Receptionist and Facilities officer

We live and breathe forests.

Salary- £26,959 pro rata

Contract type – Permanent

Hours – 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am to 1pm

Vacancy closes - 7th August, 23:58

Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.

Job Introduction

We are Forestry England.

We live and breathe forests.

Job title – Receptionist and Facilities officer

Salary- £26,959 pro rata

Contract type – Permanent

Hours – 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am to 1pm

Vacancy closes - 7th August, 23:58

Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.

Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

What You’ll Do…

As the Receptionist and Facilities Officer, you will be the main point of contact for all enquiries in person, by phone and online, working under minimal supervision and using your own initiative. Assisting the Office Manager and Estates team with tasks and issues and ensuring office continuity at all times.

Where you’ll work…

Bristol National Office, 620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1EJ

Benefits…

• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.

Nationality Requirements…

Read more about nationality requirements here.

Working for the Civil Service…

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative.

Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in in line with/according to these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk.

• Forestry England Job Description - Receptionist & Facilities Officer (PB6B).pdf