Project administrator jobs

Education Projects Administrator

Duration: Temporary (3 months)
Pay: £14.80 per hour + holiday pay
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Location: Fully remote or London (if you refer a hybrid set-up)

Are you a detail-oriented Administrator with a passion for architecture and education? Charity People are thrilled to be partnering with a professional body based in London. We are seeking an experienced Administrator to join the Education Department temporarily for a period of 3 months.

This is a fast-paced, detail-focused administrative role supporting the delivery of the education awards, bursaries, and scholarships. You'll work closely with the Head of Education Projects and team to ensure submissions are processed accurately and efficiently within tight deadlines.

Key responsibilities

• Log and process award submissions accurately and efficiently
• Check eligibility and ensure all entries meet required criteria
• Format written and audio-visual content for judging and publication
• Maintain and update databases, spreadsheets, and the awards website
• Support the administration of scholarships and bursaries, including logging applications and data cleansing
• Assist with reporting and coordination across education projects
• Work collaboratively with internal teams, academics, and external stakeholders

You will have:

• Strong administrative experience in a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills
• Confident handling data, spreadsheets, and digital systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage high volumes of work to tight deadlines
• Discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality

Desirable experience

• Experience in education, higher education, or grant administration
• Background in project or event coordination
• Interest in architecture, design, or the creative industries
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel, Word, Teams)

How to apply
Please submit your CV by Monday 6th July at 9:00 to be considered for this opportunity.
Interviews will be online on Monday 13th July, with a view for successful person to start on Monday 27th July.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to ensure the application process works for you.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

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

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

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.