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Aalto University

Alumni Engagement Manager

Espoo

FULL TIME

October 4, 2024

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs across disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow, and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Aalto has six schools with 14 000 students, 400 professors and nearly 4 500 other faculty and staff. Our dynamic campus is in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland.

Our 100 000 alumni in more than 100 countries are important members of our community. We provide alumni with opportunities to network, participate, develop their skills and support the university in building a sustainable future.

Embracing diversity, we actively work to ensure an inclusive environment and warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join us.

We are now looking for

Alumni Engagement Manager

Do you have a passion for community building and connecting people from diverse backgrounds?

We are looking for a visionary professional to join us in building a thriving alumni community, which brings lifetime value to its members.

Your role

In this role, you will contribute to the development and nurturing of an inclusive international alumni community, enabling our alumni to network, participate, engage in lifewide learning and give back to their alma mater.

Your responsibilities will cover planning and coordinating Aalto University’s interaction with alumni in Finland and abroad, for example, organising get-togethers and bigger alumni community events, developing and providing alumni with opportunities to join the university’s activities and events as well as support the university through donations and other ways of giving back.

You will be a member of the Alumni Engagement team and work closely with the Donor Engagement team, which both belong to the Advancement and Corporate Engagement Services unit at Aalto, including also Corporate Relations, Career Design and the CRM and Analytics.

You will collaborate with the Aalto University Alumni Network Board and Council, Aalto’s six schools, as well as with our Communications and Learning Services. You will also collaborate with actors of the university’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

You are ambitious and a strategic thinker who enjoys working in a hands-on environment. You are skilled at delivering projects and tasks from start to finish, both independently and as part of a team. You are a natural networker, who has a solid understanding of community building and engaging people. You are skilled at planning and organising meetings and events, encouraging collaboration and inspiring people from diverse backgrounds. Your way of working aligns with our values of responsibility, courage, and collaboration.

What we offer

In this role, you can make a meaningful contribution to the development of Aalto's diverse alumni community.

The Aalto campus is an inspiring environment to work with the talented and motivated people in our community. The campus has beautiful architecture and soothing natural surroundings, cafés, restaurants and other amenities. The metro and the Jokeri tram provide easy access. We offer health services and other welfare benefits, and we encourage our employees to develop their skills.

The position is permanent, with a salary of EUR 4100-4800 per month, depending on the candidate's previous experience.

What will help you to succeed in this role:

Experience on:

community building, networking and nurturing collaboration in a diverse international setting

higher education fundraising or a related field in philanthropy

designing and organising encounters, from local get-togethers to bigger events

utilizing digital platforms and social media in community building and networking

marketing communications and creating narratives

Managing with data, CRM and data analytics

A university degree.

Fluency in written and spoken English. Other languages are an asset.

Strong collaborative and interpersonal communication skills.

Ready to apply?

If you want to join our community, please submit your application, including a motivation letter (max. 2 pages) and CV in a single PDF, through our recruitment system at the latest on Monday October 21, 2024.

If you are already an Aalto employee, please apply with your employee profile through the Workday system (internal jobs/sisäiset työpaikat).

For more information about the position, please contact:

Supervisor: Annika Linna, Head of Alumni Engagement, tel. +358 40 860 2600, on Thursday, Oct 10 at 14.00-15.00.

Camilla Wardi, Head of Donor Engagement, tel. +358 40 560 5964, on Thursday, Oct 10 at 15.00-16.00.

We cannot respond to email enquiries.

More about Aalto University:

Aalto.fi

youtube.com/user/aaltouniversity

linkedin.com/school/aalto-university/

www.facebook.com/aaltouniversity

instagram.com/aaltouniversity

twitter.com/aaltouniversity

More about Aalto University:

Aalto.fi

youtube.com/user/aaltouniversity

linkedin.com/school/aalto-university/

www.facebook.com/aaltouniversity

instagram.com/aaltouniversity

twitter.com/aaltouniversity

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