National Alumni Coordinator

Help Create Lifelong Connections That Empower Thriving Young Adults.

As Friends of the Children expands its innovative Pathways for Young Adults Program, we are seeking a passionate, relationship-centered, and organized professional to serve as our Alumni Coordinator.  This role is instrumental in ensuring that program graduates and alumni remain connected, supported, and empowered as they navigate adulthood, higher education, career pathways, and long-term success.

This is a unique opportunity for a Friends of the Children program graduate to turn their lived experience into leadership, helping build a vibrant national alumni network, amplify alumni voices, and create pathways for future generations of youth to thrive.

Why This Role Matters

The Pathways for Young Adults Program supports youth and program graduates ages 18–22 as they transition into postsecondary education, workforce training, employment, and independent adulthood. A critical component of this strategy is maintaining lifelong relationships with program graduates and alumni while creating opportunities for connection, mentorship, leadership, and advocacy. 

As the National Alumni Coordinator, you will serve as a bridge between Friends of the Children and program graduates nationwide. You will help ensure alumni voices shape organizational decision-making, strengthen alumni engagement, track long-term outcomes, and foster a thriving network of leaders who give back to future generations.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to help operationalize and grow an innovative national program focused on postsecondary, career, and life success.
• Meaningful work that supports young people during a critical life transition.
• A talented and passionate team committed to achieving lasting impact.
• Respect for work-life harmony and employee well-being.
• Competitive salary of $75,000–$85,000, commensurate with experience.
• Up to $10,000 relocation assistance for candidates relocating to Portland, Oregon.

Curious to learn more? The job description is below:

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work to be performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended as a comprehensive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Basic Function / Position Objective:

The National Alumni Coordinator at Friends of the Children plays a critical role in building lifelong relationships with program graduates ages 18-22 and alumni ages 22+ across the country. This position is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to engage program graduates and alumni, managing a national program graduate and alumni network database, building peer mentorship and partnership opportunities for program graduates and alumni, coordinating with programming and the chapter level, gathering and elevating program graduate and alumni voice and feedback, supporting the National Speakers’ Bureau, and tracking long-term outcomes. The Alumni Coordinator also leads the National Youth Leadership Council and supports program graduate and alumni-driven initiatives that strengthen community, inform program improvement, and advance organizational impact.

This position reports to the Associate Director of the Pathways for Young Adults program, with a dotted line to the Director of the Friends of the Children Duncan and Cindy Campbell National Center of Excellence, within the National Strategy and Innovation Team. They will work with national staff, with chapters, with program graduates and alumni, as well as with external research partners.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Program Graduate and Alumni Engagement and Activation

• Develop and execute a comprehensive program graduate (ages 18-22) and alumni (ages 22+) engagement strategy that fosters lifelong connection to Friends of the Children and that advances the aims of the Pathways for Young Adults program
• Create meaningful opportunities for program graduates ages 18-22 and alumni ages 22+ to stay involved, partnering with the Pathways for Young Adults team and chapters to develop program graduate and alumni programming both nationally and locally 
• Facilitate peer mentorship and leadership opportunities among program graduates, alumni and Friends of the Children program youth
• Build and maintain strong, trusting relationships with program graduates and alumni across chapters 
• Partner with chapter staff to ensure smooth transitions from active program youth to program graduate and alumni status 

Program Graduate and Alumni Voice and Feedback

• Design and impl