Summary
Are you an inspiring people leader with a passion for organising and helping others to get things done? Acting as a member of the Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen Bay Leadership Team, your focus will be to ensure that our Operational Teams are fully supported, enabling the portfolio to drive forward our strategic aim of Restoring Nature.Salary: £27,612 per annum Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, including occasional weekend and Bank Holiday working. Contract Duration: Permanent Provisional Interview Date: Thursday 25th June Mae cyfieithiad Cymraeg yr hysbyseb hon ar gael yn yr atodiadau.
What it's like to work here
We care for some of the most iconic and beautiful coastal sites in Wales, including a third of the Pembrokeshire coastline. We are proud to look after a diverse range of sites from sandy beaches, dramatic cliffs, woodlands, historic gardens and a small Tudor house. You’ll be primarily based at Stackpole, but will have the opportunity to work from other sites and occasionally from home. We're a flexible employer and supportive of helping you find a healthy work-life balance. We have an energetic and dynamic team, who are very passionate about nature and people, and we are looking for someone with the right skills and enthusiasm to join this team. We are a busy portfolio, especially during the summer holidays and so you’ll be required to work the occasional weekend and bank holiday.
What you'll be doing
The National Trust is a busy organisation that has a lot going on at all times - you can guarantee that no day is the same, so you'll have to love variety and working at pace. You and your team will provide administrative and practical support to the Operational teams and will also play an important role in ensuring that our portfolio hub based at Stackpole is operational seven days per week, as this is the main point of contact for all our enquiries across a large and diverse portfolio.You’ll be responsible for accurate record keeping and data management, financial management and reporting: all money management, including banking, petty cash, and supporting the team with compliance tasks and administration. You'll manage all systems and processes and lead in any training that may be required, including financial management and budgeting. You’ll be a champion of best practice when it comes to business services and will confidently challenge process and procedures when change is needed to adapt and reshape to our new ways of working and newly structured portfolio. You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what’s possible in this role.
Who we're looking for
We'd love to hear from you if you're:
1. A highly organised individual experienced in business services and office supervision
2. A role model and leader with good people management skills, who is able to create a vision and encourage others to follow you to make it happen
3. A strong communicator who can confidently and clearly present their ideas and those of others
4. A strategic thinker who is able to understand how things fit together and spot the opportunities that appear
5. A process thinker with an enquiring mind who loves to explore the intricacies of how things work and what we can do to improve them
6. A confident multi-tasker, happy to roll their sleeves up and help us get the job done and able to prioritise own workload
7. A skilled IT user, happy to learn and explore new technology and systems as well as share the knowledge with others
The package
The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
•Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
•Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
•Rental deposit loan scheme
•Season ticket loan
•EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria)
•Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
•Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
•Flexible working whenever possible
•Employee assistance programme
•Free parking at most Trust places