About Us

King’s Business School connects people with possibilities. At the heart of the world’s greatest city, and one of the world’s great universities, we benefit from unrivalled access to global hubs of finance, technology, and policy-making.

Our thinking helps organisations navigate the complexities of global challenges, valuing profit with purpose, success with sustainability. And our teaching sharpens the minds and shapes the character of graduates who can lead the way in making the world a better place.

About the role

As Senior Alumni & Stakeholder Engagement Officer you will be responsible for delivering a portfolio of innovative engagement and volunteering initiatives for King’s Business School alumni community and external stakeholders. Reporting to the Head of Alumni & Stakeholder Engagement and working closely with colleagues across the faculty and Fundraising & Supporter Development, you will be creative in your approach, providing a range of opportunities for alumni and stakeholders to meaningfully connect with and support King’s Business School. You’ll have the opportunity to lead projects from start to finish, setting goals, measuring success, and evaluating impact of activities.

A key element of this role is to strengthen senior alumni and stakeholder engagement across academic and strategic faculty activities. You will manage relationships with a portfolio of alumni and connect them with volunteering and engagement opportunities which advances the School’s strategy.

The role will deliver personalised relationship management and engagement to the School’s key stakeholder groups. In doing so, it will develop new and creative ways to engage our community with the School’s work.

The successful candidate will bring excellent organisational and project management skills combined with set goals, evaluate impact, and make recommendations for improvement. They will need to be a great relationship builder and confident communicating with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

You will be part of an External Engagement Team within King’s Business School with a dotted line to the College’s Fundraising and Supporter Development. The post-holder will need to demonstrate ability to build effective relationships and projects across both departments.

This is a full time, and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Significant event or project management experience
2. Proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
4. Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
5. Knowledge of digital events tools such as webinars and/or online community platforms
6. Ability to prioritise workload and juggle simultaneous commitments
7. Flexible approach and willingness to attend events/commitments outside of regular office hours and travel internationally when required
8. Team player attitude with a willingness to step in to support others where needed
9. Experience efficiently managing budgets and monitoring ROI

Desirable criteria

1. Educated to degree level or equivalent
2. Experience working in higher education or similar setting
3. Experience of working in alumni relations and/or membership organisation or charities
4. Familiarity with Raiser’s Edge, Microsoft Dynamics or other relationship management software
5. Line management experience

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full 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 Information

We 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.

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 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 review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.

Interview Process:

This role includes three stages of interviews: an online panel interview with a written test, a second online interview, and a Core Values interview. 

• Panel Interview with written test: 2 - 3 September
• Second interview: 4 - 5 September 
• Core Values interview: 6 September

We not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.