Director Of Alumni Relations

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Director of Alumni Relations
Duties: Responsible for developing and managing a comprehensive alumni relations program for the Law Center. Providing leadership and guidance to the Alumni Association Board of Directors; management of volunteers; and vigorous and consistent outreach to alumni. As with all members of the Law Center staff, serves the Law Center's clients broadly defined to include faculty, staff, students, and other persons who have business with the Law Center. Assist clients, will perform whatever tasks are assigned by supervisor(s) and that are reasonably necessary to achieve the service function. Develops, implements, and manages a comprehensive alumni relations program for the Law Center, working closely with NSU alumni relations and Law Center Development staff. This includes establishing priorities and key objectives, drafting annual operating plans, directing the execution of those plans, and assessing progress toward goals. Serves as the primary liaison between the Alumni Association Board of Directors and the Law Center. Provide leadership and guidance to the Board in developing annual goals and plans; fundraising efforts; recruiting, managing, and motivating volunteers; setting meeting dates and agendas; planning and implementing the work of committees; and ensuring that the work of the Board advances the Law Center's overall objectives for Alumni Relations and/or Development. Maintains all records and files pertaining to the Alumni Association Board of Directors, including meeting minutes, reports, attendance, financial information, and other such documents relevant to the organization. Directs and oversees membership in the Alumni Association. This includes developing and sending materials to encourage alumni to join the organization; maintaining membership records; establishing benefits of membership and periodically evaluating opportunities to add or remove benefits; and generally promoting the importance of the Alumni Association. Plans and directs a comprehensive program for annual giving by Law School alumni in order to inspire their ongoing financial support for the Law Center. This includes planning and leading the annual gift effort and coordinating with the NSU Associate Director of Annual Fund and the Law Center's Director of Development. Plans and directs a comprehensive program for connecting current students to the Alumni Association in order to inspire their participation after graduation. This includes planning and leading the annual student gift effort. Plans, directs, oversees, and attends alumni events to foster and advance alumni relations. This may include travel as well as evening or weekend hours. Exercises supervisory responsibilities as alumni relations projects and events warrant. Be externally focused, with a primary objective of connecting with alumni face-to-face, on the phone, and via electronic communication. A high priority must be placed on regular and ongoing communication with alumni from all class years and in all regions. Directs and oversees the Law Center's student/alumni mentoring program. Works closely with Law Center departments (such as Student Services, Career Services, Admissions, Development, and others) to coordinate alumni involvement and to provide responses to alumni inquiries. Actively manage alumni involvement in the life of the Law School and regularly seek opportunities to provide departments with needed alumni participation. Marginal Job Functions: Essential Job Functions Continued: Serves as the primary point of contact at the Law Center for alumni. Handle alumni inquiries in a professional and timely manner, making sure that the highest levels of customer service are achieved. Directs the Law Center's efforts to recognize alumni for their accomplishments. This includes recommending alumni candidates for NSU or Law Center awards and delivering congratulatory communications to alumni recognized for achievement outside the Law Center. Provides alumni information updates, changes, corrections, and event attendance to Institutional Advancement in a timely fashion to ensure the highest levels of data integrity in the NSU constituent database. Suggest profiles or other alumni-related subjects for inclusion in the various publications (print or electronic) of the Law Center and NSU, as part of overall efforts to focus on and promote our alumni. Participate in organizations in the legal community (for example, the Florida Bar) as a way of connecting NSU to the greater legal community and identifying potential alumni volunteers. Serve as the primary liaison between Institutional Advancement and the Law Center on matters relating to alumni relations and alumni events. Directs and manages the Alumni Relations and Alumni Association components of the Development Office's website. This includes proposing alumni or initiatives to be highlighted on the site; reviewing the department website to ensure that it meets department goals; and making sure that the department's website is sufficiently focused on alumni and their work, accomplishments, and engagement with NSU Law. In collaboration with the Director of Development, coordinate the Dean's participation in alumni-related events. Identifies potential major gift prospects from among alumni volunteers. Stay abreast of the activities/accomplishments of our alumni to identify potential volunteers or major gift prospects. Assists the Director of Development in developing overall strategies and plans and serve as a sounding board for ideas and/or troubleshooting. Ensures compliance with University policies and procedures, county, state and federal regulations and accreditation requirements. Other duties as required to advance the Law Center's development and alumni relations objectives.

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