Development and Engagement Coordinator - full time and permanent position

We are looking for our next colleague as Development and Engagement Coordinator to support the engagement work and lead the development of our alumni community.

The successful candidate will be a member of the Advancement team and will report to the Director of External Relations & Communications. The position is based at campus, in Flekke on the Western Coast of Norway.

You will be responsible for developing an enriching relationship between RCN and its core constituencies, starting with alumni. You will coordinate all efforts in connection with RCN alumni engagement work and be the key person between RCN and the alumni community.

The goal is to establish life-long, mutually value-creating relationships between RCN and alumni all over the world.

Work Area

The Development and Engagement Coordinator will work in close collaboration with the other members in the Advancement team being the person in charge for all aspects of RCNs Alumni Engagement work. Through alumni engagement efforts, alumni will be offered different opportunities for engaging with RCN and engaging in the development of RCN.

Our vision is for alumni to always retain a special affiliation to UWC Red Cross Nordic and to serve as RCN ambassadors, both as private individuals and in a professional capacity. In collaboration with RCN, RCN communities can contribute to increasing- and promoting RCNs contribution to society.

We want to build a culture of giving, in terms of time, treasure and talent to keep the alumni network engaged and committed to RCN and its values. We aim to strengthen the alumni network to enable it to continue to serve as a platform for volunteering and fundraising that will have an increased importance in the years to come. The role will include support for the Director of External Relations for endowment giving through alumni.

The coordinator will be responsible to implement systems and routines to achieve the above mentioned goals. The coordinator will further be a key catalyst to put our vision into reality by setting up a roadmap for short term, medium term and long term objectives, with an action plan and subsequently be in charge of the evaluation and revision of the overall Engagement Strategy plan.

The work may require some traveling.

Please visit our Website https://uwcrcn.no/vacancy/ for the full advertisement and more information.

If the position seems interesting and exciting to you we ask you to send an application and your CV to appointments@uwcrcn.no.

Application deadline is 01.01.2024.

For questions to the position or for the full Job Description please contact Administrative Team Leader Leif-Arne Skaar, phone number +47 913 35 723/email address leif-arne.skaar@uwcrcn.no, or Director of External Relations & Communications Leonora Laukeland Kleiven, phone number +47 414 48 297/email address leonora.kleiven@uwcrcn.no.

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United World College Red Cross Nordic (UWC RCN ) was founded in 1995 in Haugland in Fjaler municipality. The school is a boarding school with approximately 200 students from more than 85 different nations, with teaching based on the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB). The UWC mission is to use education as a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future and our students are intentionally selected from a variety of backgrounds. After two years at UWC RCN, most students start higher education at prestigious universities around the world. The school also organizes summer camps for children in collaboration with the Red Cross and camp school stays for Norwegian school classes. The school currently has 60 permanent employees, with approximately half in teaching and the other in administration and support functions.