Alumni Event Coordinator

** Alumni Event Coordinator**

**Job Category****:** Marketing and Business Development **Requisition Number****:** ALUMN006672 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**Alumni Coordinator**

**Location:** Waverly, MN

**Hours:** 10:00am - 6:30pm OR 11:00am - 7:30pm Tuesday - Saturday **somewhat flexible depending on event schedules

**Pay:** starts at $17/hr

Meridian Behavioral Health LLC is a leader in behavioral health care and addiction recovery services, with a network of addiction treatment centers throughout Minnesota. Our New Beginnings family is looking for an Alumni Coordinator to help all of those completing our programs stay in touch with a support network. The individual filling this role should already have strong connections with the recovery community and will ideally have prior experience with event planning and marketing.

This is a critical role in building a vibrant, active and engaged Alumni community. This person will be responsible for administrative support and program management. The Alumni Coordinator will be focused on working with a cross-functional team including marketing, the treatment director, and discharge planning leveraging the teams experience and industry best-practices in the development and execution of an Alumni program. The positions scope of responsibilities will include but not be limited to program development and management, discharge planning, database development and management, Alumni inquiries and communications, and event planning and coordination.

**Job Duties:**

* Work closely with the Director and VP of Marketing, Program Director and Discharge Planning leveraging best practices to develop and launch an Alumni program.

* Serves as front-line resource for Alumni inquiries and manages coordination and contact with Alumnus.

* Manages Alumni database

* Plans, coordinates and provides logistical support for Alumni events

* Engages and coordinates speakers for Alumni events/meetings

* Works with discharge planning to coordinate and connect recent graduates with recovery oriented meetings, groups and support

* Assists in publishing quarterly Alumni newsletter, maintains and updates mailing and email lists and Alumni database

* Active in the recovery community

**Job Requirements:**

* Education: High School diploma or equivalent

* 1 year or more experience with event planning preferred

* Proficient in Microsoft Suite

* MN Only: Minimum of one year of freedom from chemical abuse problems.

* Preferred experience: event planning, marketing, strong computer skills (Wordpress, Excel, Word), website management

* Demonstrated relationship building skills

* Self-motivated work ethic

* Excellent organization skills

* Positive, energetic disposition

**Benefits:**

* Competitive pay

* 20 days of paid-time-off + 6 paid holidays

* Health, dental, and vision insurance + HSA/FSA

* 401(k) ROTH and traditional options

* Career path opportunities

* Discount with Verizon cell phone plans

* Tuition reimbursement and discounted tuition at select colleges

* A job with a sense of purpose as you help people on their path to recovery

We owe our success to the passion, commitment and expertise of our staff. Our licensed and experienced staff takes the role of coach/teacher, providing support and encouragement from the heart. Come join us and see the difference youll make!

Meridian Behavioral Health provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)