Head of Membership (12 Month FTC)
Salary: £50,000 – £55,000
Location: London / Hybrid
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Membership Bespoke is delighted to be recruiting for a Head of Membership on a 12-month fixed term contract within a leading membership body (medical).

This is a pivotal leadership role, combining strategic oversight with hands-on delivery. You will be responsible for shaping and implementing membership strategy, ensuring an exceptional member experience, and driving growth through high-level relationship building across the healthcare sector.

About the role

Reporting to the Managing Director, you will:

• Develop and deliver a membership acquisition and retention strategy, ensuring sustainable growth.
• Lead on member engagement, acting as the voice of the member and ensuring their needs drive decision-making.
• Oversee and deliver an exciting events programme, from webinars to conferences, that educates, connects, and inspires.
• Build strategic relationships with key healthcare stakeholders – including Royal Medical Colleges, private hospitals, corporate partners, and higher education institutions – to raise profile and create effective recruitment pathways.
• Take ownership of the membership budget, governance reporting, and CRM data integrity.
• Provide strong team leadership, inspiring and managing colleagues to achieve both individual and organisational goals.

About you

We’re looking for someone who is both strategic and member-focused:

• Proven experience in a healthcare membership organisation or working extensively with medical membership communities.
• A strong track record in growing, retaining, and engaging membership bases.
• Skilled at building relationships and influencing senior stakeholders across the healthcare sector.
• Confident in designing and delivering impactful events that add real value to members.
• Commercially aware, with experience in budget management and reporting at board level.
• A natural communicator with charisma, confidence, and a “can-do” approach.

Why join?

This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic leadership with member engagement, leading a respected healthcare membership body through a key period of activity. You’ll shape the member journey, strengthen partnerships across the healthcare sector, and ensure the organisation continues to deliver outstanding value to its members – all within a collaborative, flexible, hybrid working environment.

How to apply

If you have a proven track record in healthcare membership and are looking for your next leadership role, with the chance to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply for the role of Head of Membership 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.