Conservation Division Secretary And Administrator

• Application deadline: 16th February 2024
• Location: Cambridge, UK
• Full time: 35 hours per week
• Contract: Open-ended
• Salary: £33,000 - £36,000 pro rata, dependent on skills and experience, plus a competitive 12% pension benefit
• Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata in year 1, increasing by 1 day pa to 28 days

BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people.

We are looking for someone to provide administrative and secretarial support to BirdLife International’s Director of Conservation, and administrative support to the Conservation Division’s programmes and projects including the CEPF Mediterranean Regional Implementation Team.

This person will:

• Have experience with finance management, including the use of spread sheets, project financial reports and record keeping, and working alongside finance managers.
• Have experience in project management including contracting, invoicing, chasing finance and technical reporting, managing information systems keeping account of contractual obligations.
• Be working alongside technical staff providing administrative support.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Track record of experience in a similar position, preferably with an NGO.
• Proactive and pre-emptive approach.
• Very well organised, with the ability to keep track of a wide variety of projects, initiatives, and tasks. With great attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure, with minimum supervision.
• Has the confidence to influence and work with staff at a senior level.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• People oriented, work as a key team player and able to interact with a wide diversity of people.

See the full job description on the BirdLife International website.

Some of our benefits:

• We are able to offer a hybrid model of working on-site and from home/remote for most roles, which helps to ensure a flexible work-life balance.
• A chance to work in the award-winning David Attenborough building, which brings together much of the Cambridge-based conservation community on a ‘conservation campus.’
• A generous pension scheme, up to 12% company contribution.
• Holiday starting at 25 days excluding Bank Holidays and increasing for every year of service up to a maximum of 28 days.
• Full access to LinkedIn Learning with access to more than 13,000 high-quality, on-demand courses.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme, including access to Health Assured online health portal (webinars, nutritional advice, 4-week programmes, financial wellbeing and more).

BirdLife values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Find out more about our Diversity statement.

We are committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture, a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We aim to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.

We are happy to put into place reasonable adjustments for candidates who may have a disability, so please let us know if this is the case.

How to Apply:

Please email your application to us at: recruitment@birdlife.org

Please put “Conservation Division Secretary and Administrator” in the subject line. Your application should include a cover letter summarising your suitability for the role, your CV and details of where you saw the job advert.