Alumni Volunteer Coordinator

About Us

Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement (P&A) provides a fundraising and alumni engagement function in support of King’s College London. We are proud to work with colleagues across the university 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 have an impressive, well-established track record of success in securing support that allows the university to deliver on it’s mission.  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.

About the role

King’s College London is looking to recruit an ambitious Alumni Volunteer Coordinator, who will directly support the strategic priorities of the university through the delivery of an engaging alumni volunteer programme.

As Alumni Volunteer Coordinator, you will support on all aspects of the volunteer experience, working closely with colleagues to identify meaningful opportunities for alumni to contribute, especially to the prospective and current student experience.

Reporting to the Alumni Volunteer Manager, you will oversee a portfolio of events, volunteer management, and communications, leading on initiatives such as the King’s Connect Mentor-Meetup events, participation in Global Day of Service, and International Alumni Leader programme.

You will encourage alumni to give back to King’s, supporting goals for student recruitment, professional development, and international engagement, ensuring positive interactions as life-long members of the King’s global alumni community.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), 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 You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with volunteers
• Experience in successful project and event management
• Experience of building and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders, demonstrating tact and negotiating sensitively, building networks and shared goals
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills
• Attention to detail and ability to prioritise and to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Team player attitude with a willingness to step in to support others where needed

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in higher education, a membership organisation or charity
• Experience using Raiser’s Edge, Microsoft Dynamics or a similar relationship management database
• Experience using digital mentoring platforms
• Strong cultural competency with experience of working with individuals from different backgrounds and international audiences

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