College Alumni Relations Manager

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263 with potential progression once in post to £46,974. Grade: 7

Closes: 19^th June 2024

Are you a successful volunteering or alumni relations professional looking for your next challenge? Do you have a passion for supporting graduates and enhancing the student experience? Are you looking to develop your career at a prestigious organisation? 

We are looking for a College Alumni Relations Manager to join our team to refine and expand a bold and innovative alumni volunteering programme to support both the priorities of the College of Medical and Dental Sciences and DARO. As a DARO business partner for the College, you will be based both within DARO and the College itself. You will join nine other volunteering professionals as part of the wider team and will be responsible for developing a range of volunteering opportunities for alumni, which support the College’s key priorities, and Birmingham 2030 targets, across a diversified curriculum, the student experience, graduate employability, student recruitment, research and influence. You will be responsible for growing the number of alumni volunteers for the College, reporting on the impact of your work internally and the relationship management of a number of key alumni contacts, with a clear focus on supporting international recruitment for the College. You will work with colleagues across DARO to bring alumni closer to the University to support Philanthropic giving. 

The role of College Alumni Relations Manager is a key position responsible for the development, planning and implementation of a new alumni volunteering strategy for the College, with a focus on International Student Recruitment. We are looking for a motivated team player with the ability to build relationships, project manage, influence and make meaningful activity happen. If you are passionate about connecting people and helping support the employability of students, this is the role for you!

Main duties

In consultation with the Deputy Director of Operations and the Head of Volunteering, and in collaboration with the College Directors of Education and Research, the post holder is responsible for the development, planning and implementation of a new alumni volunteering strategy for the College focused on the following areas: 

Supporting education and the student experience

• Facilitating alumni guest lectures, which enhance the student experience; this will include working with key academic contacts to incorporate volunteer alumni input into the curriculum.
• Recruiting high profile alumni volunteers to undertake distinguished lectures, further promoting the College and its profile.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience 

• Qualified to Degree level or equivalent plus practical managerial experience or significant relevant experience demonstrated through increasingly more demanding roles evidencing the experience necessary for this role.
• Substantial experience of project management, preferably in an academic setting.
• Experience of managing volunteers to deliver high-quality support.
• Ability to prioritise own workload.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Informal enquiries to Cate Linforth c.linforth@bham.ac.uk 

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