Alumni Engagement Specialist

40 Hours | Flexible schedule to meet department needs to include possible evenings and weekends.

Engaging college alumni is critical to building successful community connections, industry collaboration, and growing funds to support students and programming. The Alumni Engagement Specialist creates engaged community advocates, volunteers, and donors. A high-performing member of the MCC Institutional Advancement team, the Alumni Engagement Specialist works to develop relationship management plans and events that identify and cultivate alumni in meaningful ways. This energetic and organized individual ultimately identifies activities and programs/events to specifically increase alumni engagement. This position also serves as a key liaison with the MCC Alumni Association.

• Recruit, steward, and engage MCC alumni in support of student success
• Support the development of programs, events, and activities that meet goals for alumni engagement
• Help develop and execute a communication plan for alumni
• Help develop and execute an event and program engagement plan for alumni
• Identify, update, and maintain CRM database and repository to house and grow an alumni network of data and contact information
• Grow and engage alumni committee in execution of activities and events
• Collaborate with internal MCC partners to identify and align resources
• Work collaboratively with others (e.g. colleagues, stakeholders, vendors) to accomplish functions and responsibilities
• Assume additional duties as assigned by immediate supervisor

• Associate's degree from a regionally accredited institution
• Event planning and volunteer management experience
• Relationship management experience
• Strong project management experience
• Experience working with database systems

• MCC alumnus
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in alumni relations/outreach in a higher education environment
• Bilingual communication and writing skills in Spanish
• Experience using CRM and alumni management systems (Salesforce, etc.)

Equal Employment Opportunity

McHenry County College declares and reaffirms a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. The College will make all decisions regarding admission, employment, participation in educational programs, or activities, without discrimination on grounds of race, color, creed or religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, order of protection status, marital status, physical or mental disabilities, military status, sexual orientation, gender-related identity, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge from military service, or other factors prohibited by law. Decisions regarding employment include hiring, promotion, termination, wages or salaries, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment. MCC is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible college community.

To request reasonable accommodation to participate in any aspect of the hiring process, contact Human Resources at AskHR@mchenry.edu.