Face to Face Membership Recruitment Manager in Bristol

The post responsibilities cover the whole of England, and it is expected that the post holder will need to travel occasionally (including some overnight stays).

We are Forestry England. We live and breathe forests. Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment. Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

What you’ll do…

The purpose of the role is to lead and manage the delivery of Forestry England’s face-to-face membership recruitment activity across multiple sites, ensuring delivery against income and forecasted membership targets at those sites. The role is responsible for analysing performance of recruiters, identifying trends and opportunities and making recommendations to improve recruitment effectiveness, efficiency and quality. The role also ensures that recruitment activity is compliant, customer-focused and aligned with Forestry England’s brand and behavioural expectations. Membership recruiters have been trialled over the last 2 years and this role is responsible for developing and delivering a plan for broadening recruitment activity across the organisation to drive greater sales and engagement.

This is a 2 year fixed term full-time role, with the potential for permanency, for 37 hours per week, worked across 5 days from Monday to Friday primarily. The nature of the work could include very occasional weekend, public and privilege holiday working. To accommodate this, a rostered 7-day contract will be issued as standard.

Where you’ll work…

The post responsibilities cover the whole of England, and it is expected that the post holder will need to travel occasionally (including some overnight stays). Flexible office base with options for hybrid working.

Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.

STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays, clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app. Free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury. A commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. You will be assessed on technical skill and strength based questions during your interview. Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative. Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.