Director of Alumni Engagement

Dartmouth’s unique bond with its alumni is unparalleled in the world of higher education. One of the most tight-knit alumni groups on the planet, our global network of 80K active alumni stay connected as volunteers and donors, help each other reach their highest professional and personal objectives, recruit the next generation of students, and more.

Dartmouth seeks a Director of Alumni Engagement to provide strategic oversight, vision, and leadership for alumni through volunteer engagement and in partnership with more than 200 recognized and active alumni organizations (including classes, clubs, and groups). The successful candidate will work with volunteer leadership boards, ad hoc committees, and task forces and manage a tight knit team focused on alumni organizations, operations, and support that includes regional engagement and engagement of key audiences, including alumnae, BIPOC alumni, international alumni, and young alumni. You will also partner strategically with colleagues across Advancement and Dartmouth to support the multifaceted goals of alumni engagement.

 

The successful candidate will hold a bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of alumni relations experience (or the equivalent) and demonstrate the ability to creatively manage complex projects, events, communications, and diverse constituencies. Staff management experience is required along with ability to lead through change, motivate, and inspire staff and volunteers. Your professionalism, collaboration, and ability to thrive in an ever-changing, fast paced environment will be relied upon. Other essential attributes: leadership skills, facility in interpersonal relationships, excellent communications, organizational, and presentation skills, customer service mindset, and the ability to employ data analytics to optimize volunteer engagement. Willingness to travel, work nights and weekends is required.

 

This is a unique opportunity to join a motivated and talented group of Advancement professionals who engage with one another as colleagues, neighbors, and friends. The Advancement division invests in its people through a robust onboarding program, peer partnerships, and ongoing professional development that bring staff together for shared learning experiences. Our strengths-based culture emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion as central to our mission and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to consider a career at Dartmouth. To explore this career opportunity, we are pleased to provide an online application process for you at https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/63185. For a confidential inquiry regarding this position, please contact Lesa Knapp, Recruiter, at 603-646-1317; email Lesa.M.Knapp@Dartmouth.edu Review of credentials will begin immediately.

 

Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is a member of the Ivy League and consistently ranks among the world’s greatest academic institutions. Dartmouth has forged a singular identity for combining its deep commitment to outstanding undergraduate liberal arts and graduate education with distinguished research and scholarship in the arts and sciences and its four leading graduate schools—the Geisel School of Medicine, the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business. Dartmouth graduates are marked by an understanding of the importance of teamwork, a capacity for leadership, and their keen enjoyment of a vibrant community. Their loyalty to Dartmouth and to each other is legendary and is a sustaining quality of the College.