Alumni Relations Officer
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 1 Mar 2020
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- Job Type
- Professional Services, Fundraising, Development & Alumni
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Continuing
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Salary: $71,816 - $82,488 (UOM 5)
Role & Superannuation rate: Professional - Full time - 17% super
The Faculty of Arts promotes a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions of all people. People from Indigenous, culturally & linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities are encourage to apply, and if seeking support in submitting an application are welcomed to contact the Faculty by emailing their contact details and position number to arts-hr@unimelb.edu.au
About the role
Alumni are the largest stakeholder group within the University of Melbourne Community and the Faculty of Arts alone has 80,000 graduates, most of whom are in Australia. Alumni relations seek to harness the knowledge, experiences, networks and financial support of its alumni to assist the University in achieving its goals.
Working under the direction of the Alumni and Industry Relations Manager, and in collaboration with the Associate Dean (Partnerships), the Alumni Relations Officer assists in the development and coordination of a range of engagement programs aimed at increasing the depth and diversity of relationships with the Faculty’s alumni, by contributing to the implementation of the Faculty’s partnership strategy and working with other key personnel in the University to align alumni outreach with fundraising priorities, recruitment and engagement activities.
The Alumni Relations Officer is responsible for building alumni participation and support across all areas of the Faculty as a key contributor to the implementation of a comprehensive alumni engagement plan. The role requires a high level of professionalism and maturity, including strong communication and personal interaction in representing the Faculty and its broad portfolio of disciplines. The Alumni Relations Officer will assist in developing alumni relationships with existing and future alumni and will be the first point of contact for Faculty alumni.
The Alumni Relations Officer will also assist in conducting research and contributing to development briefings and reports, as required. They will maintain alumni profiles and identify opportunities for volunteering.
They will also provide assistance with other specialised tasks and specific projects.
About you
The ideal incumbent will have equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training, an understanding of the principles and current best practice in building relationships with key stakeholders and fundraising, preferably in an education environment, have highly developed oral and written skills with a demonstrated ability to produce effective written material including correspondence, reports, proposals and promotional materials and a confident capacity to speak in public. Have the ability to carry out broad research on individuals, corporations and foundations, using a variety of research tools including internet, library and database sources, being mindful of privacy laws on the collection of personal information. Have demonstrated capacity to manage a number of concurrent projects in a busy environment.
Applications close: 01 Mar 2020 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
- Mini-site
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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