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This is a defining moment for the National Forest, with a renewed vision to harness the transformative power of forests to restore nature, connect communities, and drive enterprise for a positive future. Over 30 years, this 200 square mile landscape has been reshaped, more than 10 million trees planted, and forest cover increased from 6% to 26%. Now, we are ready to build on this success within the National Forest itself, enabling three new national forests and championing a forest network for England.
We are now looking for a Project Administrator to join us to take forward this work on new national forests. This role is full-time, working 37 hours per week for a fixed-term contract to 31 March 2031, with potential for extension depending on funding.
Our Commitment to You
- Salary of £30,385 to £31,795
- Civil Service Pension scheme
- 30 days’ annual leave plus 10.5 days’ public and privilege holidays
- Staff bonuses
- Flexible working options
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on gym memberships
Your Role in Our Vision
As the New National Forests Project Administrator, you’ll provide project administration and support for the three new national forests’ central team.
Specifically, you’ll schedule meetings, collate reports, take meeting minutes, track actions and correspond with a range of external partners.
You’ll also support the Project Manager on financial and performance management, external communications activity and the organisation of stakeholder events.
Additionally, you will:
- Maintain good communication with internal teams and external partners
- Maintain relevant contact details on the CRM system
- Support the management of enquiries to ensure good customer service
What You’ll Bring
For the Project Administrator role, you will need:
- At least two years’ work-based experience in a similar role
- Proven experience of providing project administration
- Experience of stakeholder management and communicating to external partners
- Effective office administration skills, including financial management
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
We’re looking for someone brilliant at keeping things organised, on track, and moving forward—to support Headstart, a programme that’s helping to reshape how England restores its rivers and wetlands.
It’s a big, collaborative project (lots of partners, lots going on), so this role is right at the centre of making it all work.
Day to day, you might be:
• Keeping meetings, actions and plans organised
• Supporting budgets, invoices and financial tracking
• Helping coordinate partners and keep everyone aligned
• Making sure nothing falls through the cracks
You don’t need to come from an environmental background—but if you like the idea of your work contributing to nature recovery, that’s a big plus.
We’re looking for someone who’s:
• Super organised and detail-focused
• Proactive and happy juggling different tasks
• Reliable, approachable, and a good team player
You’ll be joining a friendly, purpose-driven team and working on something that genuinely matters.
Closing date: Friday 3rd July 2026 (5pm)
Interview date: Week commencing the week of 13th July 2026
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Freshwater is our passion. Together, we can make a difference for wildlife.
Thank you!
You’ll be embarking on a challenging and rewarding role, engaging directly with the Big Leaf core team to support the development and delivery of programmes and activities for displaced young people in both Guildford and Redhill.
The Project Administrator & Support position has been created to support the Programme Managers with 1) management and engagement with our working partners, and 2) operational project support and administration across the organisation.
Key Tasks ● Provide logistical and administrative support to the BLF Programme Managers. This can include liaising with project partners and suppliers, booking transportation and project venues, communication with young people and ensuring relevant consents and permissions are obtained. ● Act as a point of contact and build good relationships with partners. ● Liaise with our Partners including social workers, foster carers, parents and accommodation providers and meet BLFs safeguarding commitments by ensuring all paperwork and consents are in place. ● Manage general enquiries and referrals coming through our website and the contact@ email ensuring these are directed to the appropriate team members in a timely manner. ● Data capture and monitoring: populating SalesForce campaigns and ensuring registers for all activities are kept up to date ● Provide planning and admin support for our Summer Programme, Refugee Week and End of Year celebrations, including booking venues and transportation, liaising with project partners and communications with stakeholders. ● Occasional in-person project delivery support might be required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.