Director Alumni Relations

Director Alumni Relations

About Us

Georgia College & State University is the state's designated public liberal arts university. As a member of the prestigious Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), Georgia College is committed to fostering a liberal arts environment that values interdisciplinary inquiry, diversity and inclusion, and academic excellence. The College enrolls approximately 7,000 students -5,800 undergraduate and 1,200 graduate students-- and is prominently cited for excellence in teaching, undergraduate research, nursing education, and high impact practices outside the classroom in a number of leading publications.

The university's beautiful and historic campus is located downtown in Milledgeville, Georgia, a charming, diverse college town of approximately 19,000 residents in Central Georgia, approximately 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. Milledgeville is also the home of noted American author and alumna, Flannery O'Connor, and the college community enjoys many exciting literary arts programs at O'Connor's former home, Andalusia, now owned by the College.  Milledgeville is also located on the banks of beautiful Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee, allowing faculty, staff, and students to take full advantage of the environmental and recreational benefits of being part of a lake community. For cultural, educational, and leisure opportunities beyond Milledgeville, Macon and Atlanta are located within easy driving distances.

Georgia College takes great pride in combining the educational experience of private liberal arts colleges with the affordability of a public university. The university's main campus is a residential learning community focused on undergraduate education and a select number of graduate programs. Faculty and staff are dedicated to engaging students through high-impact pedagogies that foster intellectual curiosity, reasoned inquiry, and critical thinking. We strive for excellence in the classroom and beyond. We nurture collaborative leadership and global citizenship, and we value diversity and inclusion in all of its forms.

Georgia College seeks faculty and administrators who understand and embrace our public liberal arts mission, who are committed to respecting and fostering diversity and inclusion inside and outside of the classroom, and who are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through teaching, scholarship, and service. All Georgia College faculty share the responsibility of teaching our core curriculum and providing foundation courses for majors and non-majors alike. To carry out our public liberal arts mission, we seek faculty with the desire and ability to provide a first-class learning experience for our students, one that will prepare them to be competent, thoughtful, and well-rounded leaders who make transformative contributions to their communities and to the world.

Job Summary

Georgia College is seeking an energetic and entrepreneurial alumni relations professional to create and implement a new approach to engaging alumni. This opportunity provides a visionary leader the career-defining chance to create a program and grow outreach activities and engagement across generations.

The successful candidate will initiate and nurture positive, productive relationships with both internal and external members of the university community. The professional will develop programs, events, services, and communication vehicles to increase alumni awareness about GC and to generate constituent participation and giving. The Director will work effectively with the Alumni Board of Directors. Position will involve working with individuals with diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

Program Creation & Development - 60

Develop a vision to provide engagement opportunities for the diverse generations of GCSU alumni through social, professional and educational programs and events, locally and throughout the country. Determines appropriateness of ideas and content, and works closely with staff and volunteers to ensure timely production of alumni outreach. Receives and processes confidential information. Supervises and directs Alumni Weekend/Homecoming and reunion activities. Designs productive volunteer opportunities for alumni through planning committees, leadership boards, and works with Admissions, Academic Departments, and Career Services. Position may require extensive travel and weekend work.

Plans, organizes, and implements the university's overall alumni program within the advancement division.

Provides leadership to multiple on-campus and off-campus committees involving alumni. Serves as the university's chief liaison with alumni. Oversees the Alumni Association's Board meetings and the various committees/meetings as its Executive Director. Works closely with the board administrator on meeting agenda and documents.

Supervision - 20
Will supervise two staff members for coordination of all aspects of marketing, events and alumni record maintenance.

Budget - 15
Coordinates budgets with board administrator. Approves payment requests.

Special Projects - 5
As assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

Other Required Qualifications
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, flexible, friendly and comfortable working independently, as well as on a team. Attention to detail. Sensitivity to confidential information. Demonstrated success in planning, organizing and managing alumni programs and events.

Required Experience
5+ years working in alumni relations at an institution of higher education

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Working knowledge of Raiser's Edge database. Understanding of liberal arts mission.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

ABILITIES
Ability to work accurately, under tight deadlines and juggle multiple projects. Creative ability. Ability to work many nights and weekends.

SKILLS
Strong communication and organizational skills. Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, both in person and orally. High level of professionalism.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Georgia College is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee and strives to create a campus environment which understands, fosters, and embraces the value of diversity. No person shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, be excluded from employment or participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination, under any program or activity conducted by Georgia College. It is the policy our institution to recruit, hire, train, promote and educate persons without regard to race, color, national or ethnical origin, age, disability, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status as required by applicable state and federal laws (including Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, Sections 503, and 504, AREA, ADA, E.O. 11246, and Rev. Proc. 75-50). Georgia College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution.

Other Information

This is a supervisory position.
This position has financial responsibilities.
This position will be required to drive.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position may travel 1% - 24% of the time
This position requires security clearance.

Background Check

• Criminal Background Check
• Education Verification
• Credit Check