Merrifield Consultants are partnering with a Membership body to recruit an Membership Project Manager to join a fantastic organisation. You will be supporting the Rewards team in organising projects and events for fellows and members.
We are looking for an individual with experience in project management and stakeholder engagement. This is an excellent role for an individual with a background in working in membership organisations, specialising in membership and project management.
Job Title: Membership/Project Manager
Organisation: Membership Organisation
Salary: £50,000k
Location: London (1 day in the office (Tuesdays) , 4 days at home)
Contract: Temporary, on-going
Required: CV by 16th of April
Main Job Responsibilities:
- Lead a portfolio of ambitious projects to influence innovation and technology strategies and address business innovation issues.
- Develop partnerships including Corporate partnerships to strengthen our advocacy work, membership engagement and income diversification.
- Produce compelling narratives and reports to advocate for innovation and champion diversity in research and innovation.
- Play a lead role in stakeholder relationships and community engagement.
- Regularly work with senior colleagues as well as senior stakeholders including Vice-presidents.
- Gather and analyse complex data sets of information and evidence in order to scope projects and create outputs, as well as develop and implement influencing strategies.
- Manage multiple project budgets and resourcing, ensuring compliance with finance and governance requirements.
- Optimise departmental and organisation wide management reporting.
Experience required:
- Has a drive for results, who can be counted on to meet or exceed goals successfully.
- Can manage and measure work effectively, taking responsibility for tasks and decisions.
- Is committed to their personal learning, picking up on the need to change personal, interpersonal, and where applicable managerial behaviour quickly.
- Track record in developing and managing stakeholder and community relationships, with evidence of strong verbal and written communications skills.
- Evidence of implementing complex projects that involve managing diverse range of senior stakeholders and decision makers.
- Track record of delivering evidence-based reports, publications and papers to support decision-making by senior stakeholders.
Skills required:
- Leadership - the capability to promote and generate co-operation, so to achieve collective outcomes; fosters the development of a common vision.
- Influencing - the ability to bring others to your way of thinking diplomatically.
- Team player - the ability to work cooperatively with others to achieve common goals.
- Organisational - ability to work with minimum supervision, prioritise workload, and handle multiple tasks.
- Communication - ability to express information clearly and effectively in written and oral form.
- Proactive - to think ahead and act to ensure the smooth completion of team/individual aims and objectives.
- Computer literate - Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Projects, Forms, etc.) as well as familiarity with various project management software package.
To find out more and to apply for the role, please contact Isabel Britten at Merrifield Consultants.
We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.
We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.
