Alumni Manager
Job Title: Alumni Manager
Team: Learning, Capacity and Insights Team
Contract:
Fixed term with the possibility to continue depending on budget and performance
Level: Foundation/Intermediate
Please refer to our Capability Framework
Salary: Competitive for Not-for-profit organisation
Location: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Poland
Start Date: ASAP
Apply By: Recruitment will occur on rolling basis until the roles are filled. Due to high level of expected interest, candidates are advised to apply early.
ABOUT US
EIT Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is Europe’s foremost climate innovation initiative, entrusted by the European Commission to catalyse transformation through innovation. Headquartered in Amsterdam, with circa 160 people distributed all over the EU, EIT Climate-KIC leads and orchestrates innovation with a community of more than 400. Together we conduct activities in 39 countries. We partner with cities, regions, governments and communities with the highest climate action ambition; providing the framework and expert support to holistically manage the complexity of climate change and deliver accelerated climate action.
EIT Climate-KIC operates as a not-for-profit platform working through public-private partnership, wielding both public and private funding. We consist of 3 Legal entities: a Dutch BV Holding company (for profit) with 14 branches in European jurisdictions, providing grant management, innovation orchestration services, and impact investment advisory owned by a Dutch-based foundation with charity status – Climate-KIC International Foundation – with subsidiaries in the UK.
ABOUT THE ROLE
At EIT Climate-KIC, we have delivered a series of education and learning programmes to build capacities in various levels and ages, from high school students to senior professionals, also including tailored programmes delivered with partners. We are currently developing a new community of learning model, which includes increasing engaging activities with our almost 50,000 alumni. This can happen through organizing events, new leaning journeys, sharing jobs and professional development opportunities, and connecting them with other EIT Climate-KIC activities, such as NetZeroCities and Deep Demonstrations, as well as with the wider EIT Alumni Community.
Key Responsibilities
This role will be supporting the planning and roll-out of the EIT Climate-KIC and Cross-KIC Alumni engagement strategy.
- Support the development of the Cross-KIC Alumni Community in collaboration with the other KICs.
- Support the Alumni Team in planning and managing Alumni activities and tasks, including the organisation of virtual and in-person events, conducting surveys and organising data on EIT Climate-KIC Alumni.
- Provide input into the development of a platform for Alumni and community engagement.
- Scope opportunities for alumni and support their allocation in internships with EIT Climate-KIC partners and leading climate organisations.
- Communicate with Alumni via dedicated channels and support activating the community.
- Develop communication materials to promote alumni events and activities.
Key Working Relationships
Learning, Capacity and Insights Team- Community Team
- Cross-KIC Alumni Coordinators
- Tech Team
- Alumni Representatives
ABOUT YOU
To be successful in this role you will be a driven, engaged and action-oriented community manager, able to communicate clearly and manage activities independently. You are able to draw connections between projects and tasks and are at ease working across teams.
Education/Qualifications
Master’s degree in any field
Experience
- At least one year of demonstrated experience as a project assistant or project manager.
- Proven experience in community engagement and stakeholder/relationship management. This can be done through student-led organisations and volunteer work.
- Experience in project management and in organising and facilitating individual and group (virtual) events.
- Experience in digitalising project/administrative processes, databases and workflows as well as managing them using modern digital tools, such as Canva, Trello, Monday, Slack, Miro, Kahoot, Notion and Zoom.
- Delivering tasks on time and with attention to detail.
- Being an alumnus of Climate-KIC programmes is a plus.
- Willingness to work in a decentralised and international team.
- International experience is desirable.
Skills
- Fluent in English
- Experience or willingness to work with collaborative IT applications (we use Office365 and Microsoft Teams, as well as Miro, Zoom, Mentimeter etc.)
- Excellent at project management.
- Self-organised with good time-management skills and an ability to plan, manage and prioritise a varied workload.
- Design skills are desirable.
Qualities, Personal Style, and Approach
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Candidates must have the right to work in the EU before applying for the position. Ideally, the successful candidate will be based close to an EIT Climate-KIC office, but we support full remote or hybrid forms of working and offer a high degree of flexibility.
Your application should consist of a full curriculum vitae and a covering letter describing concisely how your profile, skills and experience meet the criteria outlined in the person specification, and outlining your interest in and vision for the role.
At EIT Climate-KIC, we are wholeheartedly committed to building a diverse and representative team and an inclusive workplace that values different life experiences and perspectives and encourages personal development, learning and growth.
When recruiting, we look to achieve diversity in the candidate pool. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments that will foster success in potential employees from diverse backgrounds and life situations. And because our team has differing needs and personal circumstances, we offer a high degree of flexibility to accommodate all working patterns. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, our services, programs, and activities.