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Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

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As we embark on Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College, we invite you to join our community. Driven by our mission in ways that advance the university for years to come, priority areas for this $3B comprehensive campaign include Financial Aid, Academics, and Student Life.

Based on a fundamental Jesuit tenet of developing the whole person, University Advancement is large enough to benefit from many campus resources, yet small enough to be agile and creative in supporting all associates. With an average tenure of close to 10 years at Boston College, our 250-person centralized organizational structure offers a variety of roles across fundraising, alumni relations, operations, and communications and engagement. We invest in the professional growth of every staff member through individual and team-based programs. Likewise, we aim to attract the very best, seeking team members who are as ambitious and as committed to our team as we are. We value a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging while actively promoting team members who contribute to the success of University Advancement.

See below the current opportunity to begin (or return to!) your Boston College experience!

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The Boston College Alumni Association (BCAA), the largest Catholic alumni organization in the world, serves over 207,000 alumni with a wide array of programs and services including class year events, regional chapter events, affinity events, spiritual events, and community service opportunities.

Reporting to the Senior Associate Director of Alumni Class and School Engagement, the Assistant/Associate Director is responsible for the management and execution of all Boston College Law School alumni engagement programming including, but not limited to, Law School Reunion Weekend, and associated volunteer recruitment and committee management. There is also involvement related to Law Day which is managed by the Senior Associate Director, Benefactor Events in Annual Giving. This position will manage all Law school volunteer boards including the Black Alumni Network, Alumni Board and Recent Graduate Leadership Council. The Assistant/Associate Director will communicate and serve as the liaison with Law student groups including but not limited to the Business Law Society, Black Law Student Association and the Law Student Association. This position will also consult with the communications staff at the Law School to increase alumni connection with BC Law and create quarterly electronic newsletters that promote the Law School to the alumni community.

The Assistant/Associate Director will also strategize, plan and execute all Law School annual regional engagement events and programs in all major Law alumni markets, including but not limited to Boston, NYC, Washington DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The Assistant/Associate Director actively contributes to team-based strategic discussions and creative brainstorming about the overall advancement plan, including volunteer leadership engagement, alumni outreach, alumni communications, and strategic involvement. The goal of this position is to develop and provide meaningful volunteer leadership opportunities through committee engagement work, close partnership with Deans, their School based team, and respective University Advancement partners in order to deepen their relationship with BC Law and promote the impact their philanthropy and involvement has on their community.

Some travel, evening and weekend work is required.

Title and salary commensurate with relevant experience based on the following titles and hiring ranges:

FirstLevel Assistant Director $57,800 - $72,250
SecondLevel Assistant Director $63,800 - $79,750
AssociateDirector $70,500 - $88,150

Requirements

This position requires a Bachelor'sdegree.

For the first level Assistant Director, requires1-3 years of professional level alumni relations experience or a combination ofalumni relations and directly related professional level experience such asevent planning, development or volunteer management is required, preferably atan institution of higher education. Experience managing volunteer boards or councils is preferred.

For the second level Assistant Director, requires3-5 years of professional level alumni relations experience or a combination ofalumni relations and directly related professional level experience such asevent planning, development or volunteer management is required, preferably atan institution of higher education. Experience managing volunteer boards or councils is preferred.

For the Associate Director, requires aminimum of five years of professional level alumni relations experience or acombination of alumni relations and directly related professional levelexperience such as event planning, development or volunteer management isrequired, preferably at an institution of higher education. Experience managing volunteer boards orcouncils is preferred.

Requiresthe ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines, ability to provide thedetailed planning and budget management necessary to ensure that events andprograms run in a fiscally responsible manner; excellent interpersonal, oraland written skills including public speaking when necessary; an ability to workwell with alumni volunteers in a fast-paced environment. Weekend and eveningwork is required according to event, meeting and work schedule of AlumniRelations. Proficiency with MicrosoftOffice Suite, Excel, and PowerPoint is necessary. Experience with a sophisticated alumni orconstituency database software is strongly preferred.

Must be a highly collaborative team player who is motivated and dedicated tothe goals of advancing higher education. An appreciation for Jesuit Catholic education and the goals and valuesof Boston College is critical.

The office of UniversityAdvancement supports the mission of Boston College by promoting a culture ofinclusion that values each individual. Our recruiting practices support that commitment to build diverse teamsreflecting our community; students alumni, parents and friends of BostonCollege.

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
• Additional benefits can be found on

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at .

Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at .

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