Assistant Vice President, Alumni Relations

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  Lead Strategic Planning for Alumni Relations: Oversee the development and execution of short- and long-term strategies to achieve the university's alumni relations engagement goals with a focus on creating a pipeline for future donors.
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  Oversee Alumni Relations Operations: Manage aspects of alumni relations, including but not limited to regional and affinity networks, campus engagement, career and industry programs, and multigenerational engagement, ensuring coordination across programs and consistent performance against defined goals.
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  Utilize Engagement to Assist in Donor Pipeline Development: Oversee the engagement of alumni to grow the prospective donors who can move the pipeline from broad-based annual giving, leadership giving, and passing leads seamlessly to the major gifts team for further engagement.
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  Supervise and Mentor a Team of Alumni Relations Professionals: Lead, guide, and provide ongoing mentorship to a team of direct and indirect reports, ensuring their success in executing alumni engagement strategies.
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  Alumni Portfolio Management: Manage an engagement portfolio of potential leadership and major gift prospects, including identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
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  Innovate and Adapt the Use of the Alumni Engagement Score: Continuously develop and implement innovative strategies and methodologies to utilize the alumni engagement score to leverage data, staying atop of industry trends and emerging technologies.
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  Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with university leadership, annual giving, donor relations, family philanthropy, and other teams to align messaging, goals, and engagement efforts across departments.
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  Analyze and Report on Engagement Performance: Consistently track, analyze, and report on key performance indicators, including AES metrics, providing insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
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  Develop a Culture of Lifelong Philanthropy Among Alumni: Assist in initiatives to promote a culture of philanthropy among alumni, ensuring alumni programming supports alumni donor count.
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  Execute and Lead University-wide Engagement Programs: Oversee all-campus and all-constituency engagement programs such as Alumni and Families Weekend and regional all-calls, ensuring alignment with broader university priorities.
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  Foster Key Partnerships Across Campus: Build successful partnerships with key stakeholders across campus, including but not limited to Athletics, Enrollment, Career Services, Human Resources, and other academic and administrative departments, ensuring engagement goals align with institutional priorities.
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  Represent the University as a Thought Leader: Serve as an industry thought leader and advocate for the university's alumni engagement vision at national conferences, while continuously enhancing your professional knowledge and leadership profile.

Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 9 years of relevant professional experience, or, a Master's degree or higher in a relevant area of study plus 7 years of relevant professional experience. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• Experience in higher education alumni engagement in complex institutions, including an understanding of the use of the alumni engagement score.
• Strong leadership, management, and program administration skills with demonstrated ability to set goals and drive implementation in highly decentralized organizational context. The ability to establish clear objectives, set performance standards, and organize and motivate staff and volunteer leaders to achieve both short- and long-term goals.
• An entrepreneurial mindset with a sense of urgency and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances in an environment where working across boundaries and leveraging strengths are necessary. A creative approach to problem-solving and the ability to take advantage of emerging opportunities.
• Demonstrated facility with analytics and data-informed planning. A preference for familiarity with advancement enabling models, designs, technologies, or systems to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Superior interpersonal skills and a capacity to engage, inspire, and persuade faculty, University administrators, officers, volunteers, donors, prospects, and staff, both within the University and beyond. These skills should be combined with the ability to make the appropriate connections among members of these groups and to nurture strong and long-lasting institutional relationships.
• A high level of energy, a positive "can-do" attitude, and the ability to function at peak levels in a high expectation environment.
• A team-building orientation with a commitment to a non-hierarchical approach to organization and the willingness to empower subordinates to get the job done while providing the support and advocacy they need. A history of recruiting and developing exceptional people.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, inclusiveness, and belonging, including but not limited to programming and staffing.
• Appreciation for the mission and identity of the George Washington University
• Travel, evening/weekend work required.

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The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.