Senior Administrator
Location: Lake Vyrnwy
Salary: £25,847.00 - £27,594.00 Per Annum
Contract: 3 years FTC
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Join our fabulous Peatland Team as our new Senior Administrator and help us make the world a better place for nature and people. Over the last five years the team have restored over 1000ha of precious blanket bog, at and adjacent to Lake Vyrnwy, building collaborative partnerships, pioneering new approaches and driving wider ambition.

Our plans for the next five years are equally ambitious and as our Peatland Senior Administrator you will be critical to the team’s success. You will provide comprehensive business and financial support for a work programme spanning multiple sites, teams and funders.

Key areas of responsibility

• Provide comprehensive business and financial administrative support for the peatland delivery programme, working across multidisciplinary teams to deliver functional operations.
• Manage financial processes including supporting grant applications, managing funding streams and keeping accurate financial records to support budgeting, delivery, reporting and auditing.
• Work collaboratively with people at all levels, both within RSPB and across external stakeholders, building productive professional relationships that deliver more for nature, carbon and people.
• Provide comprehensive support for effective contract management, including procurement, contract set up, invoicing, auditing and record keeping.
• Provide IT system support and ensure complex, sensitive data sets are maintained, organised and secure.
• Support the team to deliver compliant work programmes, manging consents, licenses, CDM and H&S regulations and standards.
• Management and liaising with Central Services to ensure the team have the facilities and equipment to operate efficiently, effectively and safely.
• Provide a first point of contact for all enquires and be an important link with our partners and supporters.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• At least two A-Levels or equivalent, alongside Maths and English GCSE or equivalent.
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (especially Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), plus the ability to impart this knowledge on to others.
• Proven experience of using Microsoft Excel to organise, manage and manipulate data.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of financial management processes.
• Experience of supporting the management of external contracts.
• Able to organise meetings and events, coordinate all aspects and related administration.
• Able to deal with confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
• Experience of providing administrative support within a large and complex organisation.
• Experience of liaising with staff at all levels in external organisations, particularly to support partnership working.
• Experience of complying with health and safety regulations and codes of practices.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience of Grant funding - both public and private funds streams
• Knowledge of current conservation issues, priorities and legislation
• Experience of the Water sector, Welsh Government and regulatory bodies

Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 25th May 2025

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 5th June 2025.

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.