The role focuses on leveraging strong relationship management, fundraising, and strategic planning skills to strengthen alumni engagement for philanthropy. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy to foster meaningful connections, drive fundraising initiatives, and promote a culture of giving within the alumni community.

• Developing a comprehensive and forward-looking strategy to boost alumni fundraising, ensuring alignment with the LUMS' overall goals and objectives.
• Fostering strong relationships with alumni in partnership with the Alumni Relations team, leveraging effective communication and relationship-building skills to enhance their connection with the institution.
• Timely reporting to alumni donors to build trust.
• Actively engaging with various alumni groups to understand their unique needs and preferences, incorporating feedback into the overall engagement and fundraising strategy.
• Working closely with alumni batches to establish and manage class funds.
• Identifying batches with low participation or dormant funds, and proactively engaging with batch representatives to reinvigorate and increase participation.

• Understanding of fundraising principles, methods, and best practices.
• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills to develop long-term engagement and fundraising strategies. Experience in developing and executing successful fundraising strategies would be a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Proficiency in using CRM systems to manage alumni and donor information.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Attention to detail and highly organised with the ability to manage time and prioritise tasks effectively.
• Strong work ethic, especially in terms of flexibility, reliability, and responsiveness.
• Proactive, good with teamwork, collaborative projects, and events.
• Energetic and result-oriented.
• Strong in multitasking and stress management.
• Open to feedback and committed to ongoing personal and professional development.

• At least a Bachelor (Hons) degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Nonprofit Management, or a related field.

• At least 3 years in an educational institute, corporate or non-profit organization preferably with relevant experience.

What We Offer:

A Learning Ecosystem

LUMS offers a dynamic work culture that encourages learning and innovation, skills development, and contribution to areas beyond your job role. You will have the opportunity to learn and interact with the best academic minds in Pakistan, as well as to work with highly experienced professionals.

Intellectual Freedom

We believe in the pursuit of knowledge, provide the freedom to explore across different disciplines and value the diverse expression of all community members for mutual learning and advancement.

Benefits

LUMS offers competitive benefits to its academic and professional colleagues including Provident Fund, Group Life Insurance, EOBI for Pension Scheme, Outpatient medical coverage for self and family, and In-patient Health Insurance for self, spouse, and dependent children.

Campus Perks

The LUMS campus offers all the facilities and amenities of a world-class university, including a Sports Complex offering international standard courts for badminton, squash, tennis, basketball and volleyball, a FINA certified 25M swimming pool, and separate gyms for women and men. In addition to the LUMS Dining Center, there is a variety of eateries across campus offering popular cuisines, a breath-taking mosque, a medical centre, the LUMS Library, car parking as well as transport facilities for females, and a professionally run Day Care Center for children of community members.

Discounts

LUMS also provides a wide range of corporate discounts and internal educational discounts to its community as a token of each member’s value to our community. Our internal educational discounts include waiver of undergraduate tuition fees of employees’ children studying at LUMS, scholarships for master’s programs in several schools, and executive development programs offered by the nationally recognized Rausing Executive Development Center (REDC).

LUMS is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive workplace for all our employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, age, non-disqualifying physical or psychological disability or social status. Candidates belonging to minority groups are encouraged to apply.