Website Head-Royce School (HRS)
Head-Royce is hiring! We are looking for a Director of Alumni Relations which is a part a dynamic seven-person advancement team. The director is responsible for developing the strategy, programs, events, activities, and communications that deepen the school’s relationship with alumni, engage alumni in the life of the school, support alumni philanthropy, and build on alumni’s connections with one another. This position reports to the Director of Advancement.
Responsibilities
Overseeing the strategic development, planning, and implementation of an annual alumni engagement program with the goal of increasing Head-Royce alumni connection, involvement, and philanthropic support.
Motivating and organizing alumni volunteers to devote their time, talent, and philanthropy to benefit Head-Royce School by providing partnership, strategic direction, and support to the Alumni Council and Class Agents.
Planning and implementing ongoing alumni events, activities, and programs geared to engage alumni (and other past members of the HRS community, including faculty, trustees, and parents) locally, regionally, and nationally. Events include Alumni Weekend, Alumni Holiday Party, Back to Campus Lunch, and other local and national alumni engagement events.
Identifying, cultivating, and nurturing philanthropic relationships with alumni; managing a portfolio of alumni, including cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding alumni for annual fund, major, campaign, and planned gifts.
Creating and implementing a strategic plan for alumni engagement for major giving efforts, including capital and endowment campaigns.
Managing the student/alumni program (Adulting 101), working to engage alumni while simultaneously enriching the educational experience of current students with a strong emphasis on preparing the senior class to become alumni during their second semester.
Creating, managing, and implementing alumni communications, including alumni content for the bi-annual printed magazine, alumni webpages, and regular electronic newsletters, as well as maintaining social media accounts, including Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Manage the alumni online database (Graduway).
Help maintain, organize, and update the School’s history and key artifacts.
Be an active participant and voice with the Bay Area community of development officers, with an emphasis on alumni relations professionals. Act as a peer resource.
Plan and execute all alumni programming, events, and communications with a constant focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
Some travel, as well as evening and weekend work required.
Work in partnership with the Director of Annual Giving to:
Design strategy and plan for alumni annual giving
Create a sustainable cultivation and stewardship plan for alumni donor prospects
Meet Alumni Annual Fund participation and dollar goals
Qualifications
Minimum of 5+ years in alumni relations, development, independent schools, marketing, or related fields.
Advanced computer skills; preferably with Raiser’s Edge.
Bachelor’s degree.
Skills
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Outstanding oral and written communications.
Demonstrated skill in planning and executing events.
Outstanding organizational skills, with the ability to juggle long-range planning while prioritizing and completing multiple tasks simultaneously.
Engaging and motivating volunteer groups.
Experienced user of social media as a communications and engagement tool.
Travel in-state and nationally several times a year for regional alumni events.
Deep appreciation for the mission of Head-Royce School and knowledge of independent schools.
Entrepreneurial and creative, with enthusiasm for building programs and rolling up their sleeves to make them work
A team player who believes that working hard and having fun go hand-in-hand.
Desire to learn and improve your practice is infectious.
Ability to provide Livescan, SB848 and TB clearance
$107,000 – $120,000 a year
Located on a 22-acre campus in Oakland, California, Head-Royce School (HRS) is a pre-eminent, co-educational, independent, K-12 day school with a 138-year history. Our mission is to develop students of character, intellect, and creativity. We deliver on our mission by living our values:
* Students First: We prioritize student learning, development, and well-being.
* Academic Excellence: We pursue knowledge and assess our learning to better ourselves and our community.
* Diversity: We embrace our different perspectives, backgrounds, experiences and identities to expand and enrich what we can learn and do together.
* Belonging: We create the conditions in which everyone thrives and brings their authentic selves.
* Civic Engagement: We connect students to the local community and beyond to enhance their academic experiences and foster genuine engagement.
Head-Royce enrolls approximately 920 students in the three separate divisions—Lower, Middle and Upper—and provides a dynamic, whole-child education to every student. We envision a future where education unlocks the promise and purpose of every student to better the world.
HRS is unable to provide immigration sponsorships such as H1B Visas. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and be willing to undergo both Livescan background check and TB screening as part of the hiring process. Employment is also contingent upon successful completion of background checks and compliance with California SB 848, which requires prior educational institution employers to disclose credible complaints, substantiated investigations, or discipline involving egregious misconduct.
Head-Royce provides equal employment opportunities on the basis of merit, fitness, qualifications, and experience. The school’s commitment to equal employment opportunity extends to all job applicants and employees and to all aspects of employment. Head-Royce makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breastfeeding), reproductive health decision-making, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military or veteran status, age, or other categories defined by state law, federal law or local ordinance. Head-Royce prohibits discrimination or harassment based on these classifications. Discrimination and harassment based on a perception that anyone is in any of these protected classifications or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as being in any of these protected classifications, are also prohibited. Head-Royce School seeks to be a community in which every individual is treated with sensitivity, courtesy and respect.
Required Disclosure: AB 2534 & SB 848- As of January 1, 2026, in accordance with Education Code section 44939.5 (as amended by California AB 2534 & SB 848) and Education Code 44051 (as amended by SB 848) applicants for all positions are required by law to provide a complete list of every school district, county office of education, charter school, state special school, diagnostic centers operated by the CA Department of Education, and/or private schools with which they have previously been employed, regardless of the length of service. Please include any full-time, part-time and/or substitute employment positions on your application. Failure to disclose all previous educational employment, regardless of length or location, may result in the disqualification of your application and/or may be deemed dishonestly in the hiring process and subject to discharge should you become employed.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.