Job Title: Alumni Engagement Manager
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £37,099 – £39,347 per annum – SS6
Job type: Fixed Term (2 Years), Full-time
University College Birmingham works in partnership with the University of Warwick – Ranked eighth in the 2023 Guardian League Tables and 10th in the UK in the QS World University rankings 2023.
The Role:
With an alumni community of over 30,000 graduates from over 120 countries from across the globe, University College Birmingham is looking to recruit an Alumni Engagement Manager to lead our alumni engagement activity.
The Alumni Engagement Manager is a new role and will support in the development of our Alumni Engagement Strategy and lead on the operational delivery of our alumni engagement activities and our alumni offer.
The post holder will have responsibility to drive forward our activity, whilst working in a collegiate environment with school and departmental stakeholders. The role acts as our central point for internal and external stakeholder engagement and championing alumni engagement across the University.
The Alumni Engagement Manager will develop and implement a dynamic programme of events, volunteering opportunities and communications, to support and engage our diverse global alumni community.
The role requires experience of alumni relations and engagement within the HE sector or equivalent, a strong communicator with experience of developing and delivering a multi-channel communication and engagement plan, and skills in ROI reporting and data analysis to demonstrate the impact of our work.
It is an incredibly exciting time to be joining University College Birmingham, with our unique collaborative partnership with the University of Warwick – Ranked ninth in the 2024 Guardian League Tables and 67th in the World QS University Rankings 2024. We are also proud to have been voted top in the International category in the prestigious 2023 Whatuni Student Choice Awards. We were also awarded silver in the University of the Year category. The awards are voted for and by students showcasing the incredible relationships we foster here at University College Birmingham between Staff and Students. We are TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating.
Benefits:
- Generous allocation of annual leave
- 26 days’ paid leave per year
- 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
- Employer Contributions – 20.9%
- Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
- Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
- Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
- Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
- A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology and cycle.
- Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
- Hybrid working opportunities
- Free on-site gym membership
Extra Information:
All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.
Closing Date – Friday 9th February 2024 at midday.
Interview Dates – TBC.
UCB is an equal opportunities employer.
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Engagement Manager, Engagement Project Manager, Engagement Coordinator and Project Coordinator, Academic Engagement Manager, will be considered for this role.
