Admin Assistant

**Admin Assistant**

**Field Studies Council Epping Forest, Loughton, Essex**

**£20,378 - £21,625 per annum, dependent on experience**

**37.5 hours per week / Permanent**

**Plus, excellent benefits**

**Join our team and love where you work**

**What you’ll be doing**

Your role will be to ensure a proactive and professional administrative support service is delivered to both external customers and internal colleagues and teams at our learning centre.

The day-to-day duties are varied and will include taking the centre bookings, processing financial transactions, and keeping accurate records for the centre.

Please refer to the vacancy pack for full details of the responsibilities of the role.

**Who we’re looking for**

We need someone to be able to hit the ground running in this role, so you will already have some experience of working in a busy office environment in an administrative role. In addition to:

- A great work ethic where aptitude and attitude are key
- A natural pride in the work you produce
- A flexible and adaptive approach able to perform using your own initiative both independently and as a team player
- A professional manner in all that you do
- An empathy with the aims and objectives of Field Studies Council
- A committed and proactive approach to personal development; motivated to learn new skills and overcome new challenges

**Where you’ll be based**

Field Studies Council Epping Forest, is situated in the heart of Epping Forest, an area of around 2,400 hectares of wood-pasture stretching from Manor Park in East London to just north of Epping in Essex. Two thirds of the Forest have been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Special Area of Conservation (SAC).

Our purpose built, fully accessible centre has six classrooms, and associated facilities, with direct access into our teaching sites which include woodland, grassland, heath, and river.

**Can you imagine yourself taking in these beautiful surroundings on your lunch break?**
- **Benefits**:

- Holidays - 28 days + bank holidays + a further 2 extra loyalty days dependent on length of service
- Pension
- Sick Pay
- 24hr Counselling Helpline Service
- Life Assurance
- Health Cash Plan
- Happy to talk flexible working
- Staff discounts

If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, please call Stephen Cox on 020 8502 8500

**Applications will be considered on arrival.**

Interviews are scheduled to take place at Field Studies Council Epping Forest on a rolling basis.
- Kindly note this role will be known internally as an Administrative Assistant_