University of Brighton
Alumni Engagement Manager
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Marketing & Communications
Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb
Salary: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum
Closing Date: Wednesday 05 August 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: MK5228-26-143-R
Are you an experienced communications and engagement professional who enjoys turning alumni connection into advocacy, insight, and opportunity?
The University of Brighton is seeking an Alumni Communications & Engagement Manager to lead an ambitious programme of activity that celebrates our graduates, strengthens lifelong connection to the university, and creates meaningful value for alumni, students, and the wider Brighton community.
Brighton alumni go on to make a difference locally, nationally, and globally — as creatives, innovators, practitioners, leaders, and changemakers. This role sits at the heart of telling those stories and turning pride in our alumni community into advocacy, opportunity, and impact. You will lead activity that showcases the value of a Brighton education, supports student employability and graduate outcomes, and helps prospective students see what is possible through authentic alumni stories.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of the alumni engagement strategic plan, creating meaningful connection and mutually beneficial value for alumni, students, and the university.
- Plan and deliver alumni communications and engagement campaigns that celebrate alumni contribution and showcase professional and personal achievement.
- Build strong relationships with academic and professional service colleagues to identify, align, and deliver alumni volunteering and engagement opportunities.
- Develop and maintain influential relationships with alumni and honorary graduates to support a diverse and representative volunteer and advocacy network.
- Lead an annual cycle of alumni communications and digital content across multiple channels, supporting recruitment priorities and external measures such as Graduate Outcomes.
- Act as the university’s subject-matter expert in alumni relations, identifying opportunities to innovate and maximise positive impact for students.
- Manage the alumni team, ensuring effective delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement of alumni communications, engagement activities, and events.
- Ensure alumni activity is accurately recorded and reported through the department CRM system.
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To Be Effective In This Role, You Will Need
- Proven experience delivering communications, engagement, or relationship-led programmes in a complex organisation.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with experience building trust and influence with internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience delivering multi-channel campaigns.
- Experience developing volunteering, advocacy, or engagement initiatives.
- Educated to degree level or with equivalent professional experience.
- Experience managing and motivating staff.
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Working with us, you will enjoy a competitive salary, generous leave, and a good work-life balance, all within a supportive, collaborative, and values-led university community. This role also has flexible and hybrid working arrangements, as well as opportunities to shape and grow a strategically important area of university engagement. We welcome applications from job sharers.
The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex, and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research, and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.
For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system, with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.
Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.
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