King's College London

Job id: 155445 . Salary: £45,031 - £52,514 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance . Posted: 14 August 2026 . Closing date: 06 September 2026 . Business unit: Faculty of Arts & Humanities . Department: Arts & Humanities Faculty Office . Contact details: Rob Templing . robert.d.templing@kcl.ac.uk Location: Strand Campus . Category: Professional & Support Services . Back to job search About us: This role sits within the new Engagement and Enterprise team within the world-renowned Faculty of Arts and Humanities at King’s College London.  The team will build an innovative third-stream education portfolio, transform our educational offer around skills building and industry engagement, and drive forward industry-focussed research and commercialisation collaborations. Its aim is to increase the impact of Arts & Humanities research and teaching, in particular in relation to the cultural and creative industries sectors, to ensure the financial sustainability and excellence of our education offer and to capitalise on the potential of our central London location to co-create a thriving creative cultural ecosystem and campus. The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is located in the centre of the Northbank District of London’s Heritage Quarter, surrounded by galleries, theatres, museums, heritage sites and thousands of businesses, which range from FTSE 100 companies to the rich local ecosystem of creative SMEs and startups. The new team will catalyse the engagement and enterprise opportunities emerging from King’s unique central London location to create a sustainable and dynamic future for the faculty and its students. We will work with local commercial and cultural partners to animate the Strand Aldwych site to create a flourishing campus and environment. About the role: Arts & Humanities is seeking to appoint an Alumni & Stakeholder Engagement Manager to develop and implement a dynamic programme of events, volunteering opportunities and communications, to support and engage our diverse global alumni community, and to develop philanthropic opportunity where relevant. Supporting the strategic ambitions of Arts & Humanities, this role sits within the Faculty Engagement function with a dotted line to the Head of Alumni Relations within the central Alumni Relations function, Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement (P&A) As Alumni & Stakeholder Engagement Manager, you will lead on all aspects of the Faculty’s Alumni Relations Programme, working closely with academics, Faculty and P&A colleagues to identify meaningful opportunities for alumni to connect, enabling them to connect with lifelong learning opportunities, and contributing to the student experience. The role would be suitable for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, knowledge of alumni engagement strategies, the ability to multitask and a drive for service improvements. As a significantly place-/relationship-focussed role, we expect the postholder to spend a significant proportion of their time on campus. While flexible / hybrid working will be possible, we expect the postholder to need to attend campus no less than three days per week on average, adopting a flexible approach as befits the needs of the role. This role will require the postholder to adopt a flexible approach to work, including willingness to attend a significant number of commitments outside of office hours, and to travel internationally when required. This role is full time (35hrs) and you will be offered an indefinite contract About you: To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteria Educated to degree level, or with relevant professional experience Outstanding interpersonal and relationship-building skills; confident in working with stakeholders from all backgrounds and levels of seniority. A flair for creating engagements that are interesting, useful and enjoyable for all parties. Experience of strategic planning and the ability to follow through with delivery (on time and on budget) with high attention to detail. Ability to robustly evaluate activities against stated aims, budgets and strategy; and the fortitude to recommend changes in direction where necessary. Ability to influence and collaborate productively with a range of internal and external stakeholders and bring others along with new ideas and innovations Exceptional communication skills across all platforms and channels and familiarity with CRM management, such as Raiser’s Edge or other systems. Ability to work under own initiative, think creatively and solve problems when they arise, and to manage time and priorities effectively. Desirable criteria Higher Education alumni relations experience Existing membership of, or engagement with, relevant professional networks in this field Downloading a copy of our Job Description Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. Further Information At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance. 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 person specification section of the job description. 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. Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, and we recognise its growing role in professional work. Applicants may use AI tools to support preparation of their application, for example to research the role or structure written responses. However, applications must reflect the applicant’s own work and experience. AI tools should not be used during interviews or assessment activities unless this has been agreed in advance as a reasonable adjustment. Further guidance on the use of AI in recruitment can be found here . We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages. Interviews are due to be held on 18/09/2026. Apply now Apply now

• Arts & Humanities is seeking to appoint an Alumni & Stakeholder Engagement Manager to develop and implement a dynamic programme of events, volunteering opportunities and communications, to support and engage our diverse global alumni community, and to develop philanthropic opportunity where relevant.
• Supporting the strategic ambitions of Arts & Humanities, this role sits within the Faculty Engagement function with a dotted line to the Head of Alumni Relations within the central Alumni Relations function, Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement (P&A)
• As Alumni & Stakeholder Engagement Manager, you will lead on all aspects of the Faculty’s Alumni Relations Programme, working closely with academics, Faculty and P&A colleagues to identify meaningful opportunities for alumni to connect, enabling them to connect with lifelong learning opportunities, and contributing to the student experience.
• The role would be suitable for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, knowledge of alumni engagement strategies, the ability to multitask and a drive for service improvements.
• As a significantly place-/relationship-focussed role, we expect the postholder to spend a significant proportion of their time on campus.
• While flexible / hybrid working will be possible, we expect the postholder to need to attend campus no less than three days per week on average, adopting a flexible approach as befits the needs of the role.
• This role will require the postholder to adopt a flexible approach to work, including willingness to attend a significant number of commitments outside of office hours, and to travel internationally when required.
• This role is full time (35hrs) and you will be offered an indefinite contract

• To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
• Educated to degree level, or with relevant professional experience
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• confident in working with stakeholders from all backgrounds and levels of seniority.
• A flair for creating engagements that are interesting, useful and enjoyable for all parties.
• Experience of strategic planning and the ability to follow through with delivery (on time and on budget) with high attention to detail.
• Ability to robustly evaluate activities against stated aims, budgets and strategy
• and the fortitude to recommend changes in direction where necessary.
• Ability to influence and collaborate productively with a range of internal and external stakeholders and bring others along with new ideas and innovations
• Exceptional communication skills across all platforms and channels and familiarity with CRM management, such as Raiser’s Edge or other systems.
• Ability to work under own initiative, think creatively and solve problems when they arise, and to manage time and priorities effectively.
• Higher Education alumni relations experience
• Existing membership of, or engagement with, relevant professional networks in this field