Senior Associate Director, Global Events

Department
 

Booth Advancement: Events

About the Department
 

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:
-an unmatched faculty.
-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary
 

This position has deep knowledge and expertise within Alumni Relations and leads a program designed to engage the alumni community worldwide, increase participation, and advance the objectives of the Alumni Associations, the broader University and divisional alumni initiatives. Researches, executes, and implements best practices in alumni relationship management. Works with the Alumni Board of Governors to create and implement guidelines to govern shared interest groups.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary planner, coordinator, executer, and evaluator of all Advancement-driven-events, in partnership with the Director of Events.
• Develops and manages all event budgets, monitors spending, and delivers final budget evaluations to the Director post-event.
• Serves as Advancement’s primary event-related contact with Booth Accounting and Contracts, to ensure that deadlines are met and payments are made.
• Partners with the Director in regional strategy sessions to understand market plans so that event strategies achieve goals.
• Selects all event venues and locations.
• Works with the Individual Giving and Alumni Engagement teams to ensure events assist in achieving fundraising and engagement goals.
• Manages all event working group meetings to align event strategies.
• Creatively capitalizes on opportunities, such as the campaign to create new and improved special event programming, that corresponds with the School’s evolving priorities and goals.
• Partners with the Director to manage the event registration system.
• Provides leadership and mentorship of junior members of the events team.
• Travels as necessary to provide oversight of events domestically and internationally.
• Leads and coordinates the planning, organization, and management of events, programs, and services designed to cultivate and maintain ties between the University of Chicago and key constituent groups. Creates a marketing plan to maximize participation and engagement of alumni, parents, and friends.
• Leads strategic planning, data management, the creation and tracking of metrics, and the creation and implementation of new constituent relations programs worldwide. Measures, tracks, and reports participation and success of initiatives.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Master’s degree.

Experience:

• A minimum seven years of experience in event management.
• Higher education advancement experience.
• Proven experience setting and managing a budget.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Event management software and data