Our client is looking for an experienced Membership and Events Officer to increase our client’s engagement and reach with members and other external stakeholders.
Our client is the national membership organisation for the third sector and volunteering in Wales. Their aim is to work towards a future where the third sector and volunteering thrive across Wales, improving wellbeing for all.
Position: Membership and Events Officer
Location: Cardiff
Salary: £27,668 increasing to £29,323 per annum
Duration: Maternity Cover, likely to be for 12 months and our client will consider secondments
Hours: 35 hours per week. A flexi time scheme is in operation and time off in lieu is permissible for any work required to be undertaken outside the normal hours.
Closing Date: 7 October 2019
Interviews: 16 October 2019
A workplace with a difference:
A job with our client offers you flexible employment that makes a difference. They operate a flexi-scheme to help you fit your career around your life commitments, as well as 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and an additional five discretionary days leave (usually used to cover office shutdown over Christmas). They also offer a generous pension contribution.
They have been awarded an ‘Investors in People’ accreditation and the Trusted Charity Mark of quality, encouraging staff to take part in their Employee Volunteering Scheme. Firm believers in equal opportunities, the ‘real living wage’ and workplace wellbeing, you really could not find an employer more committed to their staff!
About the Role:
As Membership and Events Officer you will aim to increase our client’s engagement and reach with members and other external stakeholders. You will grow and diversify their membership base and increase member participation.
You will provide a strong annual events programme and support the Marketing and Communications Manager to deliver the annual flagship event, Gofod3.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Lead delivery of our client’s Membership Strategy
- Develop positive relationships with our client’s current and target members and partners
- Manage, plan, market and deliver the annual programme of events and awards
- Plan and coordinate our client’s presence at external events
- Manage budgets and ensure financial targets are achieved
- Identify new opportunities for our client to support the third sector with events
About You:
The successful Membership and Events Officer will bring with them the following skills and experience:
- Experience of working within a membership organisation (or equivalent)
- Experience of successfully delivering a programme of events
- Experience of identifying and managing sponsorship of events and other activity
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work with people at all levels and establish and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; with the ability to influence others and negotiate
- Excellent administrative, ICT and organisational skills, with good time management
- Demonstrated fluency in the Welsh language, including speaking, listening comprehension and reading and writing is highly desirable to the post
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Marketing, Memberships Manager, Comms and Marketing, Events Coordinator, Membership Engagement Manager, Member Engagement, Marketing and Partnerships Manager, Membership Events Manager, Events and Membership Officer, Membership Officer
Weston Gateway Business Park
About Us
Now is an exciting time to join LiveWest, the largest housing provider in the South-West. We are a leading developer of affordable and social housing from Cornwall to Gloucestershire, and we are making a real difference for people and communities.
LiveWest owns and manages over 36,000 homes, with ambitious plans to build 16,000 new homes over the next ten years.
To address this increased programme, we are seeking an experienced Senior Development Manager to work with us to deliver new affordable and open market homes across the South-West. This role will be based at our offices at Weston-super-Mare.
Your Rewards
- Salary of up to £52,200 per annum
- 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 days)
- A choice of pension schemes
- Healthcare cashback plan
If you are a high calibre construction or property development professional with the skills and ability to make a huge impact on an already successful business, this is the ideal role in which to further your career and take your next step into a senior position.
With a strong financial base, clear vision and purpose, we are well placed to continue to lead the market in the South-West and you will have the chance to drive forward our portfolio and play a vital role in maintaining our position and status.
We have a strong set of values to differentiate us from other organisations and an agreed strategy that will drive our activities until 2022. We are customer focused, we challenge convention and we believe that together, we deliver.
Your Role
As the Senior Development Manager, you will lead a team tasked with delivering our property development programme across a portfolio of sites across the west of England.
You will:
- Manage a team of Development Managers and Assistant Development Managers to achieve our targets
- Ensure our new homes meet our customers’ expectations and provide good quality homes
- Manage our consultants and contractors and work collaboratively with colleagues
- Ensure that projects are delivered on time and are accurately forecasted
About You
To be considered as the Senior Development Manager, you will need:
- Experience of managing and delivering significant complex development projects to budget and target
- Experience of working in the construction sector including experience at a mid-sector management operational level
- Detailed knowledge of current standards and/or practices relating to affordable housing
- Detailed knowledge of construction industry and standards
- Knowledge of Homes England (HE) regulation, procedures and standards
- Registered Provider (RP) experience or suitable similar experience in a related field
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- A sound knowledge of the processes for developing new properties
- A construction and/or property related qualification
- A degree level education or suitable relevant experience
This position would be suitable for someone who has held the role of Senior Property Developer, Head of Property Development, Construction Manager, Development Project Manager, Construction Project Manager, Housing Development Manager, Affordable Housing Manager, or Affordable Housing Project Manager.
Webrecruit and LiveWest are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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