Administrative Officer (Estates)

Government Recruitment Service; Lyndhurst; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service is seeking an Administrative Officer (Estates) to support the South District, Lyndhurst-based team. You will coordinate repairs, manage paperwork, and liaise with contractors and tenants to uphold the Public Forest Estate.

The role requires strong organisational abilities, excellent communication, and meticulous record-keeping to assist the Area Land Agents and Senior Building Surveyor.

Qualifications

• Excellent administrative skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and customer-focused approach.
• Experience with tenders, procurement or invoices is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to local Land Agents and team functions.
• Support colleagues carrying out tenders and procurement processes.
• Monitor and respond to team mailbox and queries, escalate as needed.

Skills

Administrative support

Stakeholder liaison

Meeting coordination

Job description

Join our Estates team in the South and help support the people who care for the New Forest and wider South Forest District. Working closely with Area Land Agents, Senior Building Surveyor and a wide range of stakeholders, you’ll provide excellent administrative support, helping to coordinate repairs and maintenance work for our built assets across the district. You'll help safeguard Forestry England's legal, environmental and operational interests while supporting the sustainable stewardship of one of the nation's most valued landscapes. We're looking for an organised, proactive and personable individual with strong communication skills, attention to detail and a customer-focused approach.

Please see the job description attached for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

This role will be based at Kings House, Lyndhurst, New Forest, SO43 7NH.

Forestry England is the country's largest land manager, caring for the nation's forests for people, nature and the economy. The foundation of our organisation is our world-class sustainable management of the nation’s forests.

Our South England Forest District is made up of around 170 people with a diverse range of roles, from foresters and wildlife rangers to civil engineers, and ecologists to marketing professionals. We all contribute towards the management of 46,000 hectares of public forest estate in East Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, West Sussex, Surrey and Berkshire. Nearly all of our forests are within either a National Park or Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Much of this forest is of high importance for nature conservation and wildlife, and of international importance for biodiversity which impacts the way we work. We also provide public access to our forests with nearly 50 million visits every year.

To provide a high level of administrative support in a professional manner to the Land Agents responsible for managing the Public Forest Estate across the South District. Including but not limited to:

• Providing administrative support to the local team and business functions.
• Supporting colleagues carrying out tenders.
• Monitoring, actioning and following up on maintenance issues across the Built Estate.
• Monitoring team mailbox(es), responding to or escalating queries.
• Raising and processing purchase orders and invoices.
• Organising meetings using the in-house booking platform and Outlook/Teams.
• Supporting the Senior Building Surveyor in managing reactive and planned works across the district.
• Updating internal systems and databases.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders, including contractors, tenants and building managers.
• Providing administrative support for team projects.
• Maintaining and analysing statistical data.
• General office duties to support the Area Land Agents.

And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

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Administrative Officer (Estates)

Company: Government Recruitment Service

Salary: £27,903 to £27,903 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: SO43 7NH

Job type: Temporary

Posting date: 5 Nov 2026

Closing date: 22 Nov 2026