Associate Director of Alumni Relations (112857)

Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) supports Johns Hopkins’
focus on research, teaching and patient care, and its role as a
national and global leader in higher education. We create and
foster enduring relationships that result in advocacy and
philanthropic support for Johns Hopkins University & Medicine;
strengthening the institution through partnerships with donors,
alumni, volunteer leaders, faculty, students, staff, and
patients.

 

Johns Hopkins University supports a flexible work model which
includes four different work modalities. This role has a hybrid
work arrangement with an onsite presence of 2-3 days per week. The
manager will confirm the team’s core onsite days where the
majority/all team members will work in the office. Employees who
travel on university business can count those days towards their
onsite days.

 
The Associate Director of Alumni Relations is a key
member of the Carey Business School Development and Alumni
Relations team, serving to advance the school’s fundraising efforts
by proactively assisting a culture of alumni engagement,
donor-focused stewardship, and relationship building. The Associate
Director will develop processes for capturing and overseeing alumni
and volunteer engagement metrics for the school’s growing alumni
group of over 25,000 people from all programs, including volunteer
tracking and stewardship, data pertaining to growth markets, and
other alumni relations activities including regional-, industry-,
and identity- based affinity groups. Other responsibilities include
the coordination of support activities such as: pre- and post-event
support and oversight of key action items; support and management
of activities related to the Dean’s Alumni Advisory Board of 30
members; oversight of affinity and mentorship programs; and
liaising with the Johns Hopkins Alumni Council and other
University-wide endeavors. The Associate Director will also
maintain a portfolio of approximately 30 annual giving
prospects.
 

Specific duties & responsibilities
(90%):

• Track and analyze trends in alumni data from LinkedIn and other
  sources to make recommendations on events, geographic alumni
  engagement activities, and affinity programming.
• Develop a process of tracking and recording alumni volunteer
  engagement activity within the JHU Salesforce CRM; develop and
  maintain a volunteer stewardship program.
• Liaise with Director of Alumni Relations on nominees for Alumni
  Council and Alumni Association Awardees. When necessary, represent
  Carey Alumni Relations at Leadership Weekend and Executive
  Committee meetings.
• Manage online presence for Alumni Relations for the OneHop
  site, Carey Business School website, and various affinity network
  forums.
• Manage several of Carey’s affinity-based alumni groups and
  oversee each group’s leadership committee
• Partner with Coaching and Life Design team to execute Carey’s
  robust mentoring programs
• Travel to and manage regional events at existing and
  prospective club locations to inform Alumni Relations regional
  strategy.
• Lead engagement activities to develop affinity-based
  programming for high-profile constituents.
• Work in partnership with Director of Alumni Relations and
  Assistant Director of Alumni Relations to develop programming for
  Carey Alumni Weekend and Carey’s flagship spirit event, Beet
  Week.
• Cultivate giving among recent graduates and annual fund
  prospects. Responsible for conducting 40 visits per year with
  volunteers, recent alumni and prospective donors and friends of the
  school to explore opportunities for growth.
• Represent Carey Alumni Relations at various activities and
  events and at various internal meetings.
• Identify new opportunities and liaise with Marketing and
  Communications to provide donor and alumni stories for
  publications, marketing materials, website, and press
  releases.
• Support activities of the Dean’s Alumni Advisory Board (DAAB),
  including tracking RSVPs for three annual meetings, coordinating
  DAAB giving reports, recording meeting minutes, managing follow-up
  items, coordinating committee calls, selecting gift items for guest
  speakers, overseeing updates to the roster and working with DAR
  colleagues on venue selection and catering needs.
• Liaise and partner with the offices of Development, Employer
  Relations, Coaching and Life Design, Admissions, Student Services,
  and Central Alumni Relations as necessary.
• Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge of development
  and alumni relations at Johns Hopkins.

 

Other duties as assigned (10%)

 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Three years related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Five years related experience, preferably including fundraising
and alumni relations related activities and experience working with
large data sets.

 

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, a
proactive work style, attention to detail, entrepreneurial and
creative nature and the ability to handle multiple priorities
simultaneously.

A high degree of professionalism, discretion, diplomacy, and a
high level of confidentiality.

Ability to work with a diverse group of colleagues at all levels
in the organization.

 

All applicants are expected to uphold the university’s core
values which includes diversity and inclusion. All staff treat
people with dignity and respect by being fair and consistent. We
demonstrate an open-minded approach to understanding people
regardless of their race, gender, age, national origin, religion,
ethnicity, disability status or other characteristics. We show
respect for the beliefs and traditions of others; encourage and
promote practices that support cultural diversity; and discourage
behaviors or practices that may be perceived as unfair, biased, or
critical toward people with certain backgrounds.