Deputy Director of Alumni Engagement

About the role

We’re looking for a Deputy Director of Alumni Engagement to help lead a recently transformed team, united by a strong sense of purpose and momentum. You'll have real autonomy here: guiding how our alumni experience keeps evolving, how technology and insight sharpen it, and how a sense of belonging holds together across a truly global community. As a member of the DARO Senior Leadership Team, you’ll shape how the whole office — fundraising, alumni engagement and operations — works together.

About you

• Experience of designing and delivering strategies that increase participation and strengthen life-long connection.
• Experience of leading volunteer, ambassador or stakeholder engagement programmes with openness, curiosity and a readiness to explore new perspectives.
• An evidence-based approach to improving engagement outcomes, using data and insight to guide decisions.
• Experience of reaching across boundaries to exchange ideas and build effective partnerships.
• Experience of inspiring colleagues to create a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

These are skills built in many careers — membership, community engagement, customer experience, charities and beyond. What matters most is your ability to shape strategy, build partnerships, and help people connect, contribute and champion a shared mission.

About us

The Development and Alumni Relations Office connects the University to a global alumni community of 360,000, plus donors and supporters around the world, who share in that ambition. We turn reach into something real: lifelong relationships, lasting engagement, and the philanthropic support that helps the University pursue its biggest ambitions.

What we offer

• 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 30 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
• 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

What’s next

Further information is available in the role profile. To apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now’ to complete your details.

This is a permanent role. Your working hours will be full-time (36.25 hours per week). If you are interested in part-time work (minimum 29 hours per week), we encourage you to apply. Please specify your preferred hours in your application.

If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please contact Jon Ashford-Smith at jonathan.ashford-smith@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.