At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive membership growth and create engaging events that connect professionals.
- Company: Leading professional membership organisation in Central London.
- Benefits: Hybrid working, competitive salary, and excellent career development opportunities.
- Other info: Supportive environment with exposure to senior leaders and diverse networking opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by expanding a vibrant professional community.
- Qualifications: Experience in business development and strong relationship-building skills.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 42500 £ per year.
Do you enjoy winning new business, building lasting relationships and turning conversations into commercial opportunities? Are you equally passionate about creating engaging events that bring professional communities together? Our client, a leading professional membership organisation, is looking for an ambitious Membership Growth & Events Executive to play a pivotal role in expanding its membership community, increasing commercial income and delivering outstanding member engagement. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys combining business development with relationship management.
Working with organisations across a diverse professional sector, you'll identify new membership opportunities, nurture existing relationships and help deliver a programme of high‑quality events that strengthen engagement and support commercial growth.
The Role
- Working closely with senior stakeholders, you'll proactively identify prospective members, build a healthy sales pipeline, promote the value of membership and support initiatives that drive both membership growth and commercial revenue.
- Help deliver a varied programme of events that encourage networking, knowledge sharing and member engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and develop new membership opportunities through proactive business development.
- Build and manage a pipeline of prospective members using CRM, LinkedIn and direct outreach.
- Arrange meetings with prospective members and senior decision‑makers.
- Promote the value of membership and convert enquiries into new members.
- Develop strong relationships with existing members to maximise retention and engagement.
- Identify opportunities to increase member participation across events, committees and networking activities.
- Support the development of sponsorship, partnership and commercial opportunities.
- Assist with generating revenue through events and commercial initiatives.
- Coordinate conferences, networking events, webinars and member forums.
- Liaise with speakers, sponsors, venues and suppliers to ensure successful event delivery.
- Maintain accurate CRM records and produce reports on membership activity and pipeline performance.
About You
- Experience in membership growth, business development, account management, sponsorship, partnerships or stakeholder engagement.
- A proven ability to build relationships and influence senior stakeholders.
- A proactive, target-focused and commercially aware approach.
- Excellent communication and networking skills.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience using CRM systems and Microsoft Office.
- Experience within a membership organisation, professional body, trade association or events environment.
What's on Offer
- Hybrid working.
- A varied commercial role with genuine autonomy.
- The opportunity to directly influence membership growth and commercial success.
- Exposure to senior leaders across a respected professional community.
- A supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Excellent opportunities for career development.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys business development, relationship management and events, and wants to play a central role in helping a membership organisation grow its influence, community and commercial success.
