Membership & Events Assistant

We are working with our client The Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) who have an exciting opportunity available for a highly organised and eager individual to join the team as a Membership & Events Assistant on a full-time, permanent basis.

You will dive into a fast-paced role providing crucial organisational support across the Association. Both prospective and current members will benefit from your effectiveness in delivering with key membership tasks and new projects. You will also be supporting the events team with the administration of its programme of exhibitions and working with sector-leading companies to provide further opportunities for our members to engage with them. With this being a newly created post, you have the ability to grow with the role and play a part in the development of important aspects of our service to members.

You will either be currently working in an administrative or events-based role and looking for a new challenge working across multiple teams, or you are in the early years of your career and are ambitious to find an employer who sees your potential and will invest in your training. You will either have some administrative and/or events experience or alternatively be someone with a strong attention to detail, possess great planning, organisational and time management skills with a desire to be part of an exciting, fast-paced and customer focused environment. If you see yourself described above, please consider applying.

It’s common for candidates to rule themselves out of applying if they don’t perfectly match a role’s criteria – we’re more interested in potential than a perfect match of skills or experience and know that the right attitude trumps both.

About IAPS

IAPS is the Association for world-class prep and junior Headteachers. It works to support its members in their efforts to lead excellent schools and deliver the highest standards of education and care to their pupils.

We offer a professional working environment with a positive ‘team’ ethos and atmosphere, as well as an attractive pension scheme and annual leave entitlement. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements with the successful candidate.

Key Responsibilities

· Provide administrative support for the membership application process as well as the coaching programme for new members, liaising with the Membership Officer to ensure all new/ applicant Heads are being supported.

· Co-ordinating the Association’s role in monitoring inspection reports from schools and Heads’ responses to them.

· Provide administrative support to the Partnerships & Events Lead organising and delivering exhibitions.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

· Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with a commitment to excellence.

· Excellent time management with a clarity of thinking that allows a focus on the most important task, insight, or action.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand and explain complex ideas.

· Ability to manage competing priorities to demanding timescales.

· Ability to learn new skills quickly.

· Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite.

· Experience of event organisation is desirable.

· Experience of handling data and using data systems is desirable.

· A ‘service mindset’ prompting the constant question ‘How can I better serve members, my team and the organisation?’ and leading to exemplary effort and reflective personal development.

· The ability to work as part of a fast-paced, high-performing team whilst being comfortable working without direction and using own initiative to problem-solve.

If you feel you have the skills and experience to be our Membership & Events Assistant, please click ‘Apply’ today.

IAPS is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and wishes to encourage applications from individuals from a diversity of backgrounds. IAPS will ensure that all applicants receive equal consideration irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

No agencies please.