Office Location
Frankfurt
About Us
RICS is a leading professional body working in the public interest to advance knowledge, uphold standards and support current and future professionals across land, real estate, construction and infrastructure. With more than 130,000 members and candidates operating across over 140 countries, our work helps to build trust, confidence and professional excellence across the built and natural environments.
This is an opportunity to join RICS on a 6-month fixed term contract, providing focused local support to our Germany team. The role will help maintain continuity across member engagement, stakeholder activity and events during a busy period for the region.
Role Purpose and Key Responsibilities
As Member Engagement and Events Lead, you will provide fixed term support for local member engagement activity, with Germany as the main focus and a wider regional DACH element. You will work with colleagues, members, local boards and stakeholders to help coordinate a varied programme of events, communications and market engagement activity.
Internally, this role is known as Market Engagement Lead. For this fixed term contract, the focus will be on delivery, coordination and continuity, with some practical engagement and sales support activity included to provide additional capacity across the Germany team.
You will help coordinate local member events, regional conferences and commercial activities, including smaller engagement events and larger member facing events which require careful planning, stakeholder coordination, speaker management, communications and logistical support.
The role will also support agreed regional priorities, alongside ongoing member engagement and market activity across Germany and the wider DACH region.
What You’ll Be Doing
Support and coordinate local member engagement activity across Germany, helping to progress agreed market priorities.
Coordinate events, workshops, conferences and member meetings, ensuring effective planning and smooth delivery.
Support the planning and delivery of larger commercial and member facing events, working with speakers, stakeholders, internal teams and external contacts.
Act as a point of contact for member, client and stakeholder enquiries, providing timely, professional and helpful responses.
Provide practical support for engagement and commercial activity by coordinating meetings, preparing materials and helping colleagues maintain momentum across regional priorities.
Maintain accurate records, track activity and contribute to reporting processes so that engagement activity and outcomes are visible and well managed.
Support the administration of local boards, advisory groups and working groups, including information flow, meeting coordination and follow up actions.
Coordinate event related documentation and administration, ensuring activity is accurate, organised and follows internal processes.
Work collaboratively across RICS teams, including Market Engagement, Marketing, Communications, Commercial and Member Engagement colleagues, to support a joined-up member experience.
About You
You will be an organised, proactive and confident communicator who enjoys building relationships, coordinating activity and supporting the delivery of high-quality member and stakeholder experiences. You will be comfortable managing multiple priorities, working with colleagues across different teams and supporting activity in a busy regional environment.
Fluent German language capability is essential, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally in both German and English.
Experience supporting member engagement, stakeholder engagement, events, sales support, client service or administrative activity.
Good organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate events, meetings, logistics, materials and follow up activity.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to work with internal colleagues, members, clients and external stakeholders.
Good attention to detail, including the ability to maintain accurate records, track activity and support reporting processes.
Ability to work collaboratively across teams and contribute to a positive, responsive and professional service.
Confidence using Microsoft Office; experience of CRM systems or similar tools would be helpful.
An interest in the built environment, professional membership, stakeholder engagement or regional market activity would be advantageous.
Rewards and Benefits
33 days’ annual leave, plus office closure over the Christmas period
Additional paid volunteering and wellbeing days
Hybrid working arrangements
Statutory pension contributions, paid through the monthly payroll
Life insurance cover of three times annual salary
Eye care contribution, including eye tests and eyewear
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to mental health support, Mental Health First Aiders and Wellbeing Champions
Equal Opportunity Employer
RICS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds, as we believe our differences support better performance. Please speak to us if we can support you with any adjustments to our recruitment process. Candidates will need to have the correct right to work in the country where the role is based.
How to Apply
Click Apply to complete our short application form. You will be asked to upload your CV and provide a brief statement telling us why the role interests you and how your experience relates to the skills and experience we are looking for. 