Alumni Engagement Officer

Interview Date: Thursday 06 March 2025

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

Alumni Engagement Officer is a key role within the Development & Alumni Relations Office (DARO) as you provide the first point of contact for our global alumni community and will use your skills in communications and events to build and strengthen mutually beneficial relationships with this important audience.

We are a busy team and this role offers lots of opportunity to develop your skills, taking the lead on new and existing projects. You will be working closely with DARO colleagues as well as other professional services teams and academic colleagues, and of course regularly interacting with our inspiring community of 35,000 alumni who embody our mission to bring about global health equity.

You should hold a minimum of a second-class honours degree with excellent customer service and attention to detail. Demonstrable experience of alumni relations, fundraising or communications within education sector, not-for-profit sector or a membership organisation is a must. You are likely to have skills and experience in many of the following areas: communications (print & digital), event management, project management, and CRM systems, while some basic design or videography skills would also be advantageous. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1 FTE and permanent. 

The salary will be on the Professional Services salary scale, Grade 4 in the range £34,011 - £38,198 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London.

Applications should be made on-line by clicking the 'Apply' button, above.

Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date.

Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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