Associate Director Of Alumni Relations

The Associate Director of Alumni Relations will develop and lead key aspects of Alumni Relations in the Department of Health Policy and Management through maintaining connection with and creating engagement opportunities involving alumni, students, faculty and friends. The position provides leadership, strategic management, and overall coordination and support to maintain strong relationships with departmental alumni and to support current students in building relationships with alumni for practicum/internship/post-graduation employment opportunities.

This position sits in the Department Chair's office and operates in partnership with the School's Office of External Affairs. This position will also liaise with the department's academic office in terms of the support provided for the Student Coordinating Committee. This position will also operate as a member of the School's development and Alumni Relations team and will work closely to promote a culture of collaboration, creative innovation, and rewarding outcomes.

Essential Job Functions

Strategic Support for Department Alumni Engagement

• Partner with the department chair to implement to chairs vision for alumni engagement.
• Provide strategic management and administrative support of all alumni engagement.
• Establish and manage a new HPM Alumni Ambassadors program
• Partner with the HPM Associate Chair for Faculty to organize alumni panels for current students.
• Partner with department academic programs to development, promote, manage, and execute departmental alumni events throughout the year. These events could include but are not limited to meet and greets; evening receptions; graduation reception; network events at APHA and AcademyHealth; virtual coffee chat and programming; events at 555 Pennsylvania in Washington, D.C.
• Serve as the main point of contact for select department special events that can help to advance the departments alumni relation goals.
• Provide support for the HPM Student Coordinating Committee (SCC) to support relationship building with current students.

                - Manage the Student Coordinating Committee yearly activities and budget expenditures.     

                - Work closely with the Co-Chairs of the SCC to assist with the yearly election of board members

                - Distribute email correspondence and surveys to the current students on behalf of SCC.

                - Provide guidance on the student event planning, meetings with the School's Student Assembly, and scheduling annual meetings with the department chair.

Plan & Execute Alumni Events

• Plan and direct a timeline for events and ensure all details are carried out in a timely manner.
• Oversee event budgets including monitoring of expenditures.
• Negotiate, review and administer contracts with vendors and conduct a thorough selection process.
• Staff event and manage registration table for greeting, guest check-in, name tag distribution.
• Troubleshoot during event to ensure the event runs according to schedule

Alumni Communication

• Partner with department and schools communications teams to maintain department alumni website, and develop and send period information to alumni
• Maintain department alumni data, including addresses, current positions, job positions
• Identify alumni to feature on departmental website and other departmental materials
• Plan and manage annual alumni Town Halls

Collaborate with the BSPH Office of External Affairs Alumni Relations Team

• As a member of the BSPH Alumni Relations team, understand and contribute ideas to the School-wide strategies, identifying and promoting programs/opportunities with HPM department as appropriate
• Work with School alumni affairs and External Affairs on school-wide alumni activities (Alumni Day, APHA Reception)
• Work closely with the BSPH Office of External Affairs to promote HPM students and alumni for awards and marketing/communication efforts
• Ensure regular collaboration with the BSPH Gift Officer team so that they are aware and using Alumni Relations events as an effective major gift prospect engagement tool.
• Collaborate with the BSPH Office of Alumni Relations to proactively seek updated contact information and promptly update in database
• Attend mandatory development and Alumni Relations meetings and training.
• Complete initial alumni database systems and procedures training and stay abreast of enhancements to that system.

Essential Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Interact effectively with a broad range of Alumni faculty, staff, and students
• Strong time management skills and able to work well under pressure
• Must be organized and demonstrate the ability to work independently, multi-task, function effectively in a fast-paced environment without getting flustered, show great attention to detail and follow through to completion within time constraints.
• Occasional evening work and some travel. Must have own transportation for evening and events.
• Ability to exercise administrative judgment and assumes responsibility for decisions, consequences and results. Understands impact of such decisions on people and the efficiency and quality of the overall operation of the office
• Proficiency in computer applications such as MS Office (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher), Web content management (Site Executive, SharePoint). Knowledge of Johns Hopkins data systems (SIS, ALDIN)

• Bachelor's degree.
• Three years related experience.
• Additional education (Master's in a related field) may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Five years related experience
  

Classified Title: Alumni Relations Officer 
Working Title: Associate Director of Alumni Relations   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD  
Starting Salary Range: $61,070 - $83,900 - $106,710 annually (commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: School of Public Health - East Baltimore Campus (Hybrid) 
Department name: Health Policy & Management - Academic  
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:

JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

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