Community Engagement Officer

Contract Type: Fixed term for 12 months (to cover maternity leave)

Working Pattern: 

Part-time, working 30 hours per week over 4 or 5 days, working days to be agreed with the successful candidate

If you enjoy collaborating to deliver innovative projects that make a real difference, this post could be the ideal job for you!

University of Sheffield’s Campaigns and Alumni Relations office (CAR) reconnects alumni (former students) with their university and encourages them to provide support in whatever way they can, both through volunteering and/or financially.

Working in our small, friendly volunteering team, you’ll play a key part in growing our sector-leading Alumni Volunteer Programme. In this varied and dynamic role, you’ll engage with a diverse, global community of alumni and facilitate exciting and rewarding opportunities for them to give their time to the University by getting involved in events and activities to support students. You’ll have lead responsibility for delivering Coach Café, an innovative virtual networking programme connecting students with graduates from across the globe for insight and advice on a wide range of careers.

A natural communicator with a flair for building relationships, you’ll develop a network of volunteers who are passionate about the University and whose talents can help support our aims. Professional, confident and hard-working you’ll use your excellent project management and interpersonal skills to generate support for volunteering activities, both internally and externally.

What we offer:

• 38 days annual leave (including closure days and Bank Holidays), with the possibility to purchase up to ten additional days.
• Up to 5 days of paid time off to cover emergency caring responsibilities.
• A commitment to work life balance including, flexible working opportunities and hybrid working where possible.
• A highly competitive pension scheme.
• Discounts at participating shops and cinemas, and a cycle to work scheme.
• A commitment to your development, with programmes, learning modules and mentoring schemes.
• An inclusive and diverse workplace.
• A commitment to your wellbeing, with confidential emotional support, support for those going through the menopause, experiencing fertility treatment and having a baby, paid leave for IVF treatment and more.

Further information can be found at https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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