Director of Alumni Relations and Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 Fund

Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 has powerful ambitions when it comes to the quality of education and the success of its students. The same applies with regard to its clearly-defined research profile, based on four themes: Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability. Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 is a key part of society and makes a significant contribution towards finding answers to the issues facing society, now and in the future.

For its Alumni Relations and 木瓜福利影视 Fund office, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 is looking for a new director. The objective of the Alumni Relations and 木瓜福利影视 Fund office is to encourage the growth and development of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. The office was created as a result of the enduring partnership between the university and the 鈥楽tichting Utrechts Universiteitsfonds鈥� (鈥楿trecht 木瓜福利影视 Fund foundation鈥�). The 木瓜福利影视 Fund was established more than 125 years ago by alumni and donors, making it the oldest university fund in the Netherlands.

The office helps to develop an ambitious future alumni policy and fundraising strategy. The boards of the university itself and of the 木瓜福利影视 Fund are jointly responsible for the policy. The policy is aimed at achieving and maintaining an involved alumni community that actively contributes to making the university future-proof. It is also aimed at strengthening the national and international reputation of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, at enhancing the opportunities of its students on the employment market, and at creating an international, attractive, and competitive community for excellent students and academics.

The Alumni Relations and 木瓜福利影视 Fund office is, therefore, a platform for more than 100,000 registered alumni and 12,000 friends, volunteers and donors. The 木瓜福利影视 Fund supports student life through grants for the numerous activities of student, sports, and music associations and social clubs, and of academic projects and special chairs. It also awards study grants for foreign students. Finally, the 木瓜福利影视 Fund has the option of setting up special chairs, in close consultation with the university.

Required core qualities

good team leader within own organisation and the alumni community
strong communicator
a natural networker and fundraiser
a knowledge broker, able to switch quickly between policy and implementation in a managerially and academically complex environment
proactive, an initiator, and results-oriented

Duties

Responsible for the further development and implementation of the alumni policy of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 and the fundraising activities of the 木瓜福利影视 Fund. He/she will ensure the effective and timely coordination of the activities of the university and the 木瓜福利影视 Fund and will enhance their professional quality by:

providing inspiring leadership to the employees of the Alumni Relations and 木瓜福利影视 Fund office;
supporting the board of the 木瓜福利影视 Fund in the exercising of its duties;
developing, initiating, maintaining and expanding the local and international alumni associations of the Young Alumni Network;
planning and carrying out fundraising campaigns;
developing, initiating and organising alumni activities, and coordinating them with other university or faculty communication activities, or activities involving parties who have a relationship with the university;
acting as the chief advisor to the Executive Board of the university and the board of the 木瓜福利影视 Fund in the field of alumni relations and fundraising;
taking a proactive part in the Communications & Marketing Office management team.

Personal profile

Professional vision

The director of the Alumni Relations and 木瓜福利影视 Fund office must be educated to the degree level. He/she will be experienced in giving leadership to professionals in a complex knowledge or other type of organisation. He/she will have a clear sense of managerial relationships, be able to manage others, and will be strongly persuasive, sensitive, and tactful.

Vision regarding university and alumni

The director must have a broad-based and integrated vision of the importance and the position of alumni for the university and in society. On the basis of his/her own experience, he/she must have a sound understanding of relevant national and international developments in relation to loyalty policy, relationship management, and fundraising among alumni and other related parties. He/she consequently knows how the university can operate successfully with the broad group of alumni and other related parties that form a sustainable and structural part of the university. The director will work in that context with counterparts in the Communications & Marketing Office and the Academic Affairs Office.

Inspiration for others

He/she will succeed in creating a good team spirit in the organisation, establishing and strengthening connections with relevant counterparts in the Communications & Marketing Office and Academic Affairs Office, in the faculties, and with internal and external parties. The director will be professional, authoritative, an initiator, a manager, enterprising, a motivator, and encouraging in all his/her actions.

Position in the organisation

As a director of the Alumni Relationships Fundraising office, the director of the Alumni Relationships and 木瓜福利影视 Fund forms part of the Communications & Marketing Office, the management team of which he/she is a member. He/she is also a director of the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 Fund foundation and together with the employees of the office has, under the responsibility of the board of the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 Fund, a specific fundraising, fund administration, and grant-awarding task.

Details of the position

We offer a challenging position for one year with the possibility of an extension beyond that period, depending on performance.
Salary is max. 鈧� 85.895,- gross (in case of full time fullfilment).

Information and application

Further information about the position can be obtained from Drs. Ineke van Oosten (i.vanoosten@uu.nl). Interested persons are invited to apply before January 4, 2016 and send a brief cover letter plus resume to the above email address.

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