Senior Alumni Engagement Manager (Leeds University Business School)

University of Leeds; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Leeds is seeking a Senior Alumni Engagement Manager to enhance relationships with its alumni community. This role focuses on developing and managing stakeholder engagement strategies to maximize alumni experiences and contributions. The successful candidate will lead a motivated team, utilizing innovative approaches to strengthen ties between alumni and the Business School.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of managing relationships and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Experienced leader capable of managing and inspiring high performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Developing lifelong relationships with graduates to enhance the school's reputation.
• Maximising events and communications to achieve strategic aims.
• Evaluating and prioritising alumni engagement activities.

Skills

Relationship Management

Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Job description

Senior Alumni Engagement Manager (Leeds University Business School)

Are you a senior relationship management professional with experience of managing and leading successful teams to deliver innovative and engaging experiences for a wide range of stakeholders?

The University of Leeds has one of the largest alumni constituencies in the UK, with a global community of more than 340,000 alumni in 190 countries. Alumni play a pivotal role in the life of the University and its mission to make a positive global impact, as stakeholders, advocates, ambassadors, supporters and lifelong learning participants. Alumni of Leeds University Business School are an important part of this community, with a strong affinity to both the University and the Business School.

Developing lifelong, mutually-beneficial relationships with its graduates is critical for a world-class Business School and we aim to maximise their experience, knowledge and diversity to enhance our school’s reputation, student experience, research agenda and add value to the experience of alumni themselves as members of a lifelong community.

This new role will enhance the strategic impact of our alumni to both the Business School and the University more widely through creative and collaborative working, and evaluating, and prioritising activity to best effect.

You will have significant experience of managing relationships and influencing senior stakeholders, both internally and externally, to deliver value-adding projects and initiatives. You will have experience of developing strategies, and translating these into activity, maximising events, communications and face-to-face relationship building activity to achieve strategic aims.

You will be an experienced leader, able to manage and inspire a motivated, high performing, purpose-driven team with a culture of collaboration and a creative approach to opportunities and problem-solving.

The University has instructed Valued Recruitment agency to assist in recruiting to this role. For more information and details on how to apply, please use the following link: Valued Recruitment