Alumni and Digital Engagement Coordinator

Founded in 1909 and affiliated with the Episcopal Church, The Bishop's School is an independent, all gender college-preparatory school for 800 students in grades six through twelve. The School is located on a historic campus in the heart of La Jolla, just 10 miles north of downtown San Diego. With a student-teacher ratio of approximately 9 to 1, Bishop's is known for academic, artistic, and athletic excellence while celebrating character development, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Last year's applicant pool drew from 72 zip codes and 168 middle and high schools throughout San Diego County and beyond. Fifty-one percent of the student population self-identify as students of color. Additionally, over $4 million in need-based grants is awarded annually.

The Bishop's School seeks an Alumni and Digital Engagement Coordinator with immediate start.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving (SDAG), the Alumni and Digital Engagement Coordinator (ADEC) is responsible for the coordination and execution of alumni engagement programming and communications outreach. The ADEC develops digital communications strategies to support fundraising through direct donation-giving campaign outreach. The strategic objective of this position is to support the building of a robust alumni community, strengthening relationships via friend- and fundraising initiatives.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work efficiently and effectively both independently and as part of a team, a high level of communication skills, outstanding organizational skills and the ability to see tasks and projects through to completion, an understanding of the importance of getting the details right, and an overarching commitment to excellence.
This is a 12-month per year, in-person role.

Responsibilities Include:

Alumni Engagement Functions:

• Assist with the planning and execution of alumni and current student events, engagement efforts, and fundraising programs, working with campus leadership and event schedulers to ensure protocols and policies are followed
• Prepare alumni class data and networking rosters upon request and ensure data is entered accurately and promptly into Raiser's Edge/ NXT
• Prepare and distribute pre- and post-event and alumni engagement correspondence to different constituencies; thank you notes, event surveys, class photos, and social media
• Acknowledge, steward, and encourage involvement to increase alumni and campus participation
• Implement and oversee event & program registration processes and logistics
• Collect and report event and program data (registration/attendance, gifts, payments) and prepare data for reporting and benchmarking
• Submit vendor payments and reimbursements
• Attend alumni engagement and alumni association, advancement, parents' association and other school events
• Research and coordinate event venues for local and regional programming
  Create and distribute the digital alumni newsletter, events newsletter, and special events marketing
• Act as liaison to alumni association's board and committee chairs and assist with the planning and execution of Alumni Association Board meetings, programming and events
• Facilitate the Student Alumni Committee and Class Agent programs

Digital Media Functions:

• Maintain and update alumni engagement website
• Produce and implement content-targeted campaign messages across digital & social media channels and platforms
• Create digital content for pre/post engagement event programming for distribution via social media platforms and other online resources and publications using text, photos, videos, infographics, etc.
  
  Design and distribute promotional materials to support alumni engagement, annual giving, and outreach appeals using a variety of approaches, including crowdfunding, peer-to-peer, click-to-donate, and/or video campaigns
• Design and post social media fundraising communications supporting The Bishop's Fund, The Knight Society, Carnation Nation, Alumni Calling Campaign, Day of Giving, Month of Gratitude, Senior Class Giving, and Grandparents Day and other efforts
• Create timelines for social media outreach
• Track and analyze SEO and other digital…