Location
Lake Vyrnwy, Powys

Hours
Part Time - 22.5 hours per week (Fixed-Term to July 2028). Additional hours may be available subject to funding.

Salary
£27,579 per annum (pro rata)

About the Role
Join our fabulous Peatland Team as our new Senior Administrator and help us make the world a better place for nature and people. Over the last five years, the team has restored over 1300ha of precious blanket bog at and adjacent to Lake Vyrnwy, building collaborative partnerships, pioneering new approaches and driving wider ambition. Our plans for the next five years are equally ambitious and as our Peatland Senior Administrator you will be critical to the team’s success.
You will provide comprehensive business and financial support for a work programme spanning multiple sites, teams and funders. This includes managing financial processes such as grant applications, funding streams, budgeting, delivery, reporting and auditing. You will work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders to build productive professional relationships that deliver more for nature, carbon and people.
Key responsibilities include contract management support (procurement, invoicing, auditing), IT system support with complex and sensitive data, ensuring compliance with consents, licenses, CDM and health & safety regulations, and acting as a first point of contact for enquiries, linking with partners and supporters.
This is a hybrid role with an expectation to work at least one day a week from the RSPB Lake Vyrnwy office in Mid Wales.

Experience
- Confidence using Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with ability to support colleagues.
- Experience using Excel for accurate data management, analysis and reporting.
- Experience supporting financial processes such as budgeting, invoicing, record-keeping or reporting.
- Experience organising meetings or events including logistics, administration and follow-up.
- Experience handling confidential information with discretion and accuracy.
- Experience providing administrative support across multiple projects, teams or stakeholders.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines and resolve administrative issues using initiative and good judgement.
- Clear and professional communication skills for effective interaction with colleagues, partners, funders and contractors.
- Ability to build effective working relationships internally and externally.
- Understanding of health and safety procedures and ability to follow them in day-to-day tasks.

About you
- Interest and awareness of conservation issues gained through study, work, volunteering or personal interest.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Organised, reliable and proactive with a positive attitude.
- An understanding of the Welsh language is desirable.

Qualifications
- Relevant education or equivalent experience such as A-Level study or comparable knowledge gained through work, volunteering or other learning routes.