Membership Services Coordinator (Member Relations)
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Job Summary
- Vacancy Type
- Permanent
- Contract length
- Permanent
- Working Hours
- 0930-1730
- Working Pattern
- Full Time
- Is hybrid working available
- Yes
- If hybrid how many days on site minimum
- at least 4 days per week on-site in Bloomsbury London
- Location
- Bloomsbury London (Hybrid)
- Salary
- 31979 per annum
- Application Deadline
- Sunday September 13 2026
- Job Profile
- Role Summary
About the role
This is an exciting time to join the Membership Services team at the British Museum. As we continue to evolve and enhance the experience we offer our Members were looking for a proactive and customer-focused Membership Services Coordinator to play a key role in helping us deliver an outstanding service.
This position offers a unique opportunity for someone who enjoys improving processes solving problems and building strong relationships. Youll work at the heart of our Membership operation helping to shape how we support Members develop best practice and contribute to continuous service improvements across the team. You would support the manager in looking after the department and providing training and support for new team members. This role offers excellent opportunities to broaden your skills take on additional responsibility and develop expertise across customer service membership operations reporting and stakeholder engagement.
If youre passionate about delivering exceptional customer experiences and are looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact while growing your own skills and career wed love to hear from you.
About you
Were seeking someone who combines excellent customer service skills with a genuine interest in improving processes and helping teams work more effectively.
You will bring:
- Experience delivering excellent customer service in a public-facing environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with an excellent telephone manner
- Experience handling complex customer queries with professionalism and confidence
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Experience using CRM or customer databases experience with Raisers Edge would be advantageous
- Strong Microsoft Office skills
- The ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines with a collaborative attitude
- A proactive approach to identifying improvements and enhancing processes
- Experience working within a museum gallery membership organisation charity or fundraising environment would be advantageous.
Key areas of responsibility
As Membership Services Coordinator (Member Relations) you will be responsible for helping to deliver a first-class experience for our Members. Youll act as a key point of support within the Membership Services team coordinating responses to member enquiries overseeing communication channels and helping ensure consistently high standards of customer care.
Reporting to and working closely with the Membership Services Manager (Relations) youll take ownership of day-to-day processes support colleagues with complex enquiries and play an important role in identifying opportunities to improve efficiency enhance member satisfaction and develop new ways of working.
Key responsibilities include:
- Coordinating and overseeing member enquiries across email telephone and post
- Acting as an escalation point for complex customer service issues
- Developing and maintaining response templates FAQs and knowledge resources
- Producing customer service reports and performance information to help drive continuous improvement
- Supporting and training colleagues in membership processes and systems
- Managing financial administration reporting and refunds
- Building effective working relationships across the Museum to ensure excellent service for Members
- Contributing to the delivery of membership campaigns events and member engagement activities
- Benefits
At the British Museum we believe our people are at the heart of everything we do and have designed a benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary. Our full list of benefits can be found here but weve outlined some highlights below:
- Free exhibition entry for you and guests exclusive private views ICOM and reciprocal museum access.
- Civil Service Pension Scheme defined benefit with 28.97% employer contribution.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 2.5 privilege days (and 5 days after 10 years).
- Social and wellbeing perks including Staff parties social clubs CSSC sports and leisure and support from the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship.
- Learning and development through courses mentoring and Athena as well as support for professional qualifications.
- Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7 for counselling wellbeing support and more.
- Values
Our values drive everything we do from how we handle our objects to how we work in our team to fostering a culture where everyone feels heard and empowered:
- Care Deeply
- Embrace the Unknown
- Spark Curiosity
- Value Many Voices
These are a core part of how we recruit. Throughout the application interview and selection process we look for examples of how candidates demonstrate these behaviours in their own work and experiences. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with our values and reflect them in your application.
- Additional information
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application please provide details to .
Internal Applicants: We welcome internal applicants regardless of background department or length of service but encourage you to let your manager know before applying.
The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.
Required Experience:
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