Director of Alumni Affairs - Washington, United States - Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
Washington, United States
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1 day ago
Description
The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) is a national non-partisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander participation and representation at all levels of the political process, from community service to elected office. APAICS programs focus on developing leadership, building public policy knowledge, and filling the political pipeline for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders to pursue public office at the local, state, and federal levels.
In furtherance of this mission, APAICS seeks a Director of Alumni Affairs to establish a formal alumni network to amplify APAICS' impact across the country through place-based partnerships. Once fully formed, APAICS' alumni network should serve as a resource to support APAICS' regional events and as a knowledge base to help AA & NH/PIs further their careers in public service. The Director of Alumni Affairs will lead all of APAICS efforts to engage alumni.
The person in this role will be tasked with recruiting APAICS alum to form regional alumni boards across the country; drafting memorandums of understanding with each alumni chapter; identifying ways to increase the value of alumni membership; writing monthly newsletters to alumni; and serving as a liaison between APAICS, the national alumni board, and the regional alumni chapters.
This role will report directly to the Vice President of Programs and Community Engagement.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic Outreach/Communications/Operations
- Work closely with the President/CEO and V.P. of Programs to establish goals, a robust program, and targeted messaging aimed at engaging APAICS' different program alumni.
- Propose a budget to accomplish the agreed upon plan and execute the plan within the approved budget.
- Work closely with the Chief Operations Officer to ensure the Alumni Relations budget stays within APAICS' overall budget.
- Keep the organization on track to achieving set goals in regards to alumni and propose changes as needed while staying within budget.
- Develop an enhanced alumni database/directory, capturing biographical and career information of alumni and updating internal tags.
- Support the Programs Team in their work to develop relationships with current program participants.
- Research and advise APAICS on the best structure for a formal alumni network given APAICS' present size and lead those efforts to launch an alumni network.
- Draft memorandums of understanding outlining expectations and benefits for alumni leadership chapters and hold them accountable to the commitments agreed upon.
- Create a repository of surveys, projects, correspondence.
- Develop and transmit APAICS material to alumni both in public appearances and in written/ online communications.
- Draft a monthly alumni newsletter with relevant information to the different types of alumni.
- Send annual surveys to alumni to update address, contact, and career information.
- Help identify, choose, and manage a thirdparty platform through which to engage with alumni and help connect them to potential mentors or persons to offer career advice.
- Plan and execute virtual programming, as well as inperson events for alumni.
- Collaborate with other departments to develop programs, including quarterly alumni reunions and alumni awards program.
- Coordinate with the Communications Department to build a direct mail program and mailing calendar.
- Develop and scale customized online alumni engagement opportunities.
- Establish relationships with and value for APAICS alumni with an eye on eventually leading alumni giving campaigns.
- Serve as liaison between APAICS and alumni members.
- Recruit and manage alumni volunteers to help assist with alumni events.
- Produce reports that identify trends and demographic data to measure alumni network engagement and growth.
Travel Requirements:
Ability and willingness to travel and work weekends and evenings.
Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor's degree required.
Qualification requirements:
- Minimum of three years' experience in a relevant role.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Outgoing and positive personality, strong interpersonal skills, and collaborative working style.
- Organized, detailoriented, and ability to work independently.
- Demonstrated skills in planning and executing successful events.
- Ability and willingness to travel and work weekends and in evenings.
Special requirements or experience in integrating the work of these projects will also be viewed favorably:_
- Build and execute a social media plan, integrated social media approach to cultivating and soliciting alumni.
- Experience with integration of social media channels including social links, share buttons, twitter feeds, social hubs, Instagram, FB and YouTube videos.
- Ability to organize disparate bit
