Essential Functions and percent of time

• The Assistant Vice President serves as a member of the university advancement leadership team, participating in planning processes, developing divisional goals, budgeting, and improving efficiency. Will plan, organize, and implement, in consultation with the Vice President for University Advancement, the expansion of a comprehensive and unified program of alumni engagement.
• Through interaction in private and public settings, develops and nurtures relationships with key influencers in the WSU family including the president of the university, members of boards, alumni leaders, faculty, parents, students, and friends.
• Leads metrics-driven strategies to continuously increase engagement of alumni and friends in alumni networks, chapters, events, volunteer roles, and fundraising.
• Provides strategic direction for the Alumni Engagement team and the Alumni Association Board of Directors.
• Ensures each programmatic area of their portfolio has clearly outlined goals, operating plans, and measures of success that are tracked in a way that shows growth and depth of engagement.
• Ensures that volunteers and their respective leadership structures, are representative of the breath of the alumni population, have strong succession planning, and are aligned with the strategic direction of the WSU Alumni Association.
• Demonstrates mature judgement, impeccable integrity and excellent skills to establish an environment of confidentiality and will handle sensitive matters in a discreet manner.
• Represents the university and the alumni association professionally both internally and externally.

Essential Functions and percent of time (cont'd)

• Builds a cohesive team of professionals who are inspired to collaborate in new and innovative ways to support and ensure the success of WSU's engagement and campaign efforts.
• Creates protocol and procedures that ensure the continuity of service delivery to our alumni and donors across our team.
• Establishes policies, standard operating procedures, goals, metrics and other key performance indicators to measure the ongoing effectiveness of the programs under their leadership.
• Creates and leads an innovative outreach effort that accelerates growth in alumni and donor volunteerism and engagement within their scope of responsibility.
• Collaborates across all areas of the Advancement team to provide leadership and opportunities for shared growth in programs and engagement.
• Develops and maintains relationships with key volunteer leadership across the university.
• Leads, mentors, and inspires new and existing staff members through a combination of transparency, effective communication, and modeling of collaborative behavior.
• Manages the budgets for each area of responsibility.

• Participates as part of WSU's leadership team for the next campaign, which will focus on scholarships and student success.
• Maintains a portfolio of alumni major gift prospects.
• Partners with the AVP for Corporate Relations to identify opportunities for corporate and affinity partnerships.
• Partners with major gifts team to ensure a healthy pipeline of engaged donors.
• Provides strong leadership and support to the Annual Giving team to ensure resources are in place for continued growth.
• Shares the WSU story with a variety of constituencies while being a presence at university events.

Working Conditions

First Consideration Date: 07/01/2026