Communications Coordinator at Duma works

Alumni & Communications Coordinator Job Responsibilities

Alumni Role

• Communicating with an alumni community of more than 6,000 graduates across various platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, text).
• Leading Generation’s mentorship program by identifying alumni mentors and matching them to students in current classes.
• Scheduling and organising alumni events (e.g., networking, reunions, short courses) for alumni members.
• Forming and maintaining an active alumni steering committee where each member has assigned actions and timelines.
• Providing content and carrying out editorial duties for the alumni newsletter.
• Developing an alumni fundraising plan to encourage in-kind and financial contributions to support ongoing
• Generation operations.
• Collecting and sharing employer and student success stories.
• Attending national and international events for Generation alumni communities.

Communication Role

• Delivering marketing activities and communications campaigns to engage stakeholders (including donors, employers, students and government organizations)
• Standardizing communications materials across all functions and programs within Generation.
• Coordinating and delivering and social media activity for Generation across a range of channels.
• Supporting outreach and engagement activity with relevant stakeholders.
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of campaigns and activities, and making recommendations where applicable.
• Coordinating and writing of copy and content for a range of media including print and digital.
• Supporting media activity, with the sourcing of stories from across the organisation and student body to raise the profile.

Qualifications for the Alumni & Communications Coordinator Job

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Degrees in areas such as social science, business and marketing or communications will be advantageous.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience.
• Project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in events / communications / digital marketing preferable.
• “Do-er” mind-set, with a passion for the start-up environment, fast-changing priorities and achieving challenging goals.
• Well-developed sense of attention to detail.
• Interest in working in a fast-growing organization and being an integral part of aggressive scale efforts.
• A positive, solutions-oriented attitude, drive for excellence, and ability to be a team player.