Director of Communications and Membership

The Right Ethos - Specialist External Affairs Recruitment; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 36,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

A charity focused on landscape research is seeking a part-time Director of Communications and Membership to develop strategies, enhance engagement, and collaborate with trustees. The ideal candidate will be ambitious, passionate about the field, and possess strong networking abilities. This role requires a commitment of three days a week, with a salary range of £36,000 to £42,000 pro rata.

Qualifications

• Ambitious and capable individual with a passion for communications and membership support.
• Experience in developing strategies for charities or similar organizations.
• Strong networking and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Actively build upon a new vision and strategy for the charity.
• Contribute to activities and events for online, hybrid, and in-person engagement.
• Collaborate with the Board of Trustees to deliver impactful charitable activities.

Job description

Director of Communications and Membership

Location: Home Based

Salary expectation: £36,000 to £42,000

This is a part-time role

Salary is pro rata for three days a week

Landscape Research Group is seeking to appoint a part-time (3 days per week) Director of Communications and Membership to join our small team of staff.

Our new Director of Communications and Membership – an ambitious and capable individual – will actively build upon a new vision and strategy for the charity, and developing LRG’s capacities in communications, network building, and membership support and participation. There is also an active programme of activities and events to maintain and enhance – online, hybrid and in-person.

At LRG we see the relationship between people and landscape as a fundamental aspect of life for everyone, everywhere. Through our trustees, members, and partnerships, we represent a broad range of disciplines and interests. We connect people, knowledge, and learning in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. We forge links between the world of research and other areas of society and life. Our membership is open to anyone who has an interest in landscape and in the ways we shape, and are shaped by, the places in which we live. Fostering this diverse community is fundamental to achieving a full and varied understanding of landscape and to realising the public benefits that can flow from landscape research.

The Director of Communications and Membership will report to and collaborate with the Board of trustees in delivering our charitable activities and achieving greater impact from them.

Responsibilities

• Actively build upon a new vision and strategy for the charity, developing LRG’s capacities in communications, network building, and membership support and participation.
• Contribute to an active programme of activities and events to maintain and enhance online, hybrid, and in-person engagement.
• Report to and collaborate with the Board of Trustees in delivering charitable activities and achieving greater impact.