Membership and Partnerships Manager

Salary: £35,000 – £40,000
Location: London (Hybrid, 3 days office / 2 days WFH)
Start Date: Mid-October
Contract: Temporary to Permanent

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and relationship-driven professional to take ownership of membership engagement, partnership development, and new business growth.

As Membership and Partnerships Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality member communications, growing the membership base, and securing commercial partnerships that support events and thought-leadership initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage and Retain Members – act as first point of contact, run surveys, manage onboarding, and develop strategies to strengthen engagement.
• Target New Members – build and maintain a strong prospect pipeline, lead campaigns, and support senior leadership with membership growth activity.
• Develop Partnerships – secure and deliver sponsorships across events and programmes, ensuring seamless partner experience.
• Support Emerging Leaders – help to foster a thriving network of early-career professionals within the membership.
• Drive Continuous Improvement – oversee CRM processes, analyse engagement data, and refine systems to support retention and growth.

About You

• Strong track record in membership, partnerships, or business development.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Confident in analysing data, running surveys, and turning insights into action.
• Experience working with CRM systems and managing membership processes.
• Comfortable representing the organisation at events and networking confidently.

Why Apply?

This is a career-building opportunity to join a forward-looking organisation at the heart of its sector. You’ll combine member-facing work with strategic partnership development and enjoy a varied role with scope to make a real impact.

To apply for the role of Membership & Partnerships Manager, 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.