Forestry Commission
Administration Officer (Estates)
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Coleford, South West England, GL16 8BA
Job Summary
You will provide an efficient financial and administrative support service for the busy Estates team based in the Forest of Dean. Providing assistance to the wider locally based forestry and recreation teams and national colleagues whilst dealing with enquiries from tenants, contractors and external stakeholders. In addition you will be liaising regularly with colleagues in the wider District and beyond.
Job Description
Key responsibilities & accountabilities
- Providing general administrative support to the Area Land Agents and wider Estates Team e.g. handling external enquiries, filing, letter writing, preparation of agreements, data management, copying and general office administrative duties.
- Play an important part in supporting estates income generation and expenditure by managing the finance transaction processing, which will include extensive use of the in house eFin financial system and an understanding of the Collaborative Planning financial management system and widespread use and knowledge of spreadsheets.
- Understanding the basics of estate management terminology and the legal background to agreements and processes relating to estates documents to enable ability to liaise with colleagues and customers regarding queries relating to agreements and leases, tenant recharges general land enquiries, invoice processing and payments.
- Provide essential support and oversight to ensure that legal obligations are met, invoices are received and processed in a timely way, rents are received and paid on time.
- The post holder plays a key part in maintaining and updating the estates terrier system now hosted on the GIS Forester Web system and helping to ensure that rent reviews and lease renewals are dealt with in a timely manner and that property records are kept up to date. And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Providing general administrative support to the Area Land Agents and wider Estates Team e.g. handling external enquiries, filing, letter writing, preparation of agreements, data management, copying and general office administrative duties.
- Play an important part in supporting estates income generation and expenditure by managing the finance transaction processing, which will include extensive use of the in house eFin financial system and an understanding of the Collaborative Planning financial management system and widespread use and knowledge of spreadsheets.
- Understanding the basics of estate management terminology and the legal background to agreements and processes relating to estates documents to enable ability to liaise with colleagues and customers regarding queries relating to agreements and leases, tenant recharges general land enquiries, invoice processing and payments.
- Provide essential support and oversight to ensure that legal obligations are met, invoices are received and processed in a timely way, rents are received and paid on time.
- The post holder plays a key part in maintaining and updating the estates terrier system now hosted on the GIS Forester Web system and helping to ensure that rent reviews and lease renewals are dealt with in a timely manner and that property records are kept up to date. And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
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Person specification
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential professional and technical experience
- Effective administrative skills and excellent attention to detail.
- Processing financial transactions, paying and raising invoices
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
- Competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications.
- Experienced in using databases, inputting, and updating records.
- Uses standard procedures and common sense to solve problems.
Desirable Professional And Technical Experience
- Proven working experience in an estates, property or legal environment
- Experience of using GIS
Qualifications
Essential
- A GCSE in Maths and English or functional skills equivalent.
Salary and benefits
Alongside your salary of £26,959, Forestry Commission contributes £7,810 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
How To Apply…
We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.
You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
- Managing a quality service
- Delivering at pace
- Working together
You may also be assessed on Experience, Strength based questions, and/or the Technical Success Profile at the interview. The technical element could include a presentation, practical or written task.
Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.
If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.
Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
Name : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Recruitment team
Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Further information
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.
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