Head of Community Engagement

The Head of Community Engagement is responsible for building and managing strategic relationships with the local stakeholder community with the goal of enriching their relationships with the School in order to strengthen positive awareness and to generate potential program revenue opportunities for HEC Paris Doha. Stakeholders include Alumni (priority) future and current participants corporate and government entities professional associations academic partners among others

• Develop an annual strategic plan to build affinity and increase engagement with HEC Paris among our local stakeholder community;
• Conceive and manage the event strategy overseeing an event coordinator responsible for event logistics;
• Manage and develop one direct report providing coaching performance feedback and professional development support;
• Identify communities and community leaders HEC Paris should be engaging with and generate opportunities to connect;
• Serve as a key member of the HEC Alumni Engagement team and as a focal point for alumni and other external organizations in Qatar and the region;
• Be the institutional focal point for both internal and external statistical reporting and data analysis concerning the stakeholder community and results of activities. You will be required to collaborate with various HEC Paris departments to obtain compile organize and produce the reports. Particular attention will be paid to alumni records and reporting;
• Provide analytics and reporting of events and activities to measure community engagement and make recommendations to upper management for changes or development of new programs as relevant;
• Promote and support stakeholder engagement programs in collaboration with HEC Paris the HEC Alumni Foundation in Paris and the HEC Alumni Community based in Qatar and the region;
• Provide support in the design and communication of alumni-specific open-enrollment programs and/or other programs that target specific stakeholders;
• Oversee a referral program for both degree and non-degree programs in particular coming from alumni;
• Work closely across departments (sales marketing admissions and custom programs) in collaborative initiatives to promote community engagement;
• Conduct research about alumni and other stakeholder engagement suggest and implement events and programs to build engagement (eg. distinguished alumni awards alumni speaker series mentoring opportunities hosting alumni events at professional conferences commencements etc.); design targeted activities to engage specific stakeholder groups;
• Lead focus groups with alumni and other stakeholder groups designed to provide market insights feedback and continuous improvement to HEC Paris;
• Manage the local external contact database maintain accurate and complete alumni records on a regular basis;
• Oversee communications with the Alumni and stakeholder community in Qatar and the region including social media as a vehicle for building global networks;
• Generate contact with local and regional organizations companies and recruitment firms to create awareness about hiring HEC Paris graduates.
• Educate HEC program participants about alumni benefits.

• Masters degree in Business or related field preferred
• 10 years work experience preferably in the education industry
• HEC Paris alumni are strongly encouraged to apply
• Previous experience in alumni and community engagement strongly preferred but not required
• Track record in data management (data collection reporting and analysis) and advanced Excel skills
• Strong organizational and project planning skills able to multitask
• Track record in fostering relationships with various stakeholders
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Ability to strategize build and implement constituency programs and events
• Excellent interpersonal and intercultural skills together with the ability to work collaboratively and courteously with varied stakeholders including executives
• Ability to anticipate problems and generate solutions quickly
• Energetic strong work ethic initiative an eye for detail and brand conscious
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment
• Ability to travel and work…