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Senior Administrator - The Lodge & Fowlmere
Location: RSPB UKHQ - The Lodge
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £25,847.00 - £27,594.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Holidays, Pension and Life Assurance

This role is predominantly based at The Lodge Gate House with the occasional option of working from home.

Would you like to work at The RSPB Lodge & Fowlmere reserves? We are looking for a Senior Administrator who is an excellent team player to support our team including our Senior Site Manager, Visitor Experience, Land Management, Shop and Café, Head Gardener and Volunteers.

The Lodge is a unique reserve, also RSPB's UK headquarters. There are trails exploring heathland, woodland, exemplar wildlife gardens, and ancient heritage; it is home to Nightjar, Hobby, Natterjack Toad and Dartmoor Ponies, and attracts over 60k visitors.

Fowlmere, near Cambridge, is a jewel of a wetland where around 40k visitors enjoy exploring reedbeds and wet woodlands, and seeing Water Vole, Marsh Harrier, Brown Trout and fenland flowers.

You need to be enthusiastic and highly self-motivated, with strong organisational skills.

As a Senior Administrator you will provide comprehensive personal administrative support to senior staff in your work area facilitating the delivery of work programmes and an effective working environment.

Please describe how you meet the following essential knowledge, skills and experience in your application.

Essential knowledge

* Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (especially Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), plus the ability to impart this knowledge on to others

* Knowledge of document management and team collaboration tools.

* Knowledge of budget management terminology and processes.

Essential skills

* Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences whether by phone, email or in person.

* Able to organise meetings and events, from small up to very large (hundreds of attendees), and coordinate all aspects of the meeting or event logistics.

* 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 negotiate and influence effectively.

* Able to identify and act on opportunities for continually improving ways of working.

* Able to proactively identify and solve problems.

* Able to deal with confidential and sensitive information appropriately

* Able to take meeting notes and minutes clearly and concisely

Essential experience

* Experience of providing administrative support within a large and complex organisation.

* Experience of office management and maintaining a safe working environment.

* Experience of liaising with staff at all levels in external organisations, particularly to support partnership working.

* Experience of managing and reporting financial information.

Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 6th Jul 2025

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on 15th July 2025.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

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.

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.

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

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