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An exciting opportunity to work within a very well respected membership association based in the heart of London.

You will work with the Sponsor Member Director to grow large company membership of the BQF and to increase the breadth and depth of involvement of existing Sponsor and Key Plus Members. Your principal accountabilities will be to recruit large companies (more than 500 employees) as members. You will establish, maintain and deepen senior level relationships in selected large company member organisations (those selected to be agreed with the Sponsor Member Director) with the objective of achieving high levels of engagement, satisfaction and loyalty, and subsequent retention and re-commitment.

The ideal Membership Development Manager will have:

• A proven track record in sales, using persuasive argument rather than hard sell tactics.
• The ability to sell consultatively at all levels
• Experience of recruiting for a membership organisation is desirable 
• The ability to network effectively to meet the decision makers
• Comfortable working at all levels (including the most senior) in a range of organisations.

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Determination, persistence and a positive attitude
• Motivated by the challenge of achieving results and making a difference
• Able to rapidly absorb and discuss a range of topics and new ideas
• Able to fit into and work with a small team

The British Quality Foundation (BQF) is Europe's largest corporate membership organisation promoting performance improvement and excellence. The Foundation promotes business excellence through numerous activities, but at the core of all the programmes is the Excellence Model. Thousands of organisations in the UK now use this Model to plan their improvements and monitor progress through regular self assessment. This is a hugely successful not for profit organisation with a well organised plan for development and growth.

All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

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