Application Guide

How to Apply for Director, Coalitions & Member Experience

at Campus Compact

🏢 About Campus Compact

Campus Compact is unique as a national coalition specifically focused on higher education's civic mission, connecting colleges and universities committed to community engagement. Working here means contributing to a movement that helps institutions develop students' citizenship skills while forging meaningful community partnerships, offering the chance to impact both education and society directly.

About This Role

This Director role involves designing and overseeing the complete member engagement journey from onboarding to renewal, while developing coalition structures that enable peer learning and collective action among member institutions. It's impactful because you'll directly shape how Campus Compact serves its members, steward key institutional relationships, and lead a team to enhance the coalition's effectiveness and member satisfaction.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve analyzing member engagement data in Salesforce to identify renewal risks, facilitating a virtual meeting with regional coalition leaders to coordinate collective action initiatives, and conducting check-ins with high-touch member institutions to address their specific needs. You'd also likely spend time developing your team, designing member journey improvements, and collaborating with recruitment and finance on renewal timeline coordination.

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🎯 Who Campus Compact Is Looking For

  • Has 3+ years in membership/association management with specific experience designing member engagement journeys and renewal strategies, not just general customer service
  • Demonstrates proficiency with Salesforce or similar CRMs for tracking member lifecycle activity and using data to inform engagement decisions
  • Possesses experience stewarding coalition or network structures that facilitate peer learning and collective action, ideally in higher education or nonprofit settings
  • Shows ability to balance strategic oversight (renewal timelines, coalition design) with high-touch relationship management for key member institutions

📝 Tips for Applying to Campus Compact

1

Quantify your experience with member retention/renewal rates and coalition building in previous roles, as this role specifically oversees renewal strategy and coalition structures

2

Highlight any experience with higher education institutions or associations, as understanding the academic context is crucial for Campus Compact's mission

3

Mention specific CRM experience (especially Salesforce) and how you've used it to track member engagement metrics and inform decisions

4

Demonstrate understanding of both data-driven decision making AND qualitative relationship building, as the role requires balancing analytics with high-touch member stewardship

5

Show how you've developed staff or teams in previous roles, as this position supervises the Senior Coordinator and potentially other staff

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your specific experience designing member engagement journeys and renewal strategies in membership organizations or associations', "Examples of how you've used CRM data to improve member retention and inform engagement decisions", 'Your approach to building coalition structures that enable peer learning and collective action', "Why Campus Compact's mission of higher education civic engagement specifically resonates with your professional values and experience"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Explore Campus Compact's current member institutions and regional coalitions to understand their existing network structure
  • → Review their annual reports or publications to understand their current priorities in higher education civic engagement
  • → Investigate their public programming and initiatives to see how they currently support member institutions
  • → Look into recent news about Campus Compact to understand their current challenges and opportunities in the higher education landscape
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💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through how you would design the member engagement journey from onboarding through renewal for Campus Compact's diverse institutional members
2 Describe a time you used CRM data to identify at-risk members and developed a strategy to improve retention
3 How would you structure coalitions to maximize peer learning and collective action among member institutions with varying resources and priorities?
4 Share your experience managing complex relationships with high-touch institutional partners and balancing their needs with organizational strategy
5 What metrics would you track to measure the success of member experience and coalition effectiveness in this role?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Applying with only general customer service experience without specific membership/association management or coalition-building background
  • Failing to demonstrate understanding of higher education context or Campus Compact's specific civic engagement mission
  • Presenting as purely operational without showing strategic thinking about member lifecycle management and renewal strategy

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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