Join a charity that’s passionate about safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. If you want your work to have a real-world impact, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Do:

You'll head up our Membership team, responsible for new and existing members. This is a front-line role where you’ll:

• Grow and develop membership by identifying, engaging and converting new member organisations, building a strong pipeline of opportunities and increasing membership income.
• Manage and strengthen member relationships to maximise engagement, retention and progression across Thirtyone:eight's tiered membership offering.
• Lead membership operations and performance through effective use of CRM data, reporting, budgeting, process improvement and line management of the Membership Officer.
• Champion the membership proposition by collaborating with internal teams, developing strategic partnerships and representing Thirtyone:eight at events, conferences and networking opportunities.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to combine relationship management, business development and strategic leadership to grow Thirtyone:eight’s membership community, strengthen engagement across churches and Christian organisations, and support the charity’s mission of creating safer environments for vulnerable people.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Purpose-driven work: Everything you do helps protect children and vulnerable adults.
• Flexible working options: Balance your life and work with hybrid arrangements.
• Professional growth: Opportunities to learn, innovate, and lead.
• Supportive culture: Join a friendly, collaborative team that values your ideas.

If you enjoy delivering excellent customer service, handling detailed processes, and contributing to work that makes a meaningful difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the active recruitment of new members with a particular focus on decision-makers and leaders.
• Build, manage and progress a membership pipeline, using proactive activity, referrals, events, partner networks and existing organisational data.
• Use Thirtyone:eight’s membership database to identify prospective organisations, map trends and growth opportunities aligned with our tiered membership model.
• Initiate and lead conversations with prospective members, articulating the value of membership clearly and confidently, responding to questions and handling objections appropriately.
• Manage relationships with existing member organisations, ensuring they understand and experience the value of their membership.
• Identify opportunities to grow value within existing accounts, including movement between membership tiers or increased engagement with services.
• Work with the Head of Membership and Finance & Business Manager to develop systems and processes that support effective relationship management and growth.
• Contribute to the ongoing review and development of Thirtyone:eight’s membership offer, ensuring it remains relevant, clearly articulated and aligned with member need.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a joined-up member journey from first contact through to ongoing engagement.
• Ensure staff and volunteers across the organisation are well equipped and confident to promote the benefits of membership.
• Represent Thirtyone:eight, its Christian ethos and safeguarding mission at external events, exhibitions, networks and conferences.

Specific Responsibilities

• Line manage the Membership Officer, providing supervision, support and clear objectives aligned to recruitment and relationship management priorities.
• Work with the Membership Officer to embed an effective membership account management structure that develops member relationships at the appropriate level with key clients.
• Work closely with the Communications Manager to shape and deliver member communications that support recruitment, retention and progression across membership tiers.
• Produce regular, insightful reporting on member recruitment, retention and churn, pipeline health and activity, and performance against agreed targets.
• Ensure staff and volunteers across the organisation are properly equipped to promote the benefits of membership.
• Work collaboratively as part of Thirtyone:eight’s management team to support the delivery of the organisation’s strategic objectives.
• Identify and develop opportunities to work with partners and networks that can support membership growth and visibility.
• With the head of department and finance team to set the annual membership budget and ensure all spend is within budget, appropriately accounted for, and that maximum return on investment is achieved.

Person Specification

Essential Personal Characteristics and Qualities:

• Humility - Having a modest view of your own importance.
• Integrity - The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.
• Openness - Acceptance of, or receptiveness to change or new ideas.
• Collaborative - Involving two or more parties working together.
• Solution-focused - Concentration in problem solving or dealing with a difficult situation.
• Learning - Knowledge acquired through study, experience, or being taught.
• Creative - Having good imagination, thinking differently, or having original ideas.
• Fair - Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination.
• Committed - Dedicated to a certain course, cause or policy.
• Passionate - Having or showing strong feelings or beliefs.

Essential Experience:

• Sales and marketing experience with good relationship/account management experience.
• Experience of using a CRM system to manage and analyses data and record activities. (Knowledge of MS Dynamics desirable).
• Relevant experience of managing and developing relationships with churches, Christian faith-based organisations, or charities, to increase engagement.
• Experience in developing and embedding of processes and procedures to ensure high levels of customer service are monitored and maintained across an organisation.
• Experience of line managing a team of staff and volunteers as well as working with external agencies.
• Comfortable working to targets and being accountable for outcomes.

