- Do you have the exclusive use of a car or bicycle, weekday/weekend afternoons/evenings?
- Are you really interested in the natural environment/wildlife conservation/green issues?
- Are you a good, confident communicator (and listener)?
- Do you have any experience of sales, promotion, marketing or working with the public?
- Do you have email and broadband access at home? (Increasingly, we conduct training by SKYPE)
- Are you fit and energetic enough to enjoy walking briskly 1-2 miles each session in all but the worst of weathers?
- Could you manage to work on your own, from your home base, without immediate colleagues and without close supervision from a “boss”?
- Are you fluent in English?
- Are you aware that the earnings from this job can be unpredictable?
- If you are claiming benefits of any kind, have you seriously considered how any earnings from this job will affect your entitlements?
- Do you have a good-humoured, optimistic nature?
- Are you self-motivated, self-sufficient, socially confident, and do you enjoy a challenge?
- Are you organised enough to manage your own time and undertake elementary paperwork?
- Are you open minded – and able to deal with a wide variety of people and situations without prejudice?
- Are you OK with dogs? (we ask, because meeting dogs is an inevitable part of house-calling)
As our "target market" is likely to be educated, relatively prosperous and aged between 40 and 75, applicants with a similar background are particularly welcome.
- No previous experience of membership promotion or fundraising necessary
- Full training in our soft approach will be provided