Operations Administration Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 322770**Salary**:

- £23,098- Salary will be pro rata based on 22 hours per week- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer- Pay Band 6B**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- 12 months**Business area**:

- FC - Forestry England**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

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- Santon DownhamAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Forestry England is looking for an accomplished Administrator to provide support to staff, customers and contractors based at the District Office in Santon Downham near Thetford. You will work as part of a team to provide superb administrative support for the Forestry and Land Management Team.
- The Forestry and Land Management Team covers a wide remit delivering sustainable forest management through timber harvesting, wildlife management and tree establishment. The team’s purpose is to ensure the competent and effective management of the nation’s forests and ensure income from both timber and venison further the organisation’s mission for people, the environment and the economy.**About Us**:
East England Forest District, covers an area of 35,000 ha from North Norfolk to Brighton; including Thetford Forest and the outlying beats of Sandlings, Kent, East Sussex, Chilterns and Thames Chase Community Forest. The District has a varied landholding including the largest lowland pine forest in England at Thetford, community woodland on the outskirts of London at Thames Chase, and a range of mixed woodland, many of which are on sites of Ancient Woodland.
- There are numerous sites of conservation interest designated across the District, including Special Protection Areas to conserve the breeding habitat for the Woodlark and Nightjar, Special Areas of Conservation, Sites of Specific Scientific Interest, Areas of Outstanding National Beauty, Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland, County Wildlife Sites and Scheduled Monuments.
- The District offers outdoor recreation, leisure and wellbeing activities for hundreds of thousands of people each year at its recreation centres. Forestry England’s freehold estate is dedicated for public access on foot, with numerous small carparks and informal access points.**Job description**:
Working as part of a wider team you will provide effective administrative support to the operational teams. Proactively ensuring that appropriate procedures are followed and that relevant standards are met.

East Forest District produces around 125,000m3 of timber each year (generating a £7million income) and has an annual planting programme of around 1million trees.

**Key Work Areas**:
Forestry & Timber Sales Administration - Use of the internal software system to administer timber sales contracts. Providing assistance to Forest District colleagues, as well as maintaining and updating the system.

Financial Administration support - using the internal eFinancial system at a basic level for support tasks including raising of purchase orders and arranging payment of invoices.

Wider Support Role - Working as a key member of the Forestry and Land Management team provide cover and support colleagues with ad hoc requests which could include updating and maintaining guidance documents; data-gathering; running reports and monitoring of the team’s adherence to policy and guidance.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Professional and Technical Experience**:

- Very competent IT user with experience of Microsoft Office
- Ability to learn internal bespoke software systems quickly
- Experience of working in an office environment and carrying out administrative tasks
- Experience of working with financial systems and a high level of numeracy
- Data input to a high level of accuracy

**Desirable Professional & Technical experience**:

- Experience in supporting colleagues using bespoke, internal systems
- Experience working with a large, dispersed and often remote team

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £23,098, Forestry Commission contributes £6,260 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service. This