Alumni Engagement Coordinator

University of Surrey; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Relocation assistance

Flexible working options

Blended home/campus working

On-site nursery

Family-friendly benefits

Job summary

The University of Surrey is seeking an Alumni Engagement Coordinator to join our Advancement team. You will craft engaging content across channels and nurture relationships with more than 160,000 alumni worldwide, helping to keep graduates connected and supportive of the University's future.

You will coordinate storytelling, social media and digital content, collaborating with multiple stakeholders and events teams.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant area.
• Experience creating engaging content across a range of channels, such as email, websites, magazines, social media and video.
• Strong written communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to build productive relationships and work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• A proactive approach, using initiative and creativity to deliver engaging communications.
• A willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends to support events and alumni activities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and create compelling content across a variety of channels, ensuring communications are targeted and engaging.
• Help build and maintain lifelong relationships with alumni across 186 countries.
• Deliver engaging communications that inspire graduates and supporters to stay connected and support the University's future.

Skills

Content creation

Stakeholder management

Strong written communication

Project management

Event support

Evening/weekend availability

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research.

We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.

Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.

The role

We are looking for a creative and organised Alumni Engagement Coordinator to join our Advancement team. In this exciting role, you will help build and maintain lifelong relationships with more than 160,000 alumni across 186 countries, delivering engaging communications that inspire graduates and supporters to stay connected with the University and support its future.

Working within the Alumni and Supporter Engagement team, you will coordinate and create compelling content across a variety of channels, ensuring that communications are targeted, timely and engaging. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys storytelling, social media, content creation, digital engagement and working with a wide range of stakeholders.

About you

You will be a creative communicator who can develop engaging content and build effective relationships with colleagues, students and external partners. You will be comfortable managing multiple priorities and have a keen eye for detail.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant area.
• Experience creating engaging content across a range of channels, such as email, websites, magazines, social media and video.
• Strong written communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to build productive relationships and work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• A proactive approach, using initiative and creativity to deliver engaging communications.
• A willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends to support events and alumni activities.

In return we offer a generous pension, relocation assistance where appropriate , flexible working options including job share and blended home/campus working locations (dependent on work duties), access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery.

The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community. Therefore we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.