PA to the Executive Director of Nature Recovery, Woodland Trust
£31.4k
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The UK's largest woodland conservation charity
Be an early applicant
The UK's largest woodland conservation charity
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
£31.4k
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature.
Role
Who you are
- You have an enthusiasm for the environment and share our core values-Grow Together, Explore, Focus and Make it Count
- Significant administrative experience at Director support level, including managing busy diaries and organising complex travel and logistics
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build productive relationships and work collaboratively at all levels to meet deadlines
- Clear, confident, and persuasive communication skills, both internally and externally
- Highly self-motivated with strong organisational and planning skills, able to manage workload, prioritise effectively, and delegate when needed
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail
- Proven ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately
- Demonstrates initiative, innovative thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Flexible, resilient, and able to adapt quickly and positively to change
- Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, and Zoom
- Desirable - Keen interest in the environment and/or politics, with a desire to learn about civil society and influencing positive policy and societal change
- Even if you don't meet every requirement of the role, we would encourage you to apply
What the job involves
- The Woodland Trust is looking for a Personal Assistant to support the Executive Director of Nature Recovery in their strategic and operational leadership role at the Trust
- Manage the Director’s day-to-day activity, including diary management, forward planning, travel, daily updates and ad hoc requests
- Handle incoming and outgoing correspondence, triage actions, maintain records and update Trust systems, including the CRM
- Act as the main departmental point of contact, liaising with internal colleagues and external stakeholders
- Prepare expense claims and maintain corporate credit card records using Business World
- Monitor and report on departmental budgets with the Director and Management Accountant, supporting forecasting and annual budgeting
- Support SLT recruitment, induction, onboarding and ongoing administration
- Assist the Director in delegating and tracking SLT actions and priorities
- Coordinate SLT meetings, agendas and papers; take minutes as required
- Manage internal briefing processes for the Director, CEO, ELT and Chair
- Coordinate ELT and Board papers, track actions and ensure governance deadlines are met
- Organise SLT development activities, site visits and departmental meetings
- Maintain and improve departmental systems, processes and ways of working
- Support learning, wellbeing and a positive SLT culture in partnership with the People team
- Collaborate with the wider PA team, sharing best practice and providing cover
- Build effective internal and external relationships to support departmental objectives
- This role includes a mix of working from home and at our main office in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Visits to Grantham would be required no more than once a month on average
Application process
- Closing Date: Sunday, Mar 22, 2026
- For fairness we keep our candidates’ personal details hidden from the hiring managers, we do not ask for your CV at application stage. Make sure that your Personal Statement clearly shows how your skills and knowledge link to the specifications in the job description and you share with us your passion for the role
- We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. If we do close the advert early, and you have an application in process, we will email you prior to closing to give you time to complete
- Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams
Our take
The UK is more tree-poor than many realise, with forest and woodland covering only around 13.5% of the country's land area. That means large areas once covered by native woods have been lost or degraded over centuries, reducing habitat for wildlife, weakening carbon storage, and limiting the natural benefits trees give people.
The Woodland Trust is a charity on a mission to protect, restore, and create native woods and trees across the UK. Since its founding it's planted more than 68.5M trees and cares for over 1,000 woods around the country. Through planting native trees, restoring damaged woodlands, protecting ancient woods from destruction, and encouraging nature-rich habitats, the Trust has become the largest woodland conservation in the country and hopes to fight climate change and give people access to nature for generations to come.
To do so, its recently been growing its collaborative work with larger partners. The Trust renewed a partnership with Lincolnshire County Council and together they're set to plant nearly 300,000 more trees, along with new hedgerows and expanded woodland projects that will help bring more nature back into local towns and countryside. This kind of effort makes a huge difference, helping communities across the country feel the benefits of greener, healthier places to live.
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Company benefits
- 🌴 25 days' holiday, increasing to 28 day's after 2 years of service (excluding bank holidays)
- 💰 Generous Pension Plan (6% Employer Contribution)
- 🖥️ Flexible Hybrid Working Model
- 🧠 Continuous Development & Apprenticeship Opportunities
- ❤️🩹 Employee Assistance Programme
- 💵 Life Assurance
- 🏖️ End of Year Closure
- 👪 Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Shared & Adoption Pay
Company values
- Grow Together - We are a team that grows together; made up of unique roles and expertise. We communicate effectively, forging partnerships inside and out, building understanding and trust, valuing differences and recognising each other.
- Explore - We know exploration is important, it's how we come up with the best ideas. We won't always get it right but learn and share as we go. We are bold about who we are and encourage healthy change.
- Focus - We create clarity and stay focussed, ready to adapt when we need to. We are empowered to take the time to reflect so that we can develop and work smarter.
- Make It Count - We need to create a lasting positive impact. We keep the big picture in mind, harnessing passion and inspiring others to connect with us as we aim to make a genuine difference.
Company HQ
Grantham, UK
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Leadership
Darren Moorcroft
(CEO)Darren has been at The Woodland Trust since 2017, joining the team as a Director of Estates and Woodland Outreach before becoming CEO in 2019. Prior to this, he spent 13 years at RSPB in various roles, including Head of UK Conservation Programmes.
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