Alumni Engagement Assistant; Part-time

Salary

£25,073 to £28,108 per annum pro‑rata depending on skills and experience.

Communications and Advocacy

Jubilee Campus

Monday 22 June 2026

REG
536526

The Alumni Engagement Assistant provides high‑quality customer service to our global alumni community, alongside administrative support to the Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO), helping to deliver alumni engagement activity. The role is part of the team supporting a range of engagement activities to build a strong and connected alumni community. This community advocates for the University, volunteers their time, or donates in support of its work.

The successful candidate will need to act as the first point of contact for alumni enquiries and provide general administrative support for activities such as events (digital and in person), event bookings, and room bookings. You will need effective customer service and communication skills, a keen eye for detail, and an ability to identify key issues within complex information.

The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) engages our global community of more than 360,000 alumni in almost 200 countries, so that they continue to thrive. We offer opportunities for alumni, friends and supporters to stay in touch with the university and encourage them to give donations and volunteer their time to support students from a wide range of backgrounds and to contribute to research that changes the world.

• A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
• A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week
• Generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year
• Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work
• We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
• You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website

This vacancy is part‑time (32.75 hours weekly) on a permanent basis.

Please contact Rachael Green (Head of Alumni Engagement – Faculties) on ra if you have further questions about this role. Applications should not be sent directly to this email address.

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and are committed to the aims of the Disability Confident Scheme.

We are the first university to have achieved the Athena Swan Gold Award.

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.