Description

Closing Date: 28-Jun-2024

About the role:
The British Museum is recruiting for the role of Membership and Supporter Engagement Coordinator. This role supports all the engagement and marketing activities of the Membership team including, production and delivery of print and digital communications, web-based interactions and magazine administration.
The role offers an exciting opportunity to work across a variety of projects and systems and suits someone with prior experience supporting customer and community engagement. In particular the post holder will work with the Membership and Supporter Engagement Manager to produce effective and strategic email communications and produce editorial content for the British Museum Magazine, Young persons’ magazine and the Member’s podcast.
About you:
The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level, or equivalent, and will have demonstrable experience of working in a marketing or fundraising team for a charitable or public sector organisation. With good understanding of fundraising and marketing principles, you will have experience of using a database and producing communications.
We are looking for a highly organised and proactive individual, who can prioritise workloads and work collaboratively as part of a team. You will be an excellent communicator with strong negotiation and diplomacy skills and the ability to work out of hours, where necessary.
About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:
Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays
Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out here what benefits a civil service pension provides).
Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
Professional and personal development opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts on food and gift shop purchases
Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details to bmrecruit@britishmuseum.org.
The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.
We offer a flexible way of working that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you.
The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.