Alumni Relations Manager

programs and events for CSE alumni, including but not limited to: regional and virtual events, reunion events, networking opportunities, homecoming weekend, mentoring programs, and lifelong learning initiatives. Actively engage with CSE alumni and the CSE student community through the Division's social media, website, and other channels; take responsibility for advertising and maintaining events and activities through these channels. Develop programming for events to engage alumni. Develop and implement volunteer opportunities for CSE alumni. Facilitate nominations and the selection process for alumni awards. Leverage existing programs and opportunities for CSE alumni through the Alumni Association, the College's Alumni Engagement team, and other partners. Participate in the College of Engineering alumni engagement community of practice. Track and evaluate the success of alumni engagement efforts through metrics, such as event attendance, participation rates, and alumni feedback. Proactively engage with department leadership on alumni feedback and plans. Assist with coordination of the meetings and activities of the CSE National Advisory Board. Coordinate with the board on matters pertaining to alumni relations. Manage the communications and logistics required to plan and implement board meetings. Manage follow-up actions from board meetings. Develop engagements to encourage graduating students to picture themselves as alums. Collaborate with the CSE and the College's communications & marketing teams to feature alumni and keep alumni informed of the Division's news, events, and opportunities. Perform other duties as required or assigned by department leadership. Associate's Degree: Required, preferably in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Higher Education Administration, or a related field. Professional Experience: 1-3 years of experience in alumni relations, constituent engagement, project management, marketing, or high-level event management. Proven experience supporting or coordinating an advisory board or similar leadership committee. 1-3 years experience working within a higher education setting. Ability to manage the full lifecycle of an event from conceptualizing a regional networking mixer to executing a complex homecoming weekend. Intermediate skills in social media management, email marketing platforms and CRM databases Exceptional writing skills for newsletters, web copy, and executive summaries for board meetings. Ability to interpret engagement metrics (open rates, attendance trends, conversion from student to active alum) to prove ROI to leadership. Bachelor's Degree: Preferably in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Higher Education Administration, or a related field. Routinely moves audio/visual/event equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. May require work during early mornings, nights, and/or weekends. The person in the position travels domestically and internationally, as required. The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.