Assistant Director, Law Alumni Relations Job at University of Chicago in Chicago

Assistant Director of Law Alumni Relations

Reporting to the Senior Director of Alumni Relations, the Assistant Director of Law Alumni Relations will collaborate with team members and other departments to build alumni relationships and increase engagement through alumni relations functions. This individual will contribute to the design and implementation of a comprehensive alumni, recent graduate and student engagement program to strengthen and foster meaningful lifelong relationships with alumni from graduation forward.

Responsibilities include:

• Planning events and programming, including in-person and virtual events over Zoom, and digital communities platform. Oversees project timelines and develops appropriate infrastructures, systems, and materials.
• Staffs events, including evenings and weekends as necessary.
• Serves as project lead for a suite of alumni engagement events, including the Dean's Dialogues Zoom webinar series.
• Leads planning, management, and implementation of recent graduate-focused events and programs to encourage greater connection to other alumni and to the Law School. Drives the development of a strategic plan for the student to recent graduate transition. Develops and executes professional development programming to enhance engagement with recent graduates.
• Plans and implements a variety of programs to increase student engagement, including maintaining connectivity with student organization leaders on events and programs involving alumni. Creates and executes class-based engagement opportunities with attention to philanthropy education efforts.
• Manages and executes the Law School mentoring program to connect current students with alumni.
• Leads committee and volunteer meetings and calls for alumni, recent graduate, and student committees. Prepares materials for and leads conference calls and in-person meetings, develops and distributes reports, and cultivates relationships with individual volunteers and particularly committee and program leaders.
• Engages in annual review of alumni and student engagement programs and makes strategic changes to drive continually increasing goals for engagement.
• Cultivates relationships and serves as key resource for alumni and student leaders and other volunteers, advising on best practices in terms of mission, group structure, and outreach. Advances relationships that result in alumni engagement and philanthropic contributions by conducting individual alumni visits.
• Develops and maintains relationships with donors, volunteer leadership, faculty and administrators to advance efforts. Collaborates with University-Advancement, Law School Office of the Dean of Students, Law School Office of Admissions, Law School Office of Career Services, and Law School Office of Events to develop strategic planning for the engagement of alumni and students, as well as the cultivation of new alumni.
• Serves as the staff liaison to the University-wide Alumni Board Law Representative.
• Gathers, records, and properly inputs information about alumni and donors utilizing Phoenix, the University's donor and alumni tracking database.
• Develops, plans, implements and maintains alumni programs and volunteer activities that connect students and alumni in any existing or new alumni clubs and formed committees.
• Establishes and maintains metrics of success and makes sure those are present in departmental strategic plans, goals setting, and the annual budget.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum qualifications include a college or university degree in a related field and 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree or higher, a minimum of two years of professional work experience in nonprofit management, development, alumni relations, higher education, marketing, public relations, sales or similar field, and proficiency in Microsoft Windows computer environment.