Alumni & Events Coordinator - Irvine, United States - West Coast University

West Coast University

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Irvine, United States

4 days ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Imagine doing the best work of your career in a place where you are engaged in creating and nurturing relationships that will potentiate continued success for Alumni and the University as a whole.

Where you will support the goals of placement with a focus on the direct effect on job placement for graduates, impacting gainful employment, continued admissions, enrollments, and eliminates challenges of locating graduates in the workforce.

We are proud that West Coast University has been certified as a
Great Place to Work for the third year in a row We are over 110 years in education and still growing.

Come work and grow with us

You will make an impact by:

Assisting all the activities established for the University Alumni program, communication, events, and activities that include customer service, managing events, and fundraising.

Will be accountable for the success of WCU Alumni functions and building strong relationships with key groups in the WCU community as well as providing direction to students, alumni, and industry in accordance with the mission and purpose of the University.

Assisting in managing the implementation and function of University Alumni program interacting with internal and external Healthcare affiliates at all levels to include graduates, students, faculty, university administrators and external agencies important in the employment success of current and future graduates.
Provide customer service and manage incoming inquiries by overseeing the Alumni Communications inbox responding and managing inquiries to alumni and industry communications needs.
Build and foster relationships, communication, and successful networking in addition to organization and management of activities related to the University Alumni functions from planning through execution of events.
In partnership with the Director, support the Alumni Scholarship Fund by hosting oncampus fundraising events and managing donations done through foundation website.
Entails approximately 30% travel to local campuses 13x/month, and Miami and Texas travel are 2x a year for commencement and grad bash support.
Support the Alumni Department by managing weekly mailers to overall constituency.

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Who you are:

Managing large funds and allocating expenses related to event planning, marketing, and organization.
Experience with interpersonal communications and interviewing procedures.
Having proficient command of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and correct usage of the English language.
Comprehensive knowledge of educational settings and administration desired.
Experience with Microsoft Office and student databases.
Ability to work effectively in a highly ethnic and culturally diverse student and associate community.
Ability to work as a team leader and manager.
Ability to build and manage important public relations.
Please note that this is an onsite position where you will work in our Administrative office in Irvine daily.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in education, administration, business management, communications, marketing, public relations, student personnel, or related field required.

Compensation:

- $ /hour