Philanthropic Campaign Communications Manager (109457-0525)

University of Warwick; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university is seeking a Philanthropic Campaign Communications Manager to lead its significant campaign as part of celebrations for its 60th anniversary. The successful candidate will engage stakeholders, drive campaign initiatives, and highlight the transformational impact of philanthropy. This hybrid role will suit someone with strong marketing and project management experience, especially in higher education.

Benefits

Attractive pension scheme

30 days holiday plus Christmas closure

Learning and development opportunities

Savings on a wide range of products and services

Generous parental leave policy

Onsite childcare facilities

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in stakeholder or alumni engagement roles.
• Experience managing multi-channel, long-term communications.
• Proven ability to measure ROI on campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Shape campaign creative and deliver an engagement plan.
• Drive and showcase the impact of philanthropy.
• Collaborate with department colleagues and stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Management

Campaign Development

Content Creation

Education

Relevent degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Philanthropic Campaign Communications Manager (109457-0525)

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About The Role

For informal enquiries, please contact Rebecca Kilcullen (Head of Alumni and Supporter Engagement) [e-mail]

Please note that previous applicants need not apply.

We are seeking an experienced campaigns manager with a passion for storytelling and engagement to play a pivotal role in the launch of Warwick’s most ambitious ever philanthropic campaign.

As we celebrate our 60th birthday in 2025, this role presents the exciting opportunity to drive and showcase the creative aspects of our campaign – championing the transformational impact of philanthropy on Warwick’s ambitions and the wider world.

Day to day, you will shape our campaign creative and deliver a powerful engagement plan to build excitement, understanding and collaboration. You will enjoy working closely with department colleagues, key wider stakeholders and agency partners.

This role is offered on a hybrid working pattern and offered as a secondment opportunity.

Please note: we may close this advert before the advertised deadline if we receive a large volume of applications.

About You

You will have substantial experience of working in a stakeholder or alumni engagement, marketing, campaigns or communications role, with experience of planning, developing and managing multi-channel, multi-audience communications for a complex organisation over the long-term.

You’ll have experience of shaping campaigns and measuring ROI, as well as a passion for creating, curating and amplifying brilliant content.

You'll be excited by a challenge, and adept at working collaboratively to achieve shared goals. As well as your flexible and proactive approach to tasks and challenges, you’ll have strong project management skills and be able to adapt as a campaign evolves.

Experience of working in Higher Education would be an advantage, as would experience of working with international stakeholders. Experience of delivering communications for a philanthropic campaign, especially within HR, would also be an advantage.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

About The Department

The Alumni and Engagement Supporter team within DAE exists to unlock the potential of our alumni community (more than 300,000 alumni worldwide), to create enriching, meaningful connections, and inspiring relevant opportunities to engage, collaborate and give.

For further information aboutDevelopment and Alumni Engagement, please visit ourwebsite.

About The University

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024
• Research Excellence Framework 2021
  
  

To find out more about us visit our website.

How to Apply

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 2nd July 2025 at 23:55 (BST)

To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date.

Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application form past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 23:30).

You will have to attach a CV and a cover letter.

• Your CV should include your employment history (including your most recent employment), your education history, and any other relevant experience.
• Your cover letter should explain your motivations for applying to the role. It should also explain, using examples, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description PDF document below. Please note that all essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.
  
  

Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and explaining below, using examples, how you meet the criterion, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.

To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications submitted via our official careers webpage, warwick-careers.tal.net.

• Interview Date: 10th July 2025
• Desired Start Date: To be confirmed
  
  

What we Offer

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.

In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).

We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.

Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders

The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (i.e. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process.

Job Description

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