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Alumni Chapters Manager

Position Number: 6251151
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Position Type: Alumni Associations and Services

Alumni Chapters Manager

Job Summary

Job Summary:
The Office of Alumni Relations (U Alumni) seeks an energetic, creative, collaborative, team-oriented and outgoing professional to support the work being done in U Alumni's chapter program. The Alumni Chapters Manager will join a team of professionals to help advance the mission of U Alumni: Creating, fostering, and preserving lifelong relationships between the university and U alumni, U students, and the community. We align with the University of Utah and University President's mission and strategy, while engaging alumni early, broadly, and to varied alumni communities; preparing students to become engaged alumni; establishing a culture of philanthropy; and encouraging pride in the U.
The Alumni Chapters Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of programs within U Alumni's chapter program, including event programming and execution, volunteer engagement, and developing strategy. The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator, strong self-starter, and work to develop and maintain U Alumni's reputation with alumni, donors, and volunteers while achieving goals.
The successful candidate will be a relationship builder with a passion for working with internal stakeholders, collaborating closely with campus colleagues, managing chapter volunteers, and working with the Alumni Engagement Team to build affinity to U Alumni through events, philanthropy, programming, and volunteer opportunities. They will have strong written and verbal communication skills, time-management and organizational skills, social and emotional intelligence, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects. They will be a creative and detail-oriented self-starter with a strong work ethic and customer service orientation. A successful candidate must have knowledge of managing large volunteer-based programs, board and committee organization, development and fundraising, and building relationships among volunteers and colleagues.

Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:

- Manages, strengthens, and oversees the strategy and operations of U Alumni's chapters, including, but not limited to:

Builds relationships with alumni and enhances the visibility of the Office of Alumni Relations to U Alumni chapters.
Identifies and cultivates potential volunteers for leadership positions in U Alumni chapters locally and across the world
Leads chapter strategic direction, events and strategic engagement. Develops and maintains a portfolio of volunteers, both locally and regionally.
Facilitates efforts between chapter leaders and alumni staff on student mentorship, Alumni Day of Service projects, watch parties, and other events.
Works to grow, develop, and implement new chapters.
Organizes quarterly chapter leadership meetings. Plans and leads alumni events, both regionally and locally.

- Supervises the alumni chapters student intern.
- Facilitates cooperative and collaborative relationships both in the U Alumni office and with on-campus partners, community members, and other institutions.
- Contributes to the CASE Alumni Engagement Score through collecting and maintaining accurate and relevant engagement data.
- Collaborates with colleagues on creative digital engagement opportunities with alumni chapters.
- Works closely with the marketing and communications team to advertise and promote alumni chapter activities and events.
- Consistently benchmarks progress on assigned programs by reviewing the work of peer institutions, and CASE best practices.
- Represents the University of Utah, both nationally and internationally, at the highest level with university leadership, centers and institutes, and other leaders.

Minimum Qualifications
Department specific Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, a related area, or equivalent experience (One year of education is equivalent to two years of experience).
Four years of progressively more related experience, and demonstrated leadership, human relations and effective communication skills also required.

Preferences

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN42008B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: M-F 8-5, with hybrid option, based on successful completion of 6-month probationary period (maximum 2 days/week working from home recommended.) Special events on evenings and weekends are occasionally necessary. Frequent national and international travel is required for this position.
Department: 00326 - Office of Alumni Relations
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: $60,000-$65,000
Close Date: 8/23/2025
Open Until Filled:

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