Friends and Patrons Membership Manager

About us

Our mission at Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum is to use our living collections to communicate to the widest possible audience how our future depends on plants. The Friends of Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum has around 3000 members, and their activities help to raise vital funds to support the work of Oxford University Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum.

About the role

You will have responsibility for managing the membership programmes, membership communications, and creating and coordinating events and activities. You will line manage an administrative officer who will support the logistical elements of the different membership schemes. You will expand the membership, maintain and improve all the membership materials and communications and work to implement an effective membership renewal programme.

This is a permanent, part-time position, working 22.5 hours per week (0.6 FTE).

About You

Educated to at least degree level, you will have substantial experience of working within a successful membership scheme or similar commercial venture. You will also hold event and line management experience, as well as a strong working knowledge of GDPR and Gift aid regulations.

What We Offer

Your happiness and wellbeing at work matters to us, so we offer a range of family friendly and financial benefits including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Monday 31 March 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing Monday 21 April 2025.