About Us
King’s College London’s Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement (P&A) directorate is proud to work with colleagues across the university and its health partners to help them serve society through world-leading education, research and healthcare. Our work also includes a partnership with the Maudsley Charity in support of children’s mental health initiatives between the university’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.
We are a committed team that brings together fundraisers working across different channels, alongside colleagues who promote King’s College London’s engagement with its worldwide alumni community. Our work is underpinned and enhanced by a range of dedicated professionals in supporting areas covering proposition development, supporter engagement, supporter operations and business operations.
We have an impressive, well-established track record of success in securing support that allows the university and partners to deliver on their missions. This includes our global, award-winning World Questions: King’s Answers campaign, which set the standard in the sector and enabled us to raise substantial funds to help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. Ambitious and innovative, the team has won awards such as a CASE Platinum Award for Fundraising and a CASE Gold Award for Donor Relations and Stewardship. We are strongly values-driven with a focus on sustaining an excellent and supportive culture, which we see as key to creating a successful team that can support the university and its partners in making a real and positive difference to the world we live in.
More on King’s College London
Education
King’s College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. The university is dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place. Through its commitment to exceptional education, impactful research and genuine service to society, King’s College London is creating positive change in its communities, both in London and on the world stage. The Strategic Vision 2029 looks forward to King’s College London’s 200th anniversary in 2029 and sets out ambitious plans in five key areas:
1. Educating the next generation of change-makers
2. Challenging ideas and driving change through research
3. Giving back to society through meaningful service
4. Working with our local communities in London
5. Fostering global citizens with an international perspective
About The Role
This is a truly cross-team role with opportunities to work on multiple different projects and mediums. Supporting both fundraising and alumni focused communications, this role would suit a creatively minded individual who is engaged with social media trends and is as comfortable with basic design work as they are writing.
There will be opportunities to work on the projects that interest you most, suggest improvements to our current ways of working and to meet a wide range of King’s alumni.
This role will be a fundamental part of the team, helping to shape the external personality of the Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement team under clear brand guidelines and goals.
This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract. P&A has a hybrid working approach, with a minimum of 40% of time in the office. Typically, this equates to two days per week, but we’re very happy for colleagues to be in more frequently if they so wish.
We have the right to close the advert earlier than advertised if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential Criteria
1. Experience of digital comms and social media work – knowledge of channel personalities, audiences and trends, and use of third-party tools such as Loomly or Hootsuite
2. Excellent editorial, copywriting and proof-reading skills, including writing for different audiences
3. Interest in content development trends and innovations
4. Experience of building email campaigns following a template, using software such as Mailchimp or Dynamics Marketing App.
5. Experience of using self-service design tools such as Canva and Adobe Express
6. Ability to work well within a team – collaborating to achieve a shared goal
7. Organised and diligent; able to work on multiple projects, prioritising effectively to manage competing deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
Desirable Criteria
1. Experience of reporting on email or social media campaigns
2. Experience with website Content Management Systems
3. Experience of the UK charity or Higher Education sectors
4. Willingness and desire to develop design skills over time
Further Information
We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. In F&SD we want to build a diverse team, which represents the communities served by the organisations we support. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented.
We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements, including part-time, compressed hours and/or job shares, as appropriate.
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.
We offer the opportunity of an “Ask Us Anything” Teams call on 19 February at 2pm. During this call you will be able to ask any questions you might have about the role, the selection process, our department, our core values and work culture, our current hybrid work policy, or simply listen to others’ questions. To join please email paul.brooks@kcl.ac.uk.
This role will have two interview stages, a standard skills-based interview followed (for up to two appointable candidates) by a Core Values interview.
First stage interviews are due to be held on 10 and 11 March. Core Values interviews are due to be held on 18 March.
We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.
Grade and Salary: £38,232 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 107646
Close Date: 23-Feb-2025
Contact Person: Paul Brooks
Contact Details: Paul.brooks@kcl.ac.uk #J-18808-Ljbffr