Membership Development Officer

Job description / Role

Irwin & Dow are proud to represent a leading professional institution which has been established for over 200 years, and is renown throughout the globe for professional qualifications and continuous career development. This membership organisation has over 91,000 individual members; 900 of which are based within the UAE and employed across large MNCs. The core function of the institution is to assist their members with full professional and career development, including qualifications such as apprenticeships, foundation degrees, BEng and MEng. With a Head office based in London, they have recently set up a regional Middle East office in Dubai and are therefore seeking a Membership Development Officer (MDO) to assist regional civil engineering members of all ages and levels of expertise.

The main function of the Membership Development Officer is to assist and guide members through their personal training and development plans from initial onboarding, classroom support, career guidance, individual one to one meetings, webinars to group discussions in the form of “career and development clinics”. In addition you will be expected to collaborate with other regions to share good practice, training effectiveness reviews and share information with the training teams and key stakeholders.

The organisation is extremely member centric and aims to fully support individuals throughout the longevity of their career as a civil engineer. It is expected that you will actively listen and seek out new learning opportunities in order to assist the members and improve the reach of the institution. In turn you will also encourage school leavers to pursue a civil engineering career with presentations and those with years of experience to pursue modern qualifications. You will also keep abreast of market intelligence and changes in legal requirements, so candidates with a clear passion for the engineering industry should apply. As the role develops the MDO will gain a wide network of members and connections within the industry, so it is imperative that the successful candidate has an understanding of the civil engineering field and is extremely hands on with people at all levels.

Requirements

To be successful in this role candidates are required to be educated to degree level, with civil engineering qualifications being highly desirable. Those with learning and development or training qualifications and experience will also be considered. You will be an engaging and motivational person, who is respectful of those who are experts in their field and adept in offering advice and guidance as opposed to a commanding approach. Those with passports allowing ease of travel across the Gulf region and an exceptionally high standard of English in all formats should apply for this exciting opportunity.

About the Company

Irwin & Dow was established in 2013 to provide clients with a unique and highly personalised recruitment service, providing the very top calibre of candidates across the business support and secretarial function.

We provide a refreshing approach, working in close partnership with clients and candidates across diverse industry sectors; large MNC’s, government & semi -government entities, SME’s, local businesses and in the start-up and UHNWI support framework.

Great people equal great success: all our candidates are interviewed personally by a member of the team, and we develop longstanding and in-depth relationships with our clients, understanding their corporate culture and goals to ensure a successful outcome for both parties.

Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount, and we are pleased to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.