Alumni Relations Assistant

Job Summary

The Alumni Relations Assistant plays an important role in supporting the Office’s mission to strengthen alumni commitment to Southern Nazarene University.

This position works with the Executive Director of Alumni Relations and helps support events, projects, and initiatives that are managed by the Alumni Relations Office. This position serves as support for all alumni events and communicates regularly with internal and external constituencies. Duties include event planning, assisting with social media and other communications regarding Alumni activities, maintaining and updating alumni records, and working with student workers.

The ideal candidate has strong organizational and communication skills, is responsive to deadlines, can handle several projects simultaneously, understands and appreciates processes, works well in a team environment, and can partner with other campus offices in order to engage alumni.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Work with the Executive Director of Alumni Relations to prepare and execute all Alumni Events, projects, and initiatives.
• Support alumni event planning as needed on key events such as Homecoming, Alumni Gatherings (various locations), Golden Grads, Storm the Road, various Senior student events, and multiple career fairs.
• Work with the Executive Director of Alumni Relations to send strategic alumni communications using the Raisers Edge NXT database, including creating e-newsletters and event invitations, as well as post-event follow-up communications.
• Respond to a variety of questions/requests regarding SNU and the Alumni Association.
• Coordinate volunteers for events as needed.
• Maintain alumni and donor confidentiality and protect records following industry and University guidelines at all times.
• Work with the Director of Advancement Services in the Alumni database to maintain accurate alumni records.
• Assist with Alumni Relations social media content.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to operate office equipment.
• Ability to provide quality customer service.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Southern Nazarene University is an expression of the Church of the Nazarene. According to SNU policy, all faculty and staff must profess faith in Jesus Christ, possess a strong personal Christian commitment and be committed to the SNU mission to make Christlike disciples through higher education in a Christ centered community. As an institution of the Church of the Nazarene, applicants must understand and embrace the biblical principle that all people are created in the image of God and should be treated with dignity and respect, including a belief in equal opportunity to work, contribute, and flourish without discrimination.
• High school graduate
• Minimum of two years of related work experience and/or relevant training
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize multiple demands in fast-paced work environment
• Typing and spelling competency
• Experience with various computer software applications
• Data entry experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• SNU alumni
• Some college coursework
• Experience in higher education

Supervision Received:

Receives supervision and work assignments from a designated supervisor, although other staff members in the unit may provide work direction.

Supervision Exercised:

May be responsible for the coordination of work assignments for student employees.

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Organization

Southern Nazarene University is a private, Christian, liberal arts university. It is an expression of the educational ministry of the Church of the Nazarene. Based at its main residential campus located just west of Oklahoma City, SNU serves students from around the world at multiple locations in Oklahoma and through online educational opportunities.

Founded in 1899, SNU grew out of several small evangelical colleges committed to training people for service to God and their fellow man. During the later part of the nineteenth century, settlers in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, and Texas founded these educational institutions to promote the optimistic message that the result of people fully aligning their lives with God’s work in the world would be personal holiness and compassionate service.

Southern Nazarene University values each person created in the image of God, therefore, we also desire to be a community that reflects representation of diversity. We care about inclusion and equity through the refining of our character, the way we create culture and the way we serve Christ. Our University values reconciliation through God’s love.

Southern Nazarene University policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, veterans status or any other legally protected class in the recruitment and admission of students, in all personnel actions or decisions including, but not necessarily limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, upgrading, promotion, demotion, termination and salary, and in the operation of all university programs, activities, and services.