Alumni Events & Volunteer Coordinator

Job title:

Alumni Events & Volunteer Coordinator

Company:

King’s College London

Job description

Fundraising and Supporter Development (F&SD) provides a fundraising and alumni engagement function in support of King’s College London. We are proud to work with colleagues across the university and its health partners to help them serve society through world-leading education, research and healthcare. Our work also includes a partnership with the Maudsley Charity in support of children’s mental health initiatives between the university’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.We are a committed team that brings together fundraisers working across different channels, alongside colleagues who promote King’s College London’s engagement with its worldwide alumni community. Our work is underpinned and enhanced by a range of dedicated professionals in supporting areas covering proposition development, supporter engagement, supporter operations and business operations.We have an impressive, well-established track record of success in securing support that allows the university and partners to deliver on their missions. This includes our global, award-winning World Questions: King’s Answers campaign, which set the standard in the sector and enabled us to raise substantial funds to help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. Ambitious and innovative, the team has won awards such as a CASE Platinum Award for Fundraising and a CASE Gold Award for Donor Relations and Stewardship. We are strongly values-driven with a focus on sustaining an excellent and supportive culture, which we see as key to creating a successful team that can support the university and its partners in making a real and positive difference to the world we live in.King’s College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. The university is dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place. Through its commitment to exceptional education, impactful research and genuine service to society, King’s College London is creating positive change in its communities, both in London and on the world stage. The Strategic Vision 2029 looks forward to King’s College London’s 200th anniversary in 2029 and sets out ambitious plans in five key areas:

• Educating the next generation of change-makers;
• Challenging ideas and driving change through research;
• Giving back to society through meaningful service;
• Working with our local communities in London;
• Fostering global citizens with an international perspective.

Find out more here –About the roleThe Alumni Events and Volunteer Coordinator is an exciting role, supporting the strategic priorities of the university by engaging alumni through a portfolio of events and meaningful volunteer opportunities.For almost 200 years King’s College London has been working to make the world a better place. The Fundraising & Supporter Development Office has been integral to achieving the university’s ambitious goals and mission.Reporting to the Senior Alumni Manager (London), and working closely with colleagues across fundraising, communications, and the wider university, you will build meaningful relationships with King’s alumni, ensuring positive interactions as life-long members of the King’s global alumni community. Overseeing a portfolio of events, webinars and volunteer opportunities, the Alumni Events and Volunteer Coordinator leads on initiatives such as delivery of the King’s Expert Series webinars, arranging the King’s Connect Mentor-Meetup events, and organising the King’s Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony.You are a driven and detail-oriented individual with experience managing projects to achieve business objectives. You are organised, enjoy working as part of a high performing team, and are motivated by building strong relationships with supporters and stakeholders.This is a full time, and you will be offered an indefinite contract. F&SD has a hybrid working approach, with a minimum of 40% of time in the office. Typically, this equates to two days per week, but we’re very happy for colleagues to be in more frequently if they so wish.About youTo be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:Essential criteria * Relevant work experience and/or education

• Experience managing a wide variety of events and/or volunteering projects
• Experience in project management including planning, executing and successful delivery
• Ability to think critically and analyse data and audience feedback to modify activity
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, confidently computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel
• Ability to produce engaging communications, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels
• Ability and willingness to adapt to changing workloads and priorities with a team player attitude
• Commitment to equality and diversity, wellbeing and sustainability in the workplace

Desirable criteria * Experience of working in higher education and/or alumni relations, membership organisation or charities

• Knowledge of digital events tools such as webinars and/or online community platforms
• Proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to track expenditures within budgets

Downloading a copy of our Job DescriptionFull details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.Further InformationWe pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. In F&SD we want to build a diverse team, which represents the communities served by the organisations we support. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented.We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements including compressed hours. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ ‘ pages.We offer the opportunity of an “Ask Us Anything” Teams call on 6th June at 12pm. During this call you will be able to ask any questions you might have about the role, the selection process, our department, our core values and work culture, our current hybrid work policy, or simply listen to others’ questions. To join please emailThis roles with have two interview stages, a standard skills-based interview followed (for up to two appointable candidates) by a Core Values interview.First stage interviews are due to be held on 13th /17th/18th June. Core Values interviews are due to be held on 25th June.We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.CompanyKing’s College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King’s has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.King’s has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.King’s has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King’s Health Partners. King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: .King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at .Company info Mini-site Telephone +(44)02078365454 Location STRAND
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Expected salary

£32979 – 33759 per year

Location

London

Job date

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 05:49:22 GMT

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