Professional Networks and Mentoring Manager

Professional Networks and Mentoring Manager

Location: Godalming

Salary: £23,025 per annum based on 0.6 FTE

Hours: 22.5 hours per week (0.6 FTE) working 09.00 17.30 hours (with an unpaid lunch hour), across three days per week (Monday to Friday), although the demands of the role are such that working outside these times may be required, including evening and weekends.

Our clients school is beautiful and a wonderful place to live and work. It was founded in 1611 and moved to its present magnificent 250-acre site near Godalming in Surrey in 1872. Few schools can offer such a splendid backdrop for teaching and learning, and the School community is very strong, with excellent relationships between pupils and staff.

The Role

The School seeks to appoint a Professional Networks & Mentoring Manager to work closely with stakeholders and colleagues to deliver a rolling programme of alumni mentoring and professional networking activities.

The External Relations Departments aim is to deliver the gold-standard in stakeholder-centred engagement and messaging (within the UK education sector), in order to:

• Position the school as a first-choice destination school for academically able pupils seeking a premium independent boarding-style education.
• Engage effectively, creatively and consistently with all stakeholder groups (parents, alumni, pupils, staff, friends)
• Deliver engagement, marketing, communications and events strategies which enable the School to proactively influence the decision making of all of its key audiences.
• Drive significant additional value to all income generating elements of the School (pupil recruitment, customer satisfaction, donations, commercial activity.)

Key Responsibilities

• To develop and manage a multi-year activity plan for alumni and parent engagement in mentoring and professional networking.
• Responsible for delivering key alumni and parent engagement activities and events such as their annual programme of professional networking events and careers breakfasts alongside identifying volunteering opportunities and additional careers-focused events and opportunities.
• To work closely with fundraisers to ensure that professional networking activity links effectively and appropriately into planned fundraising activity (e.g. through the regular giving programme, bespoke individual approaches to prospective donors and the development of relationships with corporate partners).
• Support colleagues in the delivery of the Schools FutureU programme, contributing to a range of employability and professional development activity to benefit pupils. Facilitate stakeholder involvement in careers workshops, talks, networking events and any other activity which could support the Schools FutureU activities.
• Manage and deliver a growing mentoring programme in support of peer to-peer alumni mentoring, training, and key skills development. Identify areas where this activity could be rolled out to pupils.
• Manage the schools Connect (their online community platform) helping with enquiries for mentoring and providing support for mentors and mentees. Provide content for all of the Schools marketing channels, promoting the positive outcomes of mentoring and professional networking activities. Manage the contribution of departmental colleagues to the platform.
• To manage a bespoke framework for the School to track measurable outcomes on the impact of the mentoring and professional networking activities undertaken. Continual evaluation and development of their current programmes to keep them relevant for the needs of their alumni and pupils.
• Help maintain comprehensive and accurate records of alumni and parent relations activity on the department database (Raisers Edge), and other applications, and ensure that such information is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
• To keep up to date with sector trends in alumni relations through research, informal and formal networking opportunities and to develop expert knowledge in this area.
• Manage relationships with the OC Club Executive Committee

Skills and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent or possess an equivalent level of skills knowledge and experience.
• Experience of working within alumni relations or a similar professional network-based environment.
• Experience in developing membership programmes and working closely with senior volunteers, senior staff, high-profile individuals, and committees.
• Experience in event management including organising and delivering a wide range of events.
• Experience in using fundraising/relationship databases, ideally Raisers Edge, and their strategic use to support external relations activities.
• Excellent working knowledge of the GDPR and its implications in Foundation work.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrable engagement with suitable networks or professional bodies with a commitment to continued professional development.
• Good knowledge of communications and event planning, methods and techniques.
• Good working knowledge of website content management systems and/or email marketing software.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable School, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

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