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Cornell Alumni Affairs and Development is leading the way with innovative approaches for connecting with alumni, friends, and family. We work together to raise critical funds to support university initiatives, student scholarships, and ground-breaking research. Whether you are looking for a career in front-line fundraising, alumni engagement, marketing, finance, IT, or more, we have a role for you. Together we are doing the greatest good for our local community and beyond.

Our Mission, Values, and Creed

  • Our Mission

    To advance Cornell’s mission, we foster lifelong engagement and philanthropy by providing opportunities to give, lead, and serve.

  • Our Values

    Service | Unity | Respect | Excellence

    Service: We value providing exceptional service to the Cornell community in a manner that is culturally competent, inclusive, and equitable.
    Unity: We value a united Cornell and AA&D where everyone feels a sense of belonging and interconnectedness, while we work collaboratively in pursuit of a common goal.
    Respect: We value treating each other with dignity and honoring all identities, experiences, and contributions.
    Excellence: We value learning as individuals, as departments, and as a division to produce exceptional outcomes.

  • Creed

    We believe Cornell’s founding ethos of “any person, any study” charges us to engage in our work from an inclusive, diverse, and equitable perspective.

    We believe that our support of Cornell University as an educational, research, and land-grant institution committed to public engagement is imperative for the equitable growth and success of society.

    We believe in the Cornell community’s power to create opportunities for individuals, communities, and the world.

    We believe in the enduring impacts of research and seek to mirror intellectual inquiry, curiosity, enrichment, and creativity in our work.

View our open positions:

  • Job types with an asterisk (*) next to them mean they currently have available positions.

Administrative

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Advancement Services / Finance

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Alumni Affairs

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Business Intelligence

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Development*

  • Assistant Director, Annual Giving Johnson Museum

    External candidates apply here.
    Internal candidates apply here.

    Reporting to the Director of Development and working within both the Museum and Alumni Affairs and Development division (AA&D), this position will bring enthusiasm, vision, creativity and results to the Museum’s annual fund program. They will bring an intrapreneurial approach to developing and proposing solutions related to annual giving efforts and their leadership will set a warm and welcoming tone that reflects how we engage with all museum audiences.

Donor Relations

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Facilities

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Human Resources

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IT*

  • IT Support Engineer

    External candidates apply here.
    Internal candidates apply here.

    As the IT Support Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining, supporting, and optimizing the computing environment and technical support operations for AAD

Marketing/Communication

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Prospect Research

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