Membership Officer

Location: London – Hybrid (Charing Cross office, minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Salary: Up to £33,000 dependent on experience

Contract: Permanent | Full-Time

Our client, a respected UK professional membership organisation, is seeking a Membership Officer to join their London-based team.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for a highly organised professional with strong administrative and member-focused experience to support the delivery of professional membership services and standards.

Working within the Membership team, the successful candidate will play an important role in supporting membership processes, maintaining accurate records, and assisting with professional registration activities and committee coordination.

The Role

The Membership Officer will support the delivery and administration of membership services, helping to ensure smooth workflows across membership applications, renewals, professional registrations, and member progression. The role will also support governance and decision-making processes by coordinating activities related to the organisation’s Membership Committee and professional registration requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Support membership operations including CRM updates, onboarding, renewals, retention initiatives, and lapsed member campaigns.

Provide administrative support to the Membership Committee.

Coordinate professional registration processes including:

Reviewing membership and registration applications.

Preparing and circulating applications for committee review.

Attending committee meetings, recording recommendations, and producing minutes.

Issuing election letters and coordinating next steps in the registration process.

Organising Professional Review Interviews with branches and international assessors.

Managing and maintaining the volunteer interviewer database.

Submitting approved applications to the relevant external registration body.

Managing Individual Case Procedure (ICP) documentation where applicable.

Communicating with applicants throughout each stage of the process.

Issuing membership and registration fee notifications.

Preparing membership certificates.

Supporting website updates related to membership processes.

Support the administration of members’ Continuing Professional Development (CPD) submissions and annual audit processes.

Provide support and guidance to volunteer CPD auditors.

Liaise with assessors, volunteers, and external bodies to ensure training records and volunteer responsibilities remain up to date.

Person Specification

Essential

Previous administrative and/or customer service experience.

Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail and record keeping.

Ability to manage email enquiries and prioritise tasks effectively.

Confident in supporting and guiding both new and existing members.

Strong IT skills including CRM systems, CMS platforms, Microsoft 365, and data management.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare reports and liaise with stakeholders.

Confident and professional when speaking with members over the phone.

Desirable

Familiarity with UK professional registration frameworks (e.g. CEng, IEng, EngTech).

Knowledge of accreditation processes within professional or engineering education environments.

To apply to this role Membership Officer please send your CV

Due to the volume of applications, we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.

Membership Bespoke is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. Membership Bespoke positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Membership Bespoke is the most experienced membership-focused recruitment firm in the UK, with 10+ years of experience delivering tailored permanent, temporary, interim, and Executive Search recruitment solutions to Trade Associations, Regulatory Bodies, Political Parties, and Professional Bodies.