Hiring: Head of Occasions and Alumni on the Laidlaw Basis [FT]

About Us 

The Laidlaw Basis  invests within the training of the underprivileged and underrepresented so as to break the cycle of poverty, scale back inequality and develop a brand new technology of leaders. We imagine training is essentially the most highly effective device to create systemic change. 

In regards to the Position 

We’re looking for a dynamic and devoted particular person to hitch our staff as Head of Occasions and Alumni. On this pivotal position, you may be chargeable for guaranteeing each that our present and alumni Students attend extraordinary digital and in-person gatherings that advance our goal; and that the alumni neighborhood stays related and engaged. 

Key Obligations  

• Create and run on-line and offline occasions, together with the annual Students Convention, World Induction occasions, Worldwide Girls’s Day occasions, Programme Managers occasion, Alumni gatherings, and interesting webinars with influential visitors. 
• Consider the return on funding of occasions, scholarship programming and Basis initiatives; measuring the inputs, outputs, outcomes and impression that make up the speculation of change mannequin. 
• Set and ship the alumni engagement technique forging robust relationships with and for the Scholar neighborhood. 
• Collaborate with the Programme Director and accomplice establishments to ship a seamless transition from present to alumni scholar participation. 
• Handle and keep the Basis CRM and feeder databases. 

Necessities 

• Confirmed expertise curating and delivering small and enormous scale occasions on time and to funds. 
• In depth data and use of CRMs. 
• Robust information mining and analytics. 
• Excel wizard. 
• Group (ideally alumni) communications and convening. 
• Influence measurement and principle of change experience. 
• Rigorous mission administration abilities, permitting you to plan, execute, and consider initiatives whereas adapting to altering wants. 
• Prime college graduate or equal calibre 
• 4 years of related expertise together with proof of promotion / profession development.  

 Good-to-Haves 

• Social media experience, notably LinkedIn teams. 
• Swoogo or different occasion web site experience. 
• Awards ceremony expertise. 
• Go Squared, Zapnito or Eventbrite abilities. 
• Laidlaw accomplice college or enterprise college alumni 

Attributes and Traits 

• Need to make a distinction 
• Totally hands-on 
• Self-motivated and entrepreneurial 
• Collaborative, form and giving 
• Curious, get pleasure from change and overcoming challenges 
• All the time striving for higher with cautious consideration to element and alternatives for enchancment. 

Advantages of Becoming a member of Our Group 

• Massive impression: assist us comply with our mission of reworking lives by inspirational training, creating the following technology of leaders, and fuelling girls in management  
• Quick paced, dynamic, non-bureaucratic atmosphere 
• Break day: get pleasure from 25 days of paid day without work and holidays to recharge 
• Studying and growth: maximise your development inside our studying tradition 

Location 

You will have to be in our London workplace a minimum of two days per week. 

Compensation 

Aggressive, primarily based on expertise. Wage vary: £50,000-£65,000. 

How To Apply 

Electronic mail  contact@laidlawfoundation.com with the topic line “Head of Occasions and Alumni Software”. Embody your CV and a canopy letter explaining why you’ll love to hitch the Laidlaw Basis staff and the place you might have related abilities and expertise. 

Please additionally embrace a hyperlink to your Laidlaw Students Community profile in case you are a Scholar alum. 

Closing date for functions: February 1st 2025. 

🌟 NB – a development thoughts set and a willingness to roll up your sleeves and make issues occur is extra essential to us than a 100% expertise match. In case you imagine in what we do and may exhibit excessive efficiency and productiveness in your present position, please apply!