Senior Development Officer - Policy and Membership

Hours: 30 hours a week

Salary: Starting salary £29,973.90

Responsible to: HTSI Chief Officer

Contract Type: Initially for a two year funding period

Purpose:

The post will provide leadership and management to our membership team of two, taking care to ensure communication and members services work well, while directly undertaking delivery across a number of policy and knowledge portfolios.

The post holder will be expected to provide a link between our groups, representatives, staff and the wider policy environment. Summarising policy and supporting members input to consultations, locally and nationally, they will lead on aspects of our responsibility for supporting the voice of the sector across Highland, including forums, representatives and the collation of information for each.

Responsibilities:

Policy

• Review and maintain a knowledge of key policy developments nationally and locally.
• Identifying opportunities for and methods of inputting members views and experience to strengthen legislation and decision making.
• Keep up to date and share information on policy and legislative development with members, representatives elected through the rep pathway and colleagues within HTSI.
• Lead on consultation responses on behalf of members, including facilitating engagement with members on related subjects.

Knowledge

• Gather and maintain information on members, their services and needs to provide a comprehensive directory of Highland Third Sector organisations.

Advocacy and Representation

• Support the election, development and role of the Representatives elected by members to attend various partnerships on their behalf.
• Provide relevant information about members, their experiences and policy linking and relevant to the meetings attended by colleagues and representatives.

Membership

• Lead the membership team to deliver impactful communications across the wide range of platforms to HTSI members and stakeholders.
• Support and oversee delivery of members services such as eLearning, training, recruitment advertising, members platform.
• Ensure that communications made on behalf of HTSI are compliant and accessible, including those through the HTSI website.

As a team member

• Work collectively across the regional team and wider HTSI collaboratively, respectfully, fairly and honestly; always undertaking to represent the organisation appropriately and with the integrity expected by HTSI.
• Provide line management support to the membership team members.
• Undertake any other reasonable task.