Über diese Director, McCombs Alumni Engagement Stelle bei The University of Texas at Austin
Job Posting Title:
Director, McCombs Alumni Engagement----
Hiring Department:
Red McCombs School of Business----
Position Open To:
All Applicants----
Weekly Scheduled Hours:
40----
FLSA Status:
Exempt from FLSA----
Earliest Start Date:
Immediately----
Position Duration:
Expected to Continue----
Location:
UT MAIN CAMPUS----
Job Details:
General Notes
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 Texas McCombs please visit: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/
Purpose
This position serves in a leadership role on the McCombs Alumni Engagement team, which is part of the McCombs Career Management & Corporate Relations department. The key purpose of this role is to build, maintain, and grow our alumni engagement through key offerings including career management, recruiting, events and investment.
Responsibilities
Create and implement an alumni engagement strategy
- Develop long-term strategy to successfully to successfully engage alumni post-graduation through life with a variety of engagement offerings.
- Define team strategic goals to maximize and streamline communication, offerings and data collection to drive new and existing alumni engagement. Outline an outreach plan for consistent touchpoints for alumni to define their preferred engagement and simplify the contact by offering an alumni engagement manager to all as their main POC to connect with McCombs.
- Create compelling marketing materials in partnership with the CMCO team to allow alumni to easily connect to ways to engage and give back to our McCombs community.
- Engage with alumni before and after events to ensure success and enhance for the future.
- Collaborate with all alumni, career management and development teams to align strategy, communications and goals to optimize engagement with all alumni.
- Set key metrics of engagement for the team to support team goals and assess growth of all activities regularly. Adjust processes and operations, as needed, to support the desired growth in alumni engagement to achieve all metrics.
Provides inspiring leadership and support to dedicated staff
- Lead a team of staff who are dedicated to build, maintain, and grow our employer partnerships
- Lead training and development of the alumni engagement team including playbook, marketing materials, role playing and/or onboarding materials depending on each individual team member needs to allow consistency of external communications and marketing to all alumni.
- Ensure that adequate systems and resources are available to support staff needs
- Foster an environment where staff are recognized as innovative and productive members of Texas McCombs community. Encourage collaboration, innovation, ownership and accountability.
Drive operational efficiency in alumni engagement management
- Lead team to track alumni touchpoints sufficiently with a goal towards offering ideal ways to connect with McCombs at appropriate times in their alumni journey post-graduation through life.
- Proactively share insights and collaborate internally with McCombs leadership, CMCR, CMCO and Development teams.
- Manage and share external alumni communication and marketing across all teams at McCombs
- Provide high level recaps seasonally on alumni engagement, how outreach and offerings have influenced alumni and future goals
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, education, communications, counseling, higher education administration, or a related field.
- Extensive knowledge of alumni engagement, constituent relations, or employer relations in a higher education environment, including experience developing and implementing engagement strategies.
- Seven or more years of leadership experience, with a demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams, influence stakeholders, and lead organizational initiatives.
- Strong relationship-building, communication, and collaboration skills, with experience engaging various stakeholders and fostering cross-functional partnerships.
- Experience using data, metrics, and CRM or constituent management systems to inform strategy, evaluate outcomes, and drive continuous improvement.
- Strong strategic planning, project management, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a dynamic environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and collaboration tools.
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in business, education, counseling, or a related field. Significant relevant experience may be considered in lieu of an advanced degree.
- Seven or more years of experience in alumni relations, constituent engagement, advancement, career management, or a related field.
- Experience working with alumni boards, advisory councils, volunteer leaders, or similar stakeholder groups, and a strong understanding of the higher education environment.
- Experience with alumni engagement, mentoring, CRM, event management, and communication platforms such as PeopleGrove, 12Twenty, Cvent, Salesforce, Blackbaud, Smartsheet, or similar systems.
- Strong analytical skills and experience using engagement data to measure outcomes and inform strategic decision-making.
Salary Range
- $85,000 + depending on qualifications
Working Conditions
- Works in standard office conditions with repetitive use of a keyboard at a work station.
- 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
Required Materials
- Resume/CV
- 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
- Letter of interest
Important for 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 that ALL Required 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 questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.
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Employment Eligibility:
Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.----
Retirement Plan Eligibility:
The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.----
Background Checks:
A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.
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Equal Opportunity Employer:
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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Pay Transparency:
The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
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Employment Eligibility Verification:
If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.
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E-Verify:
The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:
- E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
- Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
- Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
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Compliance:
Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.
The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.
