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About the Role
As the Alumni Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of a vibrant alumni engagement programme that strengthens connections between Arden University and its graduates. You will create opportunities for alumni to stay engaged with the University while supporting graduate progression, employability, and lifelong learning.
Responsibilities
- Planning and delivering a range of on-campus, hybrid, and digital alumni activities, including events, engagement campaigns, networking opportunities, and development initiatives.
- Managing alumni engagement pipelines and mentoring opportunities.
- Overseeing the Always Arden alumni platform.
- Collaborating with academic and professional services teams to embed alumni activity throughout the student journey.
- Coordinating alumni contributions to employability initiatives.
- Supporting graduation events across the UK and Berlin.
- Developing impactful alumni stories and case studies.
- Using data, feedback, and insights to continually enhance the alumni offer.
Requirements
- Experience delivering events, programmes, or engagement initiatives.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to influence, collaborate, and deliver shared outcomes across multiple teams.
- Understanding of graduate employability, progression, and lifelong learning.
- Experience planning and delivering activity both in-person and online.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Digital confidence.
- Ability to work independently while managing competing priorities.
- Passion for creating meaningful alumni experiences.
- Commitment to continuous improvement.
- Commitment to helping graduates stay connected, develop their careers, and remain part of the Arden community.
Skills
- Relationship building
- Stakeholder engagement
- Event planning
- Programme delivery
- Engagement initiatives
- Project management
- Communication
- Presentation
- Facilitation
- Interpersonal skills
- Influencing
- Collaboration
- Organisational skills
- Digital confidence
Location
- Birmingham
- London (Ealing, Holborn or Stratford)
- Manchester
- Remote (within commutable distance of a campus)
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Professional experience
Salary/Compensations
- £50,000 - £56,000 per annum
Benefits
- 30 days holiday + bank holidays
- Christmas closure
- Generous Aviva pension plan (company contributions starting from 7%)
- BUPA Cash Plan
- Private Medical Insurance
- Access to Perkbox benefits
- Free study of any Arden course
- Discount for family and friends on Arden courses
- Golden Ticket (gift anyone a free Arden education)
About the Company
- Arden University is an aspirational and multi-award-winning university delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through innovation and digital education.
- Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.
- We are expanding into new disciplines, forging worldwide partnerships, and expanding our locations.
Equal Opportunity
- Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
- As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
- Actively welcome applications from all groups.