VP Engagement

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🌐 Rwanda, Mauritius – Remote

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👔 Vice President

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ALU

51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

ALU is a company specializing in developing and providing innovative product display solutions for various industries, including apparel, sportswear, cosmetics, and department stores. Their offerings include products like the Autopole, Insula, Plot, Tondoquadro, and others designed for efficient and aesthetically pleasing presentation and organization. ALU also engages in creating temporary showrooms and pop-ups, such as their collaboration with Nike Jordan in Paris, and virtual showrooms. Based in Italy, they emphasize modern design and functionality, aiming to enhance the customer experience in retail environments.

📋 Description

• Serve as the university’s primary external ambassador and lead the Engagement function • Design and execute an integrated engagement strategy spanning philanthropy, partnerships, marketing, impact, alumni and community engagement, and stakeholder stewardship • Drive resource mobilization by securing funding and strategic support for the university’s mission • Cultivate partnerships that expand ALU’s reach, relevance, and contribution across Africa and globally • Build and sustain a lifelong community of students, alumni, parents, staff, donors, and partners • Oversee marketing, branding, public relations, media engagement, and reputation management • Lead impact reporting and storytelling to demonstrate institutional outcomes and influence • Design and execute fundraising and business development strategies, including major gifts, foundations, corporate giving, and campaigns • Build and manage relationships with high-net-worth individuals, foundations, institutional donors, companies, governments, NGOs, and global institutions • Partner with leadership and the Board to identify and cultivate strategic donors • Develop funding propositions, donor stewardship systems, reporting, and impact communications • Lead major institutional fundraising campaigns when required • Build customer-experience, data-collection, relationship-management, and stewardship systems • Lead alumni engagement strategy and programs, including mentorship, career support, investment networks, and community impact initiatives • Represent the university in external forums, strategic alliances, and high-level stakeholder relationships • Lead high-impact institutional events, summits, convenings, leadership gatherings, graduations, and donor events • Build and lead a high-performing Stakeholder Engagement department • Establish strategies, goals, and metrics for fundraising, partnerships, and engagement • Work with executives, the CEO’s office, and Board to align stakeholder engagement with institutional priorities

🎯 Requirements

• Significant leadership experience in fundraising, partnerships, external affairs, or stakeholder engagement • Proven track record of building relationships that lead to funding, partnerships, or institutional growth • Experience working with senior leaders, boards, donors, and global networks • Familiarity with Africa’s development, philanthropic, or innovation ecosystems • Experience in higher education is valuable but not required • Deep personal alignment to Africa’s development and ALU’s mission • Ability to inspire and mobilize diverse stakeholders around a shared purpose • Ability to build and sustain trust-based, high-value relationships across sectors, cultures, and geographies • Strong judgment in engaging, influencing, and stewarding stakeholders • High accountability and ability to translate ambitious ideas into tangible outcomes • Ability to integrate fundraising, partnerships, brand, alumni, and impact functions into a cohesive strategy • Proven ability to design and execute fundraising strategies, including major gifts, institutional funding, and partnership-linked revenue generation • Expertise in marketing, PR, impact reporting, and institutional narrative development • Ability to originate, negotiate, and structure strategic partnerships • Experience building and activating alumni, community, and supporter networks

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