At a Glance
- Tasks: Support woodland creation projects through finance and administration.
- Company: Tees Community Forest, dedicated to creating greener spaces.
- Benefits: Flexible hours, remote work, enhanced pension, and 14 days annual leave.
- Other info: Join a passionate team making a difference across Tees Valley.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on climate change and biodiversity in your community.
- Qualifications: Organised, detail-oriented, and experienced in administration and finance.
The predicted salary is between 16156 - 16156 £ per year.
Location: Flexible - Home-based or office-based at Darlington Farmers Auction Mart, Darlington (Teesside applicants encouraged)
Hours: 18.5 hours per week with flexible working hours
Contract: Fixed Term - 12-month contract
Salary: £16,156 pa (£31,439 FTE)
Join a team creating greener places for people and nature: Tees Community Forest is looking for an organised, proactive and personable Finance & Administration Officer to support the delivery of our ambitious woodland creation programme across Tees Valley. As part of England's Community Forests – a national network of 15 Community Forests – we work with landowners, local authorities, businesses and communities to create new woodlands, improve biodiversity and connect more people with nature.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role behind the scenes, ensuring our projects run smoothly and our funding programmes are delivered efficiently.
About the role: You’ll be at the heart of our day-to-day operations, providing administrative and financial support to our delivery team and acting as a key point of contact for landowners and partners. This varied role is ideal for someone who enjoys organisation, problem-solving and working collaboratively.
Key responsibilities:
- Trees for Climate support: Manage the Tees Community Forest central enquiries inbox and respond to landowner enquiries. Process landowner funding claim forms accurately and efficiently. Liaise with operational delivery teams to confirm works have been completed and inspected before payments are processed. Maintain accurate financial and administrative records. Support annual funding claims and reporting.
- Tees Community Forest governance: Assist with co-ordinating Tees Community Forest woodland advisory group, including agreeing dates, organising venues and catering, distribution of agendas and supporting papers. Support Tees Community Forest Director in annual reporting against the Tees Community Forest strategic plan.
- Central administrative support: Support the wider team including diary management, booking travel and accommodation, taking and drafting minutes. Work closely with finance staff within Community Forest Trust (accountable body for Tees Community Forest). Support development and content of Tees Community Forest website.
About you: We’re looking for someone with the following skills:
Essential:
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
- Comfortable managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines.
- Confident communicating with a wide range of people by email, phone and in person.
- Experienced in administration and financial processing.
- Competent using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Outlook and Word.
- Able to work independently while also being part of a supportive team.
- Willingness to work flexibly and adapt to the needs of a small charity.
- The ability to travel to Teesside to attend in person meetings.
Desirable:
- Experienced using social media platforms and using WordPress to manage websites.
- Experience using Monday.com project management software (or equivalent).
- Experience of grant administration, public sector funding or environmental projects would be advantageous but is not essential.
What we offer:
- A flexible, family-friendly role with genuine work-life balance.
- The option to work from our office at Darlington Farmers Auction Mart.
- Flexible working hours to fit around your commitments.
- Enhanced pension scheme.
- 14 days annual leave inclusive of statutory holidays (35 days FTE).
- A supportive and passionate team making a real difference to landscapes and communities across Tees Valley.
- Meaningful work that contributes to tackling climate change, increasing biodiversity and creating healthier places for people to live.
Join Tees Community Forest and help us grow a greener future for Tees Valley.
Finance & Administration Officer employer: North East Combined Authority
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