Address
SalaryCharity People is delighted to have partnered with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) on the search for a Corporate Membership Officer on a fixed term, 12 month fixed-term contract. The role will be responsible for managing key corporate partnerships, as well as feeding into the long term development of their corporate partnership offering.
This role offers a fantastic opportunity for an ambition individual looking to further their career in relationship and project management, during an exciting transition period as ZSL works towards relaunching their corporate membership programme in 2025.
Location: Central London location with 2-3 days in the office per week
Salary: £35,000 – £39,000
Fantastic benefits programme including:
- Pension scheme – generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension.
- Flexible working – talk to us about your flexible working requirements and we will do everything we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
- Holidays – 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays
- Complimentary tickets – annual allocation of Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops
- Wellbeing – access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Life assurance – eligible employees will be enrolled in life assurance scheme from their first day
- Cycle2Work – our cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle
- Season ticket loan – we offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work.
- Family friendly policies – we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages.
About the role
Working within the Corporate Partnerships Team, and managing an Events Coordinator, the Corporate Membership Officer will be responsible for overseeing the management, coordination, and delivery of ZSL’s Corporate Membership programme. The Corporate Partnerships team has enjoyed considerable success in the last few years particularly with regards to retaining and expanding Corporate Memberships and delivering them to a high standard, and they count some incredible global partners amongst their funders.
This role plays a crucial role in managing and nurturing their membership portfolio, while inspiring new audiences to adopt positive steps to support conservation. This position requires excellent project management and organisational skills, sound judgement and diplomacy, and an outstanding approach to client service
The postholder will be motivated, and tenacious, and possess the ability to pre-empt team needs and potential challenges, as well as the confidence and experience to use their initiative and creativity to solve problems whilst contending with tight deadlines.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate:
- Previous experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external, to effectively deliver to pre-agreed plans and activities.
- Previous experience managing complex projects, ideally within a fundraising environment.
- Previous experience in contract development and negotiations
- Familiarity with managing competing priorities and delegating effectively.
If this sounds like the perfect role for you, please contact Kevin@charitypeople.co.uk today with an updated CV; we would love to hear about your experience and share more details about this fantastic opportunity and how to formally apply.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
