The Role

After the successful appointment of the Executive Director of Alumni Engagement and as a demonstration of our commitment to our Alumni and their lifelong learning, we are delighted to advertise 4 key new roles within the team. These roles will be critical to broadening our engagement with Alumni and supporting the vision of the school’s ambitious and transformational ‘Forever Forward’ campaign. 

Do you have strong relationship building skills and have worked previously with Alumni? 

We are looking for an Alumni Volunteer Lead to join the Advancement team on a permanent basis.  

You will be responsible for the strategic development, management, and stewardship of our key volunteer networks across the school. You will deepen the schools’ relationships with our most active volunteers and drive awareness of their contributions both internally and externally. 

You will also be responsible for leading and managing a small team with the key to success being the ability to drive volunteer retention, engagement, and growth, including developing and implementing strategies aligned with the Advancement team and school goals. 

Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of Alumni Engagement strategy with oversight of the Volunteers area, ensuring that plans are aligned to wider Advancement strategy and overall London Business School goals.  

• Lead the development of volunteer plans across Alumni Engagement for the delivery of mutually beneficial activity – overseeing plan implementation to deliver against agreed engagement targets and ensuring alignment with other volunteer activity across the Advancement department. 

• Lead the identification, development, and management of a portfolio of existing alumni leaders, and develop new, strategically important alumni key volunteer relationships to ensure London Business School has a network of substantial, active, and enduring relationships. 

• Create and deliver presentations to internal and external audiences, responding to their questions and issues to support the achievement of the departments and School’s strategic objectives.  

Who we are looking for

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain client relationships at senior levels.  

• Highly skilled in negotiation, networking, and influencing.  

• Experience of consultative sales and developing solutions with demanding clients.  

• Experience of leading a team in a senior level role. 

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location.

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days PLUS extra between Christmas and New Year!
• Generous pension package, 21.4% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health
• Up to 5 days volunteering leave or parent /carer emergency leave

All enjoyed in a Smart (hybrid) Working environment so we’re looking forward to discussing how, where and when you might work best to deliver in your new role.

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large. We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard.

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

Closing Date : 23 May 2023

London Business School