Vacancies at the European Association for Cancer Research

Membership Coordinator

Come and join our friendly and supportive team!

Membership Coordinator

Location: Our office in Nottingham, with the opportunity to work remotely for up to four days each week.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (36.25 hours per week)
Salary: Starting salary £24,782 with annual performance-related and cost of living increases
Closing date for applications: 12:00 PM Monday 13 May
First interviews to be held: Wednesday 29 May

The European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) is a charity and membership association that supports cancer researchers across the world, helping them to communicate, collaborate and work together internationally to help defeat cancer. Our friendly team of 15 staff is supportive, forward-thinking and highly motivated by the work we do.

The Membership Coordinator will support the work of the EACR with a focus on our membership activities. We are looking for a friendly, self-motivated, hard-working and extremely organised person with a positive, can-do attitude. You will bring outstanding communication and customer service skills to enable you to build a rapport with our members at a distance. There is the opportunity for some international travel to our conferences and other events, so you will need to be able to work flexibly at times.

Ola, the previous holder of this role, says: “As a part of the EACR team, getting unwavering support for your professional growth and career development is an active reality, every day of every week! A role at the EACR gives you an amazing opportunity to join an exceptional team where every team member’s voice is valued, contributing to the cohesive fabric of a highly professional, productive, and forward-thinking team.”

Responsibilities include:

Membership: supporting the recruitment and retention of EACR members by keeping their contact details up to date, responding to queries and processing applications. Being the first point of contact for our 14 affiliated national societies
Member benefits: supporting the delivery of a suite of member benefits, including monthly webinars and a mentoring scheme
Our fortnightly email bulletin: assisting with the creation and sending of the Mailchimp email to EACR members and subscribers
Conferences: supporting the delivery of our conferences held around Europe: preparing materials, packing and arranging shipping

About you

We're looking for a friendly, hard-working and organised person with outstanding communication skills. You will be comfortable working independently and managing a busy workload. You will need to be confident, tenacious, patient, and have a great eye for detail. Employment experience in an administrative role, preferably for a membership or not-for-profit organisation, would be an advantage, but, if you have the right skills, we are happy to receive applications from those seeking their first role. You must be willing and able to travel internationally and to work occasional evenings and weekends, with plenty of advance notice.

About us

The EACR is a registered charity dedicated to advancing cancer research. We’re Europe's largest membership organisation for cancer researchers, with more than 12,000 members in over 100 countries worldwide. Members range from first-year postgraduate students to winners of the Nobel Prize. Anyone who works in, studies or supports any aspect of cancer research can join us as a member.

We provide our members with regular communication about all the latest news, jobs and cancer research conferences and give them opportunities to apply for grants and fellowships. We offer a suite of benefits to members including webinars, networking events, a podcast, collaboration tools and on-demand resources to support education and development. We organise conferences around Europe on the latest topics in cancer research and offer reduced registration rates to our members.

Benefits include:

Generous annual leave (30 days, plus UK bank holidays and a further 5 office closure days)
Free onsite parking
Flexible hybrid working (minimum one day per week at our bright and airy office on the University of Nottingham’s Innovation Park, with easy access to University cafes, shops, green spaces and sports facilities)
Casual dress
Generous company pension
Opportunities for international travel

APPLYING FOR THE POST

Please download the information and application form using the links at the end of this page.
Please give careful consideration to the job description and the requirements of the person specification.
Submit your completed application form by email attachment to jacqueline.pochin@eacr.org by 12:00 noon on Monday 13 May
Attach no further documents – C.V.s and testimonials are not required. Canvassing will disqualify your application.
We'll acknowledge safe receipt of your application.
The interviews will be held on Wednesday 29 May