Communications & Events Assistant

Are you interested in working for a team that creates opportunities and helps to change students’ lives? Do you enjoy working collaboratively as part of a team and have a customer-focused approach? Then this could be the perfect role for you!

The Campaigns and Alumni Relations (CAR) department sustains and grows the relationship between the University and our global community of alumni (former students), donors and friends. We’re looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our dynamic and friendly Alumni Relations team. You will be supporting our work to encourage the alumni community to engage with the University and support in whichever way they can.

In this highly collaborative, busy and varied role, you will provide essential administrative support to the team. From liaising with alumni and colleagues from across the University, to preparing email communications or providing support for events and engagement activities. With a friendly and efficient manner, you will help to ensure that our activities and processes run smoothly.
You will be part of a passionate and highly motivated team. You will need to be flexible with excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and relationship building skills. Whilst providing excellent customer service is essential to the role. This post will provide a fantastic opportunity for someone wishing to gain experience in a broad range of activities within a busy, customer-facing team.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

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