Background

The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) was established in 2001 and now has more than 120 member companies representing 90 per cent of the UK’s wood recycling sector. We also have members from across Europe.

The WRA acts on behalf of its members to provide a voice for the sector at the highest levels, working closely with Government representatives, the environmental regulators, DEFRA, DESNZ and other trade associations and recycling bodies to influence and advise on issues affecting our industry, including legislation.

Our members span the whole waste wood supply chain and include wood recyclers and reprocessors, panel board mills, renewable energy suppliers, waste management companies, skip operators, pallet refurbishers, reuse organisations, laboratories, technology manufacturers, consultancies and specialist insurance and health & safety companies.

We also enjoy reciprocal membership with CIWM, Confor, the Recycling Association, Logistics UK and our German equivalent, BAV.

The Association is led by a board of nine, eight of whom are elected by the membership and give their time on a voluntary basis, plus the Executive Director.

For more information on the WRA, our board, members and our activity, see our website –www.woodrecyclers.org

Requirement

Our current Member Communications Manager, Erica Malkin, has been working with the WRA since 2022 and she is now moving on to run the Stove Industry Association.

We have therefore taken this opportunity to broaden this role into that of a Membership Manager, who will also take on some of the existing responsibilities from the WRA Executive Director, Julia Turner.

The new Membership Manager will therefore be responsible to the Executive Director for:

• Financial Management including liaison with accountants

• Arranging Annual Insurance for the WRA and its events

• Agreement of Content for Quarterly Members’ Meetings (With input from the Board,

Members and PR Manager)

• Advising the Board on Member Communications

• Working with the PR Manager to produce an Annual Communications Plan to support the

rolling three-year WRA Business Plan

• Being the main contact for all categories of WRA Members – Recycling, Recovery, Service

and Reciprocal members/managing the relationship with them and visiting their sites as

appropriate

• Handling all membership enquiries

• Managing a new member recruitment campaign to grow the membership

• Representing member interests in a variety of relevant groups, e.g. WACT, digital waste

tracking user group

• Organising WRA’s presence at trade exhibitions

• Organising Quarterly Members’ Meetings/Panel Sessions

• Keeping members informed of new developments within the industry

• Producing, writing copy for, managing design of presentations and member marketing

materials

• Working with the PR Manager to produce a monthly newsletter for members

• Working with the ED and members to gather information on:

o Annual waste wood input/output statistics

o Input to consultation responses

We are looking for someone to work with the WRA Board to provide all of these membership management services and we estimate that this will take 3-4 days a week. Candidates should be aware that during busy periods such as the run-up to our quarterly members’ meetings or conferences/exhibitions, more time may be required.

Please note that this role involves working mainly on a remote, work from home basis, but will also require you to attend quarterly WRA members’ meetings, trade shows and visit member sites.

We would like you to send a CV and a covering letter outlining the skills and relevant experience you have that would make you the ideal person to deliver these services.

You should include a proposed daily rate for this work and indicate current ability to offer up to four days a week of support.

Please also indicate any potential conflicts of interest. The letter and CV should be submitted to

julia.turner@woodrecyclers.org by close of play on Friday 21st February 2025.

Process

We are aiming to make a decision on the role by early March, so that the chosen person/organisation can work with Erica during that month to have a handover and understand her current activities in more detail.

Interviews of shortlisted candidates will take place week commencing 3rd March.

Please contact Julia at julia.turner@woodrecyclers.org if you have questions about any of the contents of this brief.

Essential:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (both written and verbal)

• Financial management skills

• Business development skills

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team

• High level organisational ability

• IT competent and able to use a variety of IT packages and platforms

• Proven event management experience

• Capable of working with operational teams, senior managers and board directors

Preferred:

• Successful track record of managing and developing member communications

• Knowledge of the wider resources and waste sector

• Knowledge of the waste wood market

Flexible, mainly work from home role

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