Essential Abilities, Knowledge & Motivation:

These are the skills we regard as essential for the role:

• A strong working knowledge of churches, Christian faith organisations and charities.
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively at all levels of an organisation.
• Motivated to continually improve on past success and to challenge the status quo.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to engage an audience.
• Self-motivated, resilient and outward-looking
• Ability to build strong, professional relationships with contacts of the charity.
• Ability to work as a team member with colleagues and across departments.
• Good IT skills (MS Office applications as a minimum) with analytical capability.
• An ability to travel independently; both regionally and nationally as required.
• Knowledge and understanding of Equal Opportunity and Anti-discriminatory practice.
• Willingness to promote and participate in relevant training and CPD.
• Ability to identify with and accept the aims and objectives of the charity and statutory and other professional guidance as appropriate.

Accountable to: Head of Strategic Communications

Responsible for: Membership Officer X1

DBS Eligibility: Basic DBS check

Circle is a registered charity working at the heart of communities across central Scotland. We work with families facing multiple disadvantages because of structural inequality, poverty, drug and alcohol use, imprisonment, physical or mental health, trauma, abuse and loss. We believe that every child, no matter their background or circumstances, should have the support they need to live a happy and healthy life.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, flexible working, an employee assistance programme and generous annual leave.

We are looking to recruit a values-driven Community Worker to join our Circle delivery team in Tayside as part of a Scottish Government–funded programme providing inclusive voluntary throughcare services across Scotland. The service supports men, women and young people leaving short-term custody or remand, helping improve reintegration, wellbeing and community safety.

The successful candidate will provide person-centred practical support to people returning to their communities. Working with Throughcare Prison Workers and partner organisations, they will help coordinate pre-release planning, support smooth transitions, and connect individuals with local, specialist and community-based services.

The postholder will build trusting relationships, take a compassionate and non-judgemental approach, and work proactively with partners to achieve the best outcomes. They must also be flexible in supporting both local and wider service delivery as needs change.

This is an opportunity to help deliver a high-profile national programme that makes a real difference to people’s lives. You will work in a dynamic local team with partner organisations, mainly remotely, with travel across the area as needed.

About The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an independent membership organisation dedicated to the education, training and advancement of surgeons, dental surgeons, doctors, and various individuals throughout healthcare who are involved in the surgical care of patients. The College has a current membership approaching 33,000 and growing, with members spanning over 100 countries around the world.

From our founding in 1505, the College has been committed to the advancement of surgery and driving patient safety standards worldwide. In our 520-year history, there has never been a better time to join the College than now.

Working with us

At the College we aim to embrace views from across the organisation, sharing common goals and values for the betterment of healthcare through the advancement of surgical and dental professionals. We aim to develop teams that are reflective of the needs of our members and maximise the potential of every employee.

To reflect the varying needs across the organisation, we offer a range of policies and benefits for our workforce including a generous 42 days annual leave, flexible working practices, enhanced employer pensions contribution and various discounts throughout the College including the Ten Hill Place Hotel, 1505 Café and free entry to Surgeons’ Hall Museums.

If you’d like more information about this role, please contactrecruitment@rcsed.ac.uk

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Philanthropy Manager to support the delivery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's philanthropic strategy and contribute to the growth of its fundraising activity.

This is an exciting opportunity to help grow philanthropic support for the College’s Global CARE initiative, helping to address healthcare inequalities worldwide through improved access to safe surgery and patient care.

Reporting to the Head of Development, the successful candidate will develop and manage a portfolio of philanthropic opportunities, building relationships with donors, trusts, foundations, corporate supporters and partners to secure philanthropic funding and long-term engagement.

This role would suit a relationship-focused professional who enjoys developing compelling funding propositions, building meaningful partnerships and demonstrating impact through effective donor stewardship and communications.

The role is based in Edinburgh with flexibility for hybrid working. Occasional travel within the UK and internationally may be required.

Experience/Qualifications/Key Skills

You will have experience in philanthropy, fundraising, partnership development or a related field, with excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills. You will be organised, proactive and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Educated to degree level or with equivalent professional experience, you will be confident developing funding proposals, building partnerships and working collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders. Experience within the charity, healthcare, education or not-for-profit sectors would be advantageous.