Senior Alumni Engagement Officer

Reporting to: Deputy Director of Development and Engagement Main purpose of the role: The Senior Alumni Engagement Officer will report to the Deputy Director of Development and Engagement in all activities related to alumni relations. In this central role, they will oversee the growth and development of our Alumni Engagement programme, building a network of strong relationships across the Old Brightonian (OB) community and raising philanthropic funds for the school. Role Overview: This role would suit an ambitious marketing and relationship management professional, looking for a broad role within an exciting and high-performing team. You will be joining the team at a pivotal time, as we launch a new fundraising and engagement strategy, following the completion of another successful capital campaign. General Duties and Responsibilities: Alumni Fundraising Working closely with the Director of Development to manage a portfolio of prospective donors, cultivating relationships and guiding them through the prospect pipeline. Soliciting donations from alumni donors in support of the school's strategic vision. Identifying new prospective donors and volunteers, sharing relevant leads with other members of the Development team as appropriate. Working with the Development Manager to provide excellent stewardship to a portfolio of donors and volunteers. Supporting the Development team in key fundraising campaigns such as giving days and Legacy appeals strategically involving the portfolio as appropriate. Alumni Volunteering Working with Development colleagues and the school's Futures Team to support the pupil and OB career development programme, including mentoring, work experience and advice. Identifying and recruiting alumni volunteers to support the school and wider College and alumni community. Using Brighton College Connect (the school's alumni networking platform) to generate, support and promote mentoring relationships from and for the OB community. Supporting the Deputy Director of Development & Engagement in managing the relationships with alumni groups e.g. OB ambassadors, sport clubs and reunion volunteers. Alumni Communications and Digital Engagement Writing engaging stories for oldbrightonians .com, liaising with Old Brightonians to source content for news and features. Managing the social media for OBs across multiple platforms, ensuring that each platform has a unique voice and purpose within the overall alumni strategy. Promoting engagement with social media channels where relevant, recording key interactions to the database in support of the engagement strategy. Acting as a master user on Brighton College Connect. Leading on increasing engagement from the OB community to Brighton College Connect, working with the Deputy Director of Development and Engagement to create and implement new strategies for the platform. Compiling the monthly e-newsletter and ad hoc email communications to OBs via the CRM (Raiser's Edge). Supporting the Deputy Director of Development & Engagement in the annual production and proofing for The Pelican alumni magazine. Generating reports on alumni digital engagement. Other Role Requirements: Acting as the first point of contact for Old Brightonians contacting the school. Attending and hosting events where required (evening and weekend work with time off in lieu). Conducting tours of the College for the OB community. Supporting the Deputy Director of Development & Engagement in the provision and management of the Old Brightonians shop through stock management, record keeping and ordering merchandise. Person Specification: The successful candidate will have experience in the following areas: Exceptional interpersonal skills and the confidence and ability to develop strategic relationships with senior stakeholders Strong copy writing skills, with excellent grammar and proofing skills Have excellent time management skills and a demonstrable ability to multitask Good financial acumen with strong numeracy Good level of IT competency and experience of Microsoft Office packages Be self-disciplined and motivated Excellent attention to detail An enthusiasm for education and the independent school system Desirable: Previous experience of relationship fundraising or relationship management Analytical and interpretative skills Experience of using CRMs and digital marketing platforms Previous experience of proofing copy Understanding of fundraising best practice, Gift Aid and GDPR legislation Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm with a 60 minute unpaid lunch break (37.5 hours per week). In addition to this, the post-holder will be required to work some evenings and weekend events for which time in lieu will be given. Remuneration: The Salary for this role will be £30,000 per annum. Holidays: 23 days, plus bank holidays increasing to 28 days plus bank holidays after 2 years of service. Benefits: Complimentary lunch is provided. Free tickets to the College's music, dance and drama performances. Job specific Learning and Development programme available to all employees. Life Cover is provided whilst working at Brighton College after successfully passing probation period. Brighton College provides a contributory pension scheme with matching contributions from the employer up to 9%, which all eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into within three months of commencement of employment. Perkbox: Employee benefit and rewards platform which provides access to a wide range of discounts, employee benefits and wellbeing resources. Wellbeing: Significantly subsidised gym membership for the School of Science and Sport is available, which includes access to yoga and Pilates classes and use of the gym and swimming pool. Healthy heart checks. Meditation sessions. Generous sickness policy. Access to books, magazines and DVDs from the College Library. Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities: Brighton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the College's pre-employment medical questionnaire, relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The College is committed to ensuring that the recruitment and selection of staff is conducted in a manner that is systematic, efficient and effective and promotes equality of opportunity. Our full equal opportunities policy is available on the 'Careers' page of our website. For full details of the role please see the Job Profile Document on our application page.