Alumni Engagement Manager

Queen Mary University of London - School of Business & Management

Placed On: 19th February 2026
Closes: 8th March 2026
Job Ref: 9024

About the Role

The Alumni Engagement Manager plays a central role in strengthening relationships between the School of Business and Management and its alumni community, both in the UK and globally. Responsible for developing and delivering an ambitious alumni engagement strategy, the role focuses on increasing alumni participation, while enhancing student recruitment, employability and the wider student experience. Working closely with School colleagues and central alumni teams, the post-holder will lead events and communications programmes, manage staff and budgets, and establish clear metrics to demonstrate impact and guide future development.

About You

You are an experienced and proactive alumni engagement or development professional with a strong track record of building meaningful relationships and delivering high-quality engagement activities, ideally within a higher education, charity or membership-based environment. You combine excellent communication and project management skills with a creative, audience-focused approach to events, communications and community-building. Highly organised and confident working independently, you are comfortable managing budgets, using CRM systems, working with senior stakeholders, and balancing multiple priorities, with a genuine commitment to inclusivity, collaboration and service excellence.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London is a dynamic, research-intensive school with a strong international reputation for excellence in teaching and scholarship. With a diverse community of over 3,000 students and more than 150 staff, the School offers a wide portfolio of undergraduate, postgraduate and collaborative programmes. Located within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School is committed to inclusive education, impactful research and meaningful engagement with industry, policy and society, supporting students to thrive in a global and rapidly changing business environment.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.