Alumni Specialist

• Full-time, continuing position

• $121,213 - $136,507 + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements

• Based at the Melbourne City campus, with hybrid working arrangements

About You

Are you passionate about building meaningful relationships and creating opportunities that make a lasting impact? As an Alumni Specialist at RMIT, you will lead the development and delivery of innovative alumni engagement initiatives for one of our Colleges, connecting alumni with students, academics, industry leaders, the wider university community and each other. This is a highly relationship-focused role where you will work closely with College leadership to identify priorities, shape engagement strategies and create experiences that strengthen alumni connection, belonging and involvement.

You will thrive in this role if you enjoy building communities, creating meaningful connections and turning great ideas into action. Working alongside College leaders, academics and key stakeholders, you'll identify opportunities for alumni to contribute through mentoring, industry engagement, guest speaking, advisory boards and other high-impact initiatives. Your work will help strengthen lifelong connections with RMIT while creating valuable outcomes for alumni, students and staff.

To be successful in this position, you’ll have:

• A proven ability to build and grow meaningful relationships that create value for organisations and communities.

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to connect with a wide range of people and influence positive outcomes.

• Experience designing and delivering engaging programs, initiatives or experiences that support strategic goals and encourage participation.

• The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve shared goals.

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities.

• Experience managing stakeholder or customer relationships through CRM systems and using data to improve engagement outcomes.

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

About Advancement

Advancement develops and leads the engagement of the University's largest community, its alumni of approximately 600,000 people. The group leads fundraising in support of institutional priorities and stewards donors and alumni to generate measurable impact.

To Apply

Please submit your CV and a covering letter that provides specific examples of how you have built stakeholder relationships, designed and delivered engagement initiatives, and used data or CRM systems to improve participation or engagement outcomes. Apply by clicking the ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page.

For further information about this position, please see the Position Description linked below. For recruitment-related enquiries, please contact Guy Toogood, Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor, at [email protected].

Position Description - Alumni Specialist

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RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community, and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. 

In line with RMIT University’s commitment to a safe, respectful and inclusive environment, from 1 January 2026, the University will also consider gender-based violence (GBV) risk factors as part of our recruitment processes.  All applicants will be required to complete a gender‑based violence declaration in accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence.  Preferred candidates will also be required to undertake relevant pre‑employment background checks, including Working With Children Checks. Information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for its relevance to the role and RMIT’s safety obligations.

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