Development & Alumni Engagement Coordinator - Kingston, Canada - Queen's University

Queen's University

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Kingston, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Development & Alumni Engagement Coordinator

About Queen's University

Queen's University is the Canadian research intensive university with a transformative student learning experience. Here the employment experience is as diverse as it is interesting.

We have opportunities in multiple areas of globally recognized research, faculty administration, engineering & construction, athletics & recreation, power generation, corporate shared services, and many more.

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Job Summary

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A Brief Overview

Reporting to the Associate Director, Alumni Engagement, the Development & Alumni Engagement Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the overall coordination of alumni engagement for the school's strategic priorities.

Alumni Engagement objectives will be accomplished through a suite of programs and initiatives, starting during the student experience and continuing through the lifetime of graduates, which are designed to foster life-long, mutually beneficial relationships in support of the highest priorities of the Smith School of Business.

Programming includes initiatives aimed at all alumni, as well as programs targeted to specific constituencies.

The incumbent is responsible for providing support to initiatives across the alumni engagement portfolio including but not limited to event logistics, communications, homecoming, working with alumni volunteers, data management and engagement metrics.

Although this position works closely with and supports the efforts of our Reunion Giving, Annual Giving and Major Gift relationship managers and staff, this role is not directly responsible for fundraising objectives.

This position develops plans and programs to engage alumni that reflect best practices. The position looks at emerging trends to identify opportunities to improve and increase volunteer participation. This position plans and develops targeted activities, and oversees events. This position creates a community for alumni and works to build long-term relationships between alumni and the school.

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Job Description:

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What you will do

Maintains positive relationships with key stakeholders (Board members, sponsors, volunteers), ensures appropriate volunteer recognition is executed.
Identifies opportunities to enhance partnerships and relationships with volunteers, and develops and implements innovative relationshipbuilding programs.
Provides logístical support for meetings and events.
Ensures that plans and programs reflect bestpractices.
Facilitates recruitment for volunteer positions following established processes.
Maintains and implements programs that support the framework for volunteer relations.

Updates website.

Other duties as required in support of the department and/or unit.

Required Education

Four-Year Bachelor Degree or equivalent.

Required Experience

More than 3 years and up to and including 5 years of experience.

Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Knowledge and Requirements

Practical and applied knowledge of specialized methods and processes that are typically acquired through a combination of technical or academic qualification and/or work experience.
Provide consultation and advice on nonstraightforward and/or complex issues.
Interaction with others typically requires interpersonal skills and the ability to understand and influence.
Adapt messages to meet the needs of the intended audience.
Build relationships, trust and credibility.
Manage own work and may train and review the work of casual employees, work study students and/or volunteers, to see commitments through to completion.
Contribute to setting work priorities and direction, supporting the team in achieving goals and objectives.
Participate in project team meetings and develop individual project plans.
Lead procedural or technological change within a unit.
Identify new problems and seek information and input to fully understand the cause of problems.
Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.
Draw logical conclusions and provides opinions and recommendations.
Research equity, diversity, accessibility and inclusion resources and best practices relevant to the job and unit operations in order to inform evidencebased planning.
Commitment to principles of equity, diversity, accessibility, inclusion, Indigenization and human rights for equity deserving groups.