Location: Oswego, NY Category: Alumni Affairs / Development Posted On: Wed Aug 7 2024 Job Description:

The Oswego Alumni Association, Inc., located at SUNY Oswego, invites applications for a full-time Director of Alumni Engagement. While this position is located on the campus of SUNY Oswego, this is an Oswego Alumni Association, Inc., position, NOT a New York State position. The Oswego Alumni Association, Inc. supports and adheres to the mission and vision of SUNY Oswego.

Posting Date: August 7, 2024

Review Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Salary: $65,000 - $75,000/year. Commensurate with qualifications and experience. The Oswego Alumni Association provides an excellent benefits package including vacation and sick time, medical insurance and retirement contributions.

Description of Responsibilities:

SUNY Oswego seeks a dynamic and creative leader for the position of Director of Alumni Engagement to help develop a culture of engagement, volunteerism and philanthropy among alumni and current students. The Director of Alumni Engagement is a member of the Division of University Advancement.

The successful candidate will be an energetic, team-builder who values higher education, appreciates traditions, attracts people to their causes, inspires others to rally around a common goal, enjoys meeting new people and having fun, and incorporates feedback into revised or new programs, events and communication. The successful candidate will help bridge the university's past to its future by creating programs, communication and events that bring together a diverse community of 94,000 alumni worldwide and connect them back to the current campus, its students and its priorities.

The Alumni Engagement team coordinates programs to involve, engage and communicate with our more than 94,000 proud Oswego alumni. The director is responsible for the strategic direction of a robust, national alumni engagement program and is charged with: inspiring an already engaged alumni community through events, programs and communication; providing leadership for junior-level Alumni Engagement staff, student interns/employees and dozens of alumni volunteers; directing programming for current students and recent graduates (Graduates Of the Last Decade - GOLD alumni); developing a strategy for online alumni programming; managing an annual Reunion Weekend program, an annual Founder's Weekend program and affinity reunions throughout the year; overseeing the coordination of bi-annual Torchlight Ceremonies; collaborating on student/alumni career networking programs; establishing annual operating plans and budgets; managing and soliciting a portfolio of alumni donors; and working with both divisional and campus partners to build a strong sense of engagement, involvement and philanthropy for the entire alumni community.

SUNY Oswego works continuously to create an inclusive environment which respects, embraces and promotes cultural safety, belonging, civil discourse, cultural humility and other values and goals outlined in SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan (https://ww1.oswego.edu/diversity/) . As such, the incumbent is expected to contribute to these efforts and possess communication and interpersonal skills necessary to engage effectively with an increasingly diverse community of students and colleagues.

Job Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and minimum 3 years demonstrated professional experience in alumni engagement, advancement, student affairs, higher education, event planning, not-for-profit agencies or other industries similar in scope to SUNY Oswego's advancement operation

• Proven leadership skills, ability to manage multiple priorities and demonstrated team-building skills

• Excellent written, public speaking and interpersonal skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as Google Suite (particularly Docs, Sheets and Forms)

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to travel

• Valid driver's license

Preferred Qualifications:

• Management/supervisory experience

• Five years of professional experience

• Experience with reunions, event coordination and program development

• Experience with volunteer management

• Experience with managing a budget

• Strong social media experience and skills

• Experience with Anthology

At SUNY Oswego we value the diversity found in each member of our campus community and strive to create a community where that diversity is embraced and enhanced. Recognizing the strength of diversity, our mission is to foster an environment which respects, embraces and promotes cultural competence, civil discourse and active engagement in developing an inclusive and vibrant community of scholars who act as transformational agents of change and responsible citizens of the world. For more information see SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan (https://ww1.oswego.edu/diversity/) .

As a candidate seeking consideration you are asked to submit a separate statement specifically addressing how your commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion has been evidenced in your career experience and professional activity, and/or community service (volunteer work, etc.), and/or professional development.

Additional Information:

Oswego is committed to enhancing its diversity. SUNY Oswego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is actively engaged in recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students. We encourage applications from qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim SUNY status, or criminal conviction. Please click here (https://www.oswego.edu/human-resources/non-discrimination-policy) to see our full non-discrimination policy.

In accordance with USCIS regulations, successful applicants must be legally able to work in the United States per the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Requests for reasonable accommodations of a disability during the application and/or interview process should be made to the Human Resources Office by calling 315-312-2230 or emailing hr@oswego.edu.

For Campus Safety information, please click here (https://www.oswego.edu/police/annual-report) to see the Annual Security and Fire Report (Clery).

SUNY Oswego is a smoke free/tobacco/e-cigarette free campus. Click here (https://www.oswego.edu/human-resources/sites/human-resources/files/tobacco_smoke_free_policy_final.pdf) for further policy details, including education and cessation resources.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov.

Search Chair:

Kimberly Waters at kimberly.waters@oswego.edu.

Visa sponsorship not available for this position.