Outreach, Recruitment and Marketing

Professional Services

Outreach, Recruitment and Marketing

Salary: £48,149 to £55,755 per annum

Post Type: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: Wednesday 12 November 2025 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: HR0190819-3

Working Model: Hybrid

University of Bradford

At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last two years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2025, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

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Faculty/Directorate

You will join the Engagement and Partnerships directorate, comprising of an Engagement and Events Team, Alumni and Philanthropy Team, and a Corporate Communications team. These teams play a critical role in engaging with the Universitys most high-profile stakeholders at a strategic level. The team safeguards the reputation of the University whilst celebrating its strengths with a regional, national, and global audience through dedicated campaigns, events and communications. This activity includes extensive engagement with our alumni community and mutually beneficial relationships with influential individuals and trusts and foundations, leading to philanthropic giving.

What You Will Be Doing

You will be responsible for leading the Alumni and Philanthropy function, meeting growing aspirational engagement and giving targets. You will provide strategic direction in managing the work of the Alumni and Philanthropy team to achieving continual growth in alumni engagement, volunteering, and giving, which in turn drives the reputation of the University.

You will be responsible for delivering and managing a collaborative campus-wide strategy for alumni relations, with a focus on increasing engagement amongst alumni and supporters in support of the Universitys strategic objectives. You will oversee the Access CRM and web portal.

You will lead specialist philanthropy work, such as the major gifts programme, trust and foundation fundraising, legacy giving, and fundraising practice regulation.

You Will Have Excellent Skills In

• Negotiating, influencing, and persuading individuals
• Developing impactful relationships
• Analytical skills and managing CRM
• Managing people

Qualifications/ Experience

• Experience of building mutually beneficial relations that bring value to the University
• Experience of securing 5,6,7+ figure donations
• Honours degree or equivalent experience

Do not meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description or advert, we encourage you to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager.

Celebrating Diversity The University of Bradford

At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people who work in diverse ways, so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team, who will be happy to support you.

In Return We Offer

• 30 days (Grade 9) and 13 statutory and customary days
• Family-friendly policies
• Great campus facilities including:
  • Unique fitness centre
  • Eye clinic
  • Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation
  • Counselling & mental health services
  • On-site nursery
  • Food & drink outlets
  • Generous employer contribution pension schemes - Universities Superannuation Scheme
  • Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts

Find more information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.

Additional Information

If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message, email or call Eleanor Clyde-Evans on 01274 236771 or, we would love to hear from you.

Confronting Inequality : Celebrating Diversity

At the University of Bradford we accept people for who they are regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sex, marital status, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or socio-economic background and whether youre pregnant or on maternity leave.

In line with the Universitys commitment to equality charters including Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Disability Confident and Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme, we welcome applications from people identifying with these characteristics. The University has a number of staff networks which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.