Membership Projects Officer

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) to:
[email protected] 

If you’d like to have an informal conversation about the role please contact
[email protected]