Cambridge, Peterborough and Winchester among cities targeted by RSPB in campaign to reel in new members

Trinity Street, Cambridge - photo by Christopher Hilton via Wikimedia Commons

THE RSPB has identified a further six English towns and cities where it believes it has a good chance of recruiting new members.

They are:

* Peterborough

* Cambridge

* Christchurch

* Fareham

* New Forest

* Winchester

In each of these places, the society is seeking to appoint a fundraiser  to mount membership stands at shops, businesses, market and other locations where it believes there are those who might be coaxed into becoming RSPB members.

The salary for the posts is £24,890 - £26,720 per annum.

The job description states:  "Each day you will use your company van to travel to different venues around your local area, set up an attractive fundraising stand and spend the day actively engaging with members of the public, spreading awareness about our conservation efforts and generating new RSPB memberships via direct debits. 

"Don't worry if you're not a wildlife expert yet -  we provide comprehensive training to equip you with all the knowledge you need. 

"What is more, you will enjoy the added perk of a company van, with fuel and parking costs paid for. 

"What's even better, you will have the flexibility to choose a contract between three  to five days per week and enjoy the stability of a set salary rather than working on commission. 

"With 34 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) and opportunities for sabbaticals, we value your work-life balance and well-being." 

The deadline for applications is December 1.

More details from: dan.somers@rspb.org.uk 

The Wryneck says: These latest additions the total of towns and cities being targeted since summer to 47 - all of them relatively prosperous. This is doubtless sound strategy. It makes sense to go where the money is.  But something feels not quite right about the campaign. The RSPB is for ever banging the drum for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, so why is it not venturing into places such as Bradford, Leicester and Brixton where ethnic 'minorities' are often in the majority? To brand the society as being 'unconsciously discriminatory' would perhaps be unfair. But it is hard not to get the feeling that, perhaps because of its increasingly fragmented structure, one hand of the RSPB does not know what the other is doing.