Associate Director of Alumni Engagement, Regional

Overview

Macalester College’s Engagement Department is seeking an experienced, bold, strategic, and relationship-driven Associate Director of Regional Engagement to deepen alumni connections and strengthen Macalester’s regional community. This role is central to building and supporting dynamic alumni networks across the country—networks that drive meaningful connection and long-term support for the college.

The Associate Director will cultivate and empower regional alumni leaders, helping them create vibrant engagement opportunities tailored to their communities. This includes developing strategy, managing volunteer leaders, and building follow-up plans that inspire continued involvement and ownership. The position also leads planning for the 50th Reunion Engagement Committee and works in close partnership with colleagues across Advancement and the campus community to foster connection, celebration, and philanthropy.

This is a full-time position with a hybrid weekly schedule of Tuesday through Thursday in office each week, and ability to work Monday and Friday from home. This position requires travel approximately four times per year. 

About the Engagement DepartmentMacalester’s Engagement team works to expand and enrich the ways alumni and friends of the college connect with one another and with Macalester. Through events, volunteering, and giving opportunities, we cultivate lifelong relationships rooted in pride and purpose. We are committed to creativity, collaboration, and community-focused strategy and approach our work through an equity lens and take pride in being innovative, inclusive, and impact-driven.

Responsibilities

Regional Signature Events:

• Oversees the standing signature event strategy and implementation plans for regions, including Mac In Your City, National Trivia, and in-person event series that travel to the regions.
• Defines the cadence and type of events which bring the most value including virtual events. These events will serve as a hub for other engagement and fundraising work across Advancement and the campus.
• In partnership with the Director of Alumni Engagement, develops staff-led annual event series to increase engagement, fundraising, and visibility goals of the College as related to yearly priorities and campaigns.

Regional Community:

• Activates, trains, and recruits volunteer leadership in regional communities.
• Leads the Regional Engagement Committee, project manages work plans for the signature events, and empowers volunteers to act on those work plans.
• Creates strategy for regional engagement based on data that maximizes resources and interest including a follow up call-to-action for alumni that participate in activities.
• Provides information and seeks collaborations with campus partners for regional alumni engagement events as appropriate.  In particular, this work will collaborate to engage Twin Cities alumni to elevate the reputation of Macalester within the Twin Cities as well as build specific young alumni programming.
• Partners closely with other Alumni Engagement team members, Development, Macalester Fund, Communications, and other campus partners to develop an integrated strategy that helps all partners achieve their goals.

Reunion:

•  Leverages the excitement of celebrating the 50th reunion milestone to help build an engagement strategy for the 50th reunion committee to include more volunteers, increased promotions, and tailored programming with an end outcome of increased fundraising goals. Partners closely with the Planned Giving Office and the 50th Reunion staff committee.
• Partners with the Macalester Fund to help committees meet their fundraising goals.
• Leads 1-2 other Reunion Committees and additional Reunion responsibilities in conjunction with the larger planning process.

Data and Reporting:

• Prepares, analyzes, and evaluates regional alumni data as it relates to events and geographic based engagement. With collaboration by the Director of Alumni Engagement, establishes baseline metrics to determine growth that directs regional strategies.

Alumni Board:

• Integrates all Alumni Board national and global work into the chapter work. 
• Supports the work of the Alumni Board.
• Works with volunteers to drive and accomplish defined Alumni Board initiatives.

 

Other Responsibilities:

• Completes other responsibilities as assigned. Participates as an active member of the team. Participates in department and college activities and supports implementation of shared goals and initiatives. Provides backup support to other members of