Senior Administrator - Part-Time
Reference: MAR20252819
Location: Pulborough Brooks
Hours: Part-Time, 15 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £25,847.00 - £27,594.00 Pro Rata
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave (pro rata)

RSPB Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve is looking for a part-time (15 hours per week) Senior Administrator to join our friendly team.

RSPB Pulborough Brooks is one of the most important sites for nature in Sussex. With a café, shop and thriving events programme it is a key visitor destination in the South Downs National Park.

What's the role about?

Working with reserve, visitor operations and central RSPB teams you will be the central point of contact for the team, co-ordinating the smooth running of the day-to-day requirements. You'll oversee the management of the office and surrounding facilities ensuring they are efficient, effective and safe places to work. You'll support the administration of team finances, recording meeting minutes and managing team diaries.

What we need from you:

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• At least 5 GCSE's, including Maths and English
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft 365 (including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint), plus the ability to impart this knowledge on to others.
• Knowledge of document management and team collaboration tools.
• Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences whether by phone, email or in person.
• Able to make the best use of time particularly when under pressure from competing priorities, prioritising and delegating tasks effectively, during periods of both low and high demand.
• Able to proactively identify and solve problems.
• Able to take meeting notes and minutes clearly and concisely.
• Experience of providing administrative support within a large and complex organisation.
• Experience of office management and maintaining a safe working environment.
• Experience of managing and reporting financial information.

Interested in the job but not sure if you have all the relevant skills required for this position?

Don’t worry we’d still love to hear from you and are more interested in who you are and what you want to achieve, than what you have done.

Closing date: 23:59, Mon, 30th Jun 2025

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on the 10th and 11th July.

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.

As part of this application process, you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

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.

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

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.