Alumni Events Coordinator
Description
The Opportunity
Are you customer-centric and believe in the importance of community building? Do you have a passion for planning and organising events to help grow alumni engagement with their alma mater? Are you action-oriented, capable of listening and translating ideas into events and targeted communication? If so, we want you on our team!
Job Summary
The Alumni Events Coordinator is a full-time role based in London that will work in close coordination with the wider Alumni Relations team to develop and rollout events tailored towards the needs of recent graduates (0-3 years post-graduation) and the broader alumni community, both undergraduate and postgraduate. He/she will be responsible for continuous monitoring of satisfaction across a portfolio of graduating classes from different programs and ensure we are delivering tailored experiences (networking, virtual and in person events, and lifelong learning) that meet their needs.
The role will require an in depth understanding of the alumni journey, close coordination across stakeholders (careers, academics, student services, etc.) and campuses (Boston, London, San Francisco and Dubai), targeted outreach to prospective speakers in the alumni community, academic and external circles.
This role will report into the Head of Alumni Experience & Communities, responsible for setting and implementing strategy for the Alumni Community, and partner as a team with the Alumni Community Impact Manager and Alumni Communications Officer.
Responsibilities
- Establish programming (events on- and offline) in coordination with key stakeholders targeting the needs of diverse alumni segments as it relates to networking, careers, and lifelong learning.
- Plan and execute alumni events, in line with the strategic priorities of the Alumni Relations team.
- Collaborate closely with Enrollment teams and Alumni Chapters in strategic locations on and off campus, to design high impact events.
- Coordinate with the Alumni Community Impact Manager and Alumni Communications Officer, to align on engaging different groups of alumni (including the Young Alumni community and undergraduate alumni) and implementing effective promotion of events.
- Source speakers for alumni learning events, virtual speaker series and other career and networking oriented events.
- Based on the alumni response, tailor and continuously innovate the alumni events and programs portfolio.
- Roll out the Class Reunion concept and work with alumni of different graduation years to coordinate class reunions on campus and off-campus locations.
- Establish and achieve a set of KPIs in delivering alumni events programming.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree; Master’s Degree desirable.
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Experience using CRM (Salesforce would be a plus).
- Experience in project management as it relates to event planning and logistics.
- Outstanding communication and listening skills.
- Strong design and presentation skills (desirable).
- Aptitude for working in a diverse, multi-cultural and global organization.
Attributes
- Genuine interest to understand the Alumni Community and their needs.
- Self-starter, comfortable working across different teams and units with a positive/can-do attitude.
- Comfortable with a fast-past, dynamic and agile environment.
- Flexibility to participate in events outside regular work hours during the week and on weekends as needed.
- Occasional travel may be required.
About Us
Hult International Business School is a leading global business school offering a Bachelor’s degree, full-time and part-time Master’s degrees, one year accelerated and part-time Executive MBAs, a Doctoral program and Ashridge Executive Education programs. Hult’s innovative curriculum is taught by inspiring professors who possess real-world business experience. In addition, students gain unrivalled global business perspectives through Hult’s unique Global Campus Rotation – which allows students to study on a combination of Hult’s five campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London and Dubai, as well as Hult’s rotation centres in New York City and Ashridge. With students representing 140 nationalities, Hult is a microcosm of the global economy that rewards those who can conduct business that transcends borders.
At Hult, we believe that education is about so much more than a degree. It is about transformation. Students want skills that will transform their lives. Employers want graduates that will transform their businesses. Society wants businesses that will transform the world. Like all change, it starts with action.
By focusing on what our students can do in the real world, rather than just the theory they study in classrooms, we prioritize those skills and mindsets that are most needed to bring about change—in the careers of the individual, the businesses they work in, and the society we all live in. This belief in the power of learning by doing goes beyond a philosophy; it is the guiding force behind every program we provide, every course we create, every class we run. It is what makes Hult the business school for those made to do. We strive to be the most relevant business school in the world. By using our global reach and always being creative, entrepreneurial, and on the cutting edge, our aim is to have a positive impact on individuals and organizations by transforming their management practices. In so doing, we hope to be the business school of choice for existing and aspiring leaders. We will contribute to sustainable growth, helping leaders to integrate commercial success and societal well-being.
Additional Information
Hult International Business School, Inc. is a non-profit corporation organised in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and accredited by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges to award US degrees. Hult in the UK has the ability to award UK degrees and, in addition, has a strategic alliance with Ashridge, which is a legally separate UK charity which also has the power to award its own UK degrees. Hult and Ashridge present a combined position under a familiar brand and operate as an integrated educational institution that leverages both strengths. Hult is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive salaries and benefits in a global, deeply multicultural working environment.