Alumni Engagement & 40th Anniversary Coordinator

What You’ll Do

The Alumni Engagement & 40th Anniversary Coordinator will help design and carry out a year-long effort to reconnect alumni, strengthen relationships, gather stories, and create meaningful opportunities for former campers, staff, families and community members to engage with CCRC and with one another.

Alumni Outreach & Engagement

Help identify and reconnect with former campers, staff, families, and other members of the Capital Camps community
Develop creative outreach strategies to reach alumni across generations
Build relationships with alumni and help identify individuals interested in becoming more involved with CCRC
Conduct personalized outreach through email, phone, social media, and other channels
Help develop and manage social media groups, online communities, email lists, and other platforms that give alumni ongoing opportunities to connect with CCRC and with one another
Explore new tools and platforms that can strengthen alumni networking, communication, and community-building
Recruit and coordinate alumni volunteers and ambassadors
Create opportunities for alumni to reconnect with one another and with current camp life
Track outreach, responses, interests, and engagement in partnership with the philanthropy team
40th Anniversary Planning & Programming

Help coordinate CCRC’s 40th anniversary initiatives and events taking place through the end of 2027
Maintain project plans, timelines, calendars, and follow-up for anniversary activities
Work with the philanthropy team to develop meaningful opportunities to celebrate CCRC’s history and community
Help organize alumni gatherings, reunions, virtual programs, community events, and anniversary experiences
Coordinate invitations, registration, communications, volunteers, logistics, and post-event follow-up
Support special anniversary programming during the summer season
Help identify alumni stories, milestones, traditions, photos, and memories that bring Capital Camps’ history to life
Alumni Communications & Storytelling

Help draft alumni emails, newsletters, invitations, surveys, updates, and other communications
Work with the marketing team to develop alumni-focused digital and social media content
Help collect stories, photographs, memories, and reflections from across CCRC’s history
Conduct alumni interviews and help identify compelling stories for anniversary communications
Help develop content that celebrates CCRC’s past while inviting alumni to be part of its future

Community Building & Volunteer Engagement

Support alumni-led gatherings and engagement opportunities
Work with the philanthropy team to identify alumni interested in supporting CCRC through volunteerism, leadership, or philanthropy
Help establish systems and traditions that can support a stronger long-term alumni program after the anniversary year concludes

Collaboration

Work closely with CCRC’s executive, philanthropy, marketing, and camp teams
Coordinate with the Philanthropy Operations & Campaign Associate on alumni data, lists, tracking, and reporting
Bring creativity, enthusiasm, and new ideas to how CCRC connects and engages generations across its community

What We’re Looking For

The right person for this role is a natural connector: someone who enjoys reaching out to people, building relationships, hearing their stories, and turning ideas into experiences that help a community feel seen, remembered, and connected.

We know great candidates may not meet every qualification exactly. If this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects, timelines, and follow-up items
Comfortable initiating outreach and communicating with people across generations
Experience in community engagement, alumni relations, events, communications, nonprofit work, Jewish communal work, education, camp, or a related field preferred
Comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with a team
Experience with email platforms, social media, Canva, or other communications tools is helpful
Experience with CRM systems or constituent databases is a plus but not required
Ability to attend occasional in-person meetings and events in North Bethesda, Maryland and Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Availability for occasional evening or weekend events
Strong familiarity with Capital Camps, Jewish overnight camp, or Jewish communal life is helpful.

Work Environment & Schedule

Part-time, hourly position (potential for a shift in hours and/or responsibilities upon conclusion of 40th anniversary events)
Flexible schedule, with hours varying based on projects and the anniversary event calendar
Hybrid/remote work is available for a significant portion of the role
Regular communication and collaboration with the CCRC team
Periodic in-person meetings in North Bethesda, Maryland
In-person participation required for select alumni programs, anniversary events, and summer activities in North Bethesda and/or Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Occasional evening and weekend availability required for events