The Business ad Development Director will play a key role in managing the Alumnae Association of Mills College (AAMC) non-profit business operations, performing fundraising duties, marketing and public relations, and will have pivotal role in setting the direction and growing the impact of a non-profit dedicated to women’s education and leadership.
The Director will work with AAMC officers, staff and committees, and with the organization’s fundraising database. They will be responsible for sourcing funding and helping to plan and implement fundraising campaigns and events while overseeing marketing campaigns. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in sales, marketing, and business development. They will also manage office duties and 1-2 staff to support a lean but impactful nonprofit.
Qualifications
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Fundraising and Donor Relations
Event Planning and Digital Engagement
Database Management and Reporting
Project Management and Governance
Technology Integration
Miscellaneous
Work Location
Ability to work in the AAMC office on the Mills College campus in Oakland, California, as well as hybrid.
About the Alumnae Association of Mills College (AAMC):
Founded in 1879, the AAMC is an independent membership-based nonprofit composed of the alumnae of Mills College, the historic women’s liberal arts college, which was founded in 1852 and based on a beautiful campus in Oakland, CA.
For 170 years, Mills alumnae have achieved outsized accomplishments across all disciplines, from politics to the arts. The majority of Mills alumnae/I consider Mills College to have been a transformative experience in their lives. College trustees chose to merge with Northeastern University in 2021. While the AAMC historically supported the College with fundraising, recruitment and alumnae events, the merger has required new strategy, which we are in the process of and have several exciting possibilities on the horizon.
The AAMC is unlike any other alumni/ae organization in the country in that it is a fully independent 501c3. With an endowment of $3M and a membership base of approximately 26,000 alumnae, the board of the AAMC seeks to re-envision the mission of the organization so that, regardless, we will continue to honor the legacy of Mills College and bring its ethos of aspirational women’s leadership and education, focus on the arts, and care for the individual to create an even more substantial impact – while increasing the value and numbers of our alumnae network.
The AAMC recently completed a successful fundraising campaign to digitize the world-famous collection of the Mills College Center for Contemporary Music.
The Business ad Development Director will play a key role in managing the Alumnae Association of Mills College (AAMC) non-profit business operations, performing fundraising duties, marketing and public relations, and will have pivotal role in setting the direction and growing the impact of a non-profit dedicated to women’s education and leadership.
The Director will work with AAMC officers, staff and committees, and with the organization’s fundraising database. They will be responsible for sourcing funding and helping to plan and implement fundraising campaigns and events while overseeing marketing campaigns. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in sales, marketing, and business development. They will also manage office duties and 1-2 staff to support a lean but impactful nonprofit.
Qualifications
Paid Time Off (PTO), flexible schedule, health care stipend of $250/month.
Paid Time Off (PTO), flexible schedule, health care stipend of $250/month.