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Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

Job Description

As we embark on Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College, we invite you to join our community. Driven by our mission in ways that advance the university for years to come, priority areas for this $3B comprehensive campaign include Financial Aid, Academics, and Student Life.

Based on a fundamental Jesuit tenet of developing the whole person, University Advancement is large enough to benefit from many campus resources, yet small enough to be agile and creative in supporting all associates. With an average tenure of close to 10 years at Boston College, our 250-person centralized organizational structure offers a variety of roles across fundraising, alumni relations, operations, and communications and engagement. We invest in the professional growth of every staff member through individual and team-based programs. Likewise, we aim to attract the very best, seeking team members who are as ambitious and as committed to our team as we are. We value a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging while actively promoting team members who contribute to the success of University Advancement.

See below the current opportunity to begin (or return to!) your Boston College experience!

Job Description:

The Boston College Alumni Association (BCAA), the largest Catholic alumni organization in the world, serves over 140,000 alumni with a wide array of programs and services including class year events, regional chapter events, affinity events, spiritual events, and community service opportunities.

The Assistant/Associate Director reports to the Senior Associate Director, Alumni Regional Engagement and will play an integral team role by fostering alumni connections to Boston College in support of the University’s mission.

The incumbent will manage the recruiting, training, and stewarding over 75 regional leaders and volunteers, and will act as a liaison between regional leaders/volunteers and various University constituencies. The Assistant/Associate Director will be responsible for planning and executing over 100 regional events including receptions, service projects, spiritual masses, mentoring, networking, and Athletics events, while establishing effective budgets and timelines for regional events and programs. They will also work in partnership with principal, major, leadership and annual giving colleagues to reach shared goals, identifying opportunities for prospects and donors to become engaged with the Alumni Association and University Advancement at large, serving as hosts, speakers or guests. They will be responsible for donor discovery work, guiding alumni and parents from engagement to philanthropy and through the donor lifecycle. The incumbent will develop collateral materials necessary, including event invitations, postcards, fliers, website materials, Alumni App notifications and more in order to foster continued volunteer interaction and participation, and will be responsible for developing and implementing regional communication formats, policies, and content. The Assistant/Associate Director will autonomously oversee two initiatives throughout the fiscal year in partnership with campus partners, such as the Athletic Department, Admissions, Mission and Ministry, C21, or Student Affairs. The incumbent will also work to partner with senior leaders, campaign, and strategic initiatives colleagues to ensure that “big ideas” and other key elements of the campaign framework and university strategic plan are woven throughout the alumni programs, initiatives and engagement strategies.

As a primary point of contact with alumni, the Assistant/Associate Director must be able to represent the University in a professional, enthusiastic manner with a customer service and team focus. Public speaking ability is a key success factor for this position.

Extensive domestic travel and a flexible schedule are required.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The salary range for this position is listed below with the final salary based on various factors, including the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and internal equity considerations.

First Level Assistant Director $57,800 – $72,250

Second Level Assistant Director $63,800 – $79,750

Associate Director $70,500 – $88,150

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s degree.

For the entry level Assistant Director requires 1-3 years of professional experience in alumni relations, volunteer management, fundraising, event planning, or non-profit related experience, preferably at an institution of higher education or non-profit.

The next level Assistant Director requires a minimum 3-5 years of professional experience in alumni relations, volunteer management, fundraising, event planning, or non-profit related experience, preferably at an institution of higher education or non-profit.

The Associate Director requires a minimum of 5+ years of professional level experience working in alumni relations programs or related experience. Experience working collaboratively with cross-institutional partners including vice presidents, university officials, deans, faculty, staff, colleagues and volunteers. Shown experience working autonomously to create and design new initiatives. Proven experience recruiting, on-boarding and stewarding volunteers, and proven leadership and organizational skills. Prior experience working with regional chapter networks at an institution of higher learning is preferred.

All job levels require an ability to provide the detailed planning and budget management necessary to ensure that events and programs are run in a fiscally responsible manner, cost-effective and break-even; an ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines; excellent interpersonal, oral and written skills including public speaking when necessary; an ability to work well with volunteers in a fast-paced environment. Weekend and evening work is required according to the event, meeting, and work schedule of Alumni Relations. Extensive domestic travel and some international travel and a flexible schedule are required as is public speaking. Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint; and experience with Canva, Zoom and Adobe InDesign is preferred, familiarity with Blackbaud, or other alumni software, is strongly preferred.

Must be a mature team player who is highly motivated and dedicated to the goals of advancing higher education and an ability to identify with the Catholic, Jesuit mission and heritage of Boston College, the world’s largest Catholic Alumni Association.

The office of University Advancement supports the mission of Boston College by promoting a culture of inclusion that values each individual. Our recruiting practices support that commitment to build diverse teams reflecting our community; students, alumni, parents and friends of Boston College.

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees

• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements

• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Low-Cost Life Insurance

• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans

• Paid Holidays Annually

• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay

• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity .

Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .