to detail and to visual appeal of presentation materials. + Growth mindset, resilience and perseverance. + Ability to embrace the shared values of the Office of Advancement. **Special Instructions** To apply, please submit the following materials: 1. A current resume. 2. A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position. We may request references at a later time. Please apply by **February 9, 2025** for consideration. Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs (http://colorado.edu/jobs) . In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. **To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Director-Alumni-Engagement-at-the-Leeds-School-of-Business/61620 (https://apptrkr.com/5946518)** Copyright 2024 Jobelephant.com Inc. All rights reserved. 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