Coordinator of Student and Alumni Engagement

Position Summary:

The Coordinator of Student and Alumni Engagement plays a key role in cultivating dynamic relationships between the LaPenta School of Business and its student and alumni communities. The coordinator is responsible for enhancing engagement strengthening the LSB brand through digital platforms supporting student organizations and working collaboratively across campus departments to foster community and professional development opportunities.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinates and hosts as necessary internal LaPenta School of Business (LSB) events for undergraduate and graduate students
• Serves as the LSB liaison for events/activities held in partnership with Admissions Advancement Alumni Affairs and other Iona University offices
• Serves as the LSB webmaster working with MARCOM to ensure an up-to-date informative and engaging.
• Creates and maintains the LSB social media presence (including LinkedIn Instagram Twitter Facebook and others as appropriate)
• Maintains an updated Atrium video board for LSB events
• Engage alumni in a variety of ways including but not limited to identifying alumni to be featured on social media and on the LSB website
• Supports faculty advisors of the LSB student organizations including creating and maintaining a master calendar of all LSB student events
• Collaborates with alumni/faculty to create off-site organization visits
• Builds and Leverages relationship with alumni to identify student internship opportunities and serves as a liaison with Career Services
• Represents the LSB at on-campus events (e.g. open house accepted students days) and off campus (e.g. Westchester County Association)
• Creates press releases on student and faculty accomplishments for dissemination on and off campus
• Develops and manages a quarterly electronic newsletter targeting alumni and friends of the LSB
• Manages (and sometimes delivers) professional development activities or programs for students
• Collects and analyzes data on student and alumni engagement and uses data to inform outreach and engagement. Shares pertinent information with campus partners (Career Development Advancement Office etc).
• Partners with Advancement and Alumni Affairs to identify alumni to serve on advisory boards and collaborates with chairs to manage the boards
• Coordinates LSB alumni events in partnership with Advancement and Alumni Affairs.
• Oversees student advisory boards at both the undergraduate and graduate levels including identification and recruitment of students to serve on boards
• Assists faculty with the coordination and planning of LSB sponsored study-abroad trips. Serve as a chaperon as needed.
• Writes and disseminates a weekly student newsletter
• Performs other duties as assigned

Reports directly to: Dean LaPenta School of Business

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree preferably in a business-related field

• Experience with website management
• Digital marketing experience especially in enhancing social media engagement

Preferred qualifications:

• 3-5 years of work experience in a marketing-related field;
• Experience in event planning;
• Iona University alumnus/a

About Iona University/EEO language

Founded in 1940 Iona University is a masters-granting private Catholic coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Ionas 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4000 students and an alumni base of more than 50000 around the world Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice peace and service. Iona is highly accredited offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts science and business administration as well as Master of Arts Master of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across theSchool of Arts & Science;LaPenta School of Business;NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; andHynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona also continues to be recognized in prestigious national rankings. Most recently for 2025 Iona has been named one of the nations best colleges by The Princeton Review The Wall Street Journal Forbes and others. Additionally U.S. News & World Report recognized Iona as one of top colleges for social mobility in the country while Georgetown Universitys Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) ranked an Iona degree in the top 5 percent nationally for long-term return on LaPenta School of Business meanwhileis also accredited by AACSB International a recognition awarded to just 6 percent of business schools worldwide.

Iona offers a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees that includes medical dental and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off. For more information on our benefits and working at Iona visit the Human Resources section of our website.

Iona University values and celebrates diversity and is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all of our employees and does not tolerate discrimination based on any legally protected characteristic under applicable federal state or local laws. As an equal opportunity employer Iona University encourages applications from qualified candidates who reflect the wider world in which we live.