Membership Development Officer - SW/Wales (FTC - 12 month) - Cardiff

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This company is an international membership organisation that promotes and advances civil engineering around the world. They are a qualifying body, a centre for the exchange of specialist knowledge, and a provider of resources to encourage innovation and excellence in the profession worldwide.

The Role:

The focus of the Membership Development Officer (MDO) role is to provide support and guidance to aspiring and current members in the South West / Wales area. This involves meeting potential members in groups or individually and explaining the various routes to help them get professionally qualified at the appropriate level. Current members may need advice on progressing their professional qualifications. The role includes the opportunity to interface with a broad spectrum of Civil Engineering related employer organisations and educational establishments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Membership development - actively seeking and implementing initiatives to develop the membership base

- Membership growth - undertaking activities to promote and grow membership

- Membership support - providing advice and guidance to members and non-members

- Employer support - providing advice and guidance to employers on professional development

- Educational establishments - developing links with colleges and universities

- Ensuring that membership records are up to date

What we are looking for:

- Educated to degree level or have equivalent experience of civil engineering and/or training and people development. A professionally qualified (EngTech, IEng or CEng) engineer (or a broad knowledge of Civil Engineering) would be desirable, though not essential

- Previous experience in liaising with a wide audience of people, along with the ability to engage and relate to members of the engineering and education professions

- Attention to detail and the ability to turn technical material into non-technical outputs are essential, as is the ability to target and engage a diverse range of audiences

- The ability to work alone and as part of a multi-functional team, while managing a number of tasks effectively

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to prepare and deliver presentations

- You must have a good working knowledge of MS Office applications

- There will be a need to work outside "normal office hours" on occasion

Group benefits include:

- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata)

- Shutdown over Christmas period

- Annual £100 allowance towards your well-being

- Personal pension scheme

- 24-hour employee support line

- Death in service benefit equivalent to one year's salary

- Interest free season ticket loan