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Senior Membership Recruiter - Forestry England
Location: Hamsterley Forest (own transport required)
Hourly rate: £13.50 per hour guaranteed weekly pay, Real living wage
Hours: 20.5 - 32 hours per week (minimum 3 shifts week, Saturday & Sunday, plus one weekday)
Role Duration: 27th March - September
Full extensive training given, excellent support!
Forestry England care and manage for over 1500 of our nations forests.
We offer people the opportunity to explore and enjoy the forests with our national membership.
Escape the hustle and bustle of the everyday at County Durham’s largest forest. From wildlife watching to stargazing, and adventure play for all the family to exhilarating mountain biking, there is something to keep everyone busy.
The purpose of the role is to increase the financial resources of Forestry England by recruiting new members either on a local or national membership scheme. Recruiters will work outdoors at one of our Forest bases, informing visitors about the benefits of membership and signing them up. The senior role will involve day to day management of the site, liaising with the onsite staff to insure integration of the membership recruiters’ program.
Responsibilities include
- Inspiring people to become Forestry England members (local or national membership)
- Building a strong working relationship with the onsite staff, developing a detailed understanding of your forest and a knowledge of Forestry England a knowledge of other forests around the country.
- Responsible for the day-to-day operation of onsite membership including deciding where best to place themselves throughout the day depending on footfall, and advice from site staff. Also setting up the gazebo each day and dismantling
- Approach visitors to the forest with the confidence to initiate a conversation and build rapport
- Presenting information about in a clear way to the public
- Understanding and completing membership applications on a digital device and supporting other recruiters in doing this if required.
- Offering a high standard of customer service and feeling of gratitude and belonging to all visitors and new members
- Representing the core values of Forestry England to every visitor to our forests
- Constant personal development of approach and skills on the job
- Assisting with supporting and training of fellow team members as and when, or if required
- Promoting a good image of the organisation and of our membership programme
About you
- Commitment to the core values of Forestry England
- Confidence to approach visitors throughout the day and initiate conversation to build rapport
- Ability to reach membership targets
- Confidence in answering visitor’s questions and handling objections
- Excellent communication skills: able to easily build rapport with a diverse range of people
- Confidence in sales interaction
- Enthusiasm and motivation to promote Forestry England as an organisation
- Outgoing and positive attitude
- Ability to work in a team
Please note this is a contract with external staffing agency Inspired People on working assignment with Forestry England.
Please click Apply now, if you are interested in helping Forestry England with our vital work ensuring we continue to grow and protect the living treasures that are England’s forests!
