Senior Membership and Events Officer

Job Title:     Membership Projects Officer

Salary:     £28,000

Hours:     Full time, 1 year fixed term contract (extension possible subject to funding)

Location:     Virtual, with the expectation to work from the UK100 London office at a minimum of two days per month.

Are you passionate about tackling climate change and supporting councils and communities to deliver on their climate ambitions? Are you experienced in delivering unique, engaging, collaborative events and training? Are you interested in working in a small, lively team with room to grow and develop? Then you could be UK100’s new Membership Project Officer. 

We are looking for an ambitious and energetic Membership Project Officer who can use their outstanding event management and organisational skills to plan and execute our membership training and Events programme. Whilst also using their interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with our local leaders and their staff to tackle the Climate Emergency and reach Net Zero. 

The role will support the delivery of a programme of work such as UK100’s sector leading Climate Leadership Academy, developing UK100’s network and membership offer, evolving UK100’s Knowledge Hub to promote the sharing of best practice, and organising other events for local government politicians and officers (online and in-person).

Key responsibilities: 

• Support the delivery of the UK100’s flagship Climate Leadership Academy from participant recruitment and logistics, through to delivery and evaluation, ensuring local leaders are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to become local climate pioneers. 

• Organise online and in-person events such as knowledge sharing webinars, member roundtables and panel sessions, and coordinate UK100’s presence at external events such as local government and political conferences. 

• Develop UK100’s online Knowledge Hub, which includes written and multimedia case studies of best practice and political toolkits that inspire and support ambitious local action by local leaders and officers.

• Assist in the development of UK100’s membership pledge programme that secures leaders’ commitment to ambitious action towards Net Zero - and develop support for them to deliver against it, with regular meetings, communications and research.

• Support the development and delivery of the Countryside Climate Network to ensure the unique challenges faced by rural councils are explored and addressed. 

• Provide administrative support for the Advocacy and Engagement Director and Membership Programme Manager ensuring minutes are accurately recorded, disseminated and actioned. 

• Support the development and maintenance of UK100’s CRM database.

• Deliver ambitious and impactful projects: to time, budget, and meet agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and organisational outcomes. 

• Support and comply with UK100’s guidance on branding, tone of voice and key messages, positively contributing towards raising UK100’s profile 

• We are a small team. Ad hoc duties will thus arise, and every staff member is expected to support the team efforts. 

Place in organisational structure: 

The post holder will report to the Membership Programme Manager.

Key relationships: 

Internal: 

• Advocacy and Engagement Director and wider directorate 

• Membership Programme Manager

• Membership Projects Officer 

External:

• Local councillors, predominantly leaders and cabinet members 

• Relevant Local Authority officers 

• Relevant business partners

• NGOs and partner organisations 

Benefits: 

• Competitive salary 

• 25 days annual leave (plus statutory bank holidays) 

• An additional 3 days paid leave over Christmas period 

• An additional 2 days of paid leave per year to volunteer 

• Subsidised gym membership 

• Enhanced pension offering & access to professional pension advice 

• Competitive Parental Leave policies 

• Opportunity to request a Sabbatical after 1 year of service 

• Company MacBook Air 

• Work from home allowance 

• UK100 supports flexible working arrangements 

• Mental Health first aider 

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: UK100 is actively taking steps towards developing new opportunities for people from an array of backgrounds, ensuring that everybody has an equal opportunity and is not treated differently or discriminated against because of their characteristics. UK100 values the voices of each of its employees in order to progress in a collaborative, innovative and well balanced way. The postholder will be expected to echo and support this. 

Person Specification, Criteria

Knowledge

• Awareness of politics and policy re: Net Zero and the Climate Emergency, and local challenges and opportunities for action

• Understanding of the structures and functions of local government in the UK 

Experience

• Supporting the delivery of ambitious and impactful projects

• Event management (in person and online): preferably in a training, policy or governmental (local or national) context

• Working in a lobbying, campaigns, advocacy or influencing role

• Supporting or building networks and collaborating to advocate collectively

Skills and abilities

• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders,

• Excellent written communication and presentation skills

• Attention to detail and high standards of accuracy 

Other

• Committed to the vision of UK100

Closing Date: 23:59 on Thursday 7th March 2024

Interviews: First interviews to be held virtually in the week commencing 11th March 2024.

Application Details: Please send a CV (max 2 pages) and a cover letter that sets out how you would take forward the role and what you see as the main priorities (max 1 page)