Membership Executive – Telesales

About the role

The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) is seeking a dynamic Membership Executive to drive new restaurant, café and gastropub memberships through proactive telesales. You will act as the face of RAI, promoting the benefits of membership and supporting the growth of Ireland’s hospitality sector.

Key responsibilities

• Make daily outbound cold calls to prospective members and convert leads into signed memberships.
• Communicate RAI’s core benefits, including lobbying power, financial savings, training programmes and awards participation.
• Gather feedback from business owners to inform national lobbying strategy.
• Maintain accurate records of contacts, site visits and sign‑ups in the RAI CRM system.
• Achieve and exceed monthly acquisition and retention targets.

Required profile

• Strong knowledge of the Irish hospitality landscape, preferably with restaurant or hospitality sales experience.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to deliver persuasive pitches to busy business owners.
• Self‑motivated, able to work independently and meet targets.
• Professional, detail‑oriented and a team player.

Required skills

• CRM (experience with a customer relationship management system).

What we offer

• Competitive base salary with an uncapped commission structure.
• Hybrid working arrangement.