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Campaign Events Officer

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
Jan 31, 2019

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Sector
Pharmaceutical, Sales
Hours
Full Time
Organization Type
University and College
Jobseeker Type
Academic (e.g. 'Lecturer')

Job Details

Job Purpose

Do you have outstanding events skills and are ready to be part of a high performing team? Do you want to be part of the largest fundraising and volunteering campaign ever undertaken in the Midlands? We are now in the planning stages of our next campaign. Inspired by our founder, Joseph Chamberlain, it will change lives locally and globally.It will be unique and ambitious and will place Birmingham as one of the leading fundraising and volunteering universities in the world.

We are looking to recruit a Campaign Events Officer to be part of our outstanding Engagement Team. The Campaign Events Officer will work with the events team to deliver the overall Development and Alumni Relations (DARO) events programme to alumni and friends of the University. The post holder will have a specific Campaign remit, and will work closely with the Events Partner and Head of Alumni Engagement to deliver a wide range of creative and innovative Campaign related events and activities. An ambitious calendar of global events are planned to launch the campaign and this role will be a key element in achieving a dynamic and high profile launch.

Our University has a proud history of philanthropy stretching back to its foundation in 1900.With a clear vision to change the lives of the people of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain raised the funds required to build the University from citizens and corporations based locally and around the globe. Since then philanthropy has continued to play an important role in shaping the University. There have been a number of fundraising campaigns, including a £1m urgent capital appeal after the Second World War and a £1.4m campaign to fund the Vale ‘student village' in the 1960s. In 2015 we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign, raising £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London.

The University has global reach, including several partnerships with other leading universities around the world, and is grounded in its local community, having opened the first fully comprehensive University secondary school in the country in 2015. We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 11 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016. Academics here are exploring the impact of climate change, helping to prevent global health epidemics, and changing our understanding of Shakespeare. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK.

DARO exists to support this academic and student community by engaging, inspiring, and celebrating alumni, individuals, and charitable funders who give their money, time, and networks to support the University's strategic priorities. The Office, which is comprised of 50 staff across five teams, is focused on fundraising and volunteering from alumni and individuals who are passionate about changing lives, through funding various research trials, supporting student bursaries, mentoring students, and providing internships.

Person Specification

Strategic thinking & perspective

  • A good understanding of the impact of the DARO events programmes, and a demonstrable ability to initiate and manage new activities.
  • Strong understanding of the impact of the DARO events and international programmes, and the role these play in achieving University and DARO objectives.
  • An understanding of the needs of individuals within a complex business environment, for example the challenges faced by academics and academic project champions within the University as it relates to the Campaign.

 

Communication

  • Effective, confident communicator with people at all levels (written and verbal), including face to face interaction with alumni, donors and staff.
  • Understanding of and the ability to represent, orally and in writing, plans and event data in a concise manner.
  • Ability to produce newsletters, presentations, speeches and information in an interesting and informative way.
  • Confidence to interact with leaders and senior managers of the University.
  • The ability to represent the University with confidence, diplomacy and authority.
  • Proactive in developing relationships with colleagues in other areas (both within and outside the University) and confident to offer advice and guidance when required.

 

General - Essential

  • Significant experience of event or project management.
  • Experience of managing a complex events programme, with multiple projects running simultaneously.
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Ability to prioritise own workload, remain motivated and meet strict deadlines.
  • Outstanding organisational skills with a demonstrable ability to work under own initiative.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Experience of and passion for relationship management and engaging with a variety of individuals.
  • Good all-round IT skills including an ability to learn new software packages quickly.
  • The post holder should be able to demonstrate competence across all aspects of MS Office (intermediate/advanced user of Excel and intermediate user of Word and PowerPoint), email and the internet.
  • The desire to support colleagues in the achievement of their individual and the collective goals and to celebrate others' success as positively as your own.
  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve development and alumni events.
  • The ability to work calmly, efficiently and effectively, both in a team and independently.
  • The ability to use data to interpret wider contextual issues and vice versa.
  • Methodical and meticulous with a high level of attention to detail.
  • Flexible, proactive, and solutions-focussed. Commitment to the vision and values of DARO and the University.
  • The flexibility to work out of hours to manage events, for instance at evenings and weekends, and to travel as appropriate within the UK. An understanding of the implications of the Data Protection Act and GDPR.

 

General - Desirable

  • Experience of working with large CRM systems.
  • Experience of updating webpages.
  • The ability to brief VIPs and key University and alumni contacts.

 

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