Join our team!

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*

  • Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Dean for Development, College of Arts & Science

    External applicants can apply here.
    Internal Cornell applicants can apply here.

    Are you an experienced administrative professional with a passion for higher education and a knack for managing complex tasks? Join the AA&D team at the College of Arts & Sciences (A&S) as the Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean and Director of Development! In this key role, you'll collaborate closely with the Associate Dean and Director of Development to oversee the administrative functions that drive our fundraising and engagement efforts.

  • Development Discovery Program Assistant

    External applicants can apply here.
    Internal Cornell applicants can apply here.

    This position supports the regional gift officers and director for the Discovery team in data input, calendar management, maintaining various databases, and generating moderately complex reports.

Advancement Services / Finance

  • There are no positions available at this time.

Alumni Affairs

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Business Intelligence

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Development*

  • Assistant Director, Annual Giving - Johnson Museum of Art

    External applicants can apply here.
    Internal Cornell applicants can apply here.

    This position will bring enthusiasm, vision, creativity and results to the Museum’s annual fund and membership program. This position will serve as a strategic partner for the Director of Development and will play a key role in significantly strengthening the important foundation of unrestricted philanthropic support that the annual fund and membership program provide year after year for the Museum.

  • Director of Development, Law School

    External applicants can apply here.
    Internal Cornell applicants can apply here.

    Director of Development is responsible for the strategic management of a comprehensive development program which executes on the dean’s and university’s strategic philanthropic priorities. The Director of Development will play a central role in driving success in the Law School’s campaign and sustainably increasing fundraising capacity for the future.

Donor Relations

  • There are no positions available at this time.

Facilities

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Human Resources

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IT

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Marketing/Communication

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Prospect Research

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HR Resources

Contact us

  • Have questions?

    Contact Laura H. Clark, Talent Acquisition Partner for AAD, at lhc66@cornell.edu.