Careers, Enterprise & Alumni Engagement & Campaigns Officer

Salary: £32,000 - £36,000 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Careers, Employability, Enterprise & Alumni Data Manager

Department: Careers, Employability, Enterprise & Alumni

This role can be based at our Birmingham, London (Ealing, Holborn or Stratford), or Manchester Campus. This will be a hybrid model, with attendance on campus typically required 1-2 days per week, depending on business needs. Occasional travel to other campus locations, including Berlin, may also be required. Our working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for 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.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partners, and expand our locations.

Arden’s Careers, Enterprise, Employability & Alumni team is dynamic, supportive, and forward-thinking. We empower students and graduates with personalised guidance, curriculum embedded careers education, and strong employer and alumni networks. Recently shortlisted for national awards, we’re a growing team making a real difference to student success and graduate outcomes.

As our Careers, Enterprise and Alumni Engagement & Campaigns Officer, you'll play a pivotal role in connecting students and graduates with the opportunities, services and support available through Arden University's Careers, Employability, Enterprise and Alumni team. You'll be responsible for creating and delivering engaging campaigns and communications that inspire participation, increase awareness and strengthen engagement across our diverse student and alumni communities.

Working across a variety of digital and in-person channels, you'll develop compelling content for social media, newsletters, webpages and community platforms, ensuring our messaging is engaging, accessible and aligned with the Arden brand. You'll collaborate closely with colleagues across Careers, Employability, Enterprise and Alumni, as well as Marketing and Student Experience teams, to deliver coordinated campaigns that promote events, employability initiatives, enterprise opportunities and alumni activities.

This is a varied and dynamic role combining campaign management, content creation, stakeholder engagement and performance analysis. You'll support live events through content capture and promotional activity, maintain key digital platforms including Always Arden, and use engagement insights to continually enhance the effectiveness of campaigns and communications.

If you're passionate about creating meaningful engagement, telling authentic stories and helping students and graduates connect with opportunities that support their success, we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking for a talented communicator with experience delivering campaigns, communications or engagement activities that drive audience participation and engagement. You'll be comfortable creating content for a range of platforms and audiences, with excellent writing skills and the ability to adapt your tone and approach to suit different channels.

You’ll have a creative mindset combined with strong organisational skills, enabling you to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment. Experience using digital platforms, social media and email communications is essential, along with the confidence to capture content in live environments and support the promotion of events and activities.

A strong collaborator, you'll enjoy building relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across the University, working together to develop engaging campaigns that support participation across campus-based, distance learning and…