Jobs UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER

CU Boulder Advancement is committed to a culture of joy, motivated by collaboration, passionate about excellence and driven by impact. These four values define the culture and drive engagement and fundraising success. The division consciously allocates time and resources to diversity, equity, and inclusion. These efforts contribute directly to the division’s core values and to advancing CU Boulder’s mission through impactful fundraising and engagement results. As a team and as individuals, the Advancement Division commits to learning about and complicated systems, policies, and practices that enable oppressive ideologies to recur in the CU Boulder community. Embracing the responsibility to lead and model helps promote the desired culture while supporting internal and external constituents. Accountability for the division's commitment to these values is established through specific individual and team goals that evaluate progress and growth. 

Programmatic Oversight/Task Execution/Tactical Work

With the guidance of the Director of Alumni Engagement, the Program Manager will lead the planning and execution of key donor, volunteer, and alumni engagement programs, meetings, and events.

• Partner with the Alumni Engagement and Frontline Development teams to develop engagement plans via the Leeds Executive Experience for cultivation and stewardship of key donors and prospects for the Leeds School of Business.
• Create and implement engagement strategic plan for the Leeds Executive Experience and the Leeds Forever Buffs Network program resulting in identification and cultivation of alumni, volunteers, and prospects
• Serve as staff liaison for the Leeds MBA Advisory Board. Collaborate with Board leadership to expand and increase experiential engagement, volunteerism, and philanthropy annually. Engage grad alumni with grad students as meaningful and appropriate to goals and strategy. Manage budgets, as necessary. 
• Serve as Leeds Advisory Board (LAB) Manager which includes helping plan and execute at least two board meetings per year including the annual All Boards Summit. Develop and prepare content, slides, reports, and other materials for board meetings. Meet frequently with and write correspondence from the dean, members of the leadership team and board chair. Supervise and track annual giving of board members. Manage nomination, on-boarding, and off-boarding processes. Work across the School and with faculty and staff to coordinate significant volunteer experiences for board members with a strong alignment to support the School’s vision and goals.
• Create and maintain processes for effective data collection and analysis.
• Meet annual engagement metrics for self and support the team in meeting goals through strategic and impactful programming.
• Propose and implement strategic/innovative solutions to currents projects for streamlining, project flow, etc. Propose, collaborate, and pilot new projects to engage key partners.
• Develop and review event and engagement marketing and communications materials including invitation/list generation, audience segmentation, special handling, registration, event communications, and post engagement surveys.
• Manage student support staff who will assist with program and event operations, set up and execution, data entry, etc. 
• Conduct regular online research and benchmarking to ensure events and programs are effective in achieving established goals.
• In partnership with the Director of Alumni Engagement and team members, review the effectiveness of programs and make suggestions for modifications and improvements.

Other Engagement Duties 

• Represents Leeds at alumni engagement campus meetings as needed.
• Works to support the greater alumni and advancement teams to complete strategic priorities and achieve goals.

• This position will occasionally be required to work evenings/weekends.
• This position has the ability to work a hybrid schedule with some days on campus and some days remote.
• This position may require local, regional, and out-of-state travel to engage with university constituents. 

The salary range for this position is $63,000 - $72,413 annually. Relocation assistance is available within Advancement guidelines. 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1+ years of professional, job-related experience.

• Ability to establish and enhance interpersonal relationships, including ability to coordinate and manage volunteers.
• Strong communication skills including the ability to participate in public events and represent Advancement and the university in a professional manner.
• Ability to analyze information/situations and solve problems.
• Ability to organize and run multiple projects/tasks simultaneously; ability to work independently, and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to exercise a high degree of tact, discretion, and collaboration in working with a diverse range of constituents including employees, students, volunteers, alumni, donors, and campus colleagues.
• Knowledge of current issues facing public universities and interests of assigned school, students, faculty, and alumni.
• Strong attention to detail and to visual appeal of presentation materials.
• Growth mindset, resilience and perseverance.
• Ability to embrace the shared values of the Office of Advancement.
• Ability to practice effective fiscal management.
• Public speaking skills.
• Ability to embrace a self-starter/self-learning approach.
• Strong data/database management and manipulation skills.