Rural Asset Management Officer - High Wycombe

The National Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A conservation organization is seeking a Rural Asset Management Officer based in High Wycombe. This role involves coordinating building projects, managing administrative systems, and ensuring efficient governance practices across the estate management team. Ideal candidates will exhibit strong client service skills, IT proficiency, and the ability to analyze data for decision making. The role offers a range of benefits, including flex working, pension schemes, and discounts at various outlets.

Benefits

Substantial pension scheme

Free entry to National Trust places

Rental deposit loan scheme

Season ticket loan

EV car lease scheme

Perks at work discounts

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Free parking

Qualifications

• Strong client service skills to liaise with internal teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to maintain data and systems for effective estate management.
• Understanding of governance processes is essential.
• Skill in gathering and presenting Management Information for decision making.
• Confidence in using IT packages and learning new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for budget planning, records management, and project coordination.
• Manage administrative systems including finance and property management.
• Ensure governance best practices are followed during projects.
• Support team in facilities management of estate buildings.

Skills

Client service skills

Data management

Governance processes

Analytical skills

IT package proficiency

Job description

Rural Asset Management Officer - High Wycombe

Summary

**Important notice** This vacancy is open to all National Trust employees. However, in line with our redeployment policy, we’ll prioritise applications from employees who are under formal notice of redundancy.

We’re looking for you to play a key role in one of our let estate teams. You’ll provide project coordination to our buildings projects as well as reliable technical support services to the team, you’ll ensure you’re the go-to person for helping the team navigate our administrative systems and processes and help us continuously improve our ways of working.

Our let estate teams are made up of estate management and buildings professionals who manage our diverse portfolio throughout Northern Ireland, Wales and England.

They’re involved in the full tenancy lifecycle for a range of land and property including residential, commercial and agriculture, ensuring ongoing maintenance and investment in them.

What it's like to work here

You’ll be working within a team of building and estate management professionals, playing a pivotal role in enabling them to deliver high quality estate management across our Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire portfolios. The management of our tenancies, assets and relationships with our tenants is essential to the delivery of our conservation work, this role plays a key part in this.

Your contractual location will be Manor Farm Barns, Hughenden and there will be an expectation for you to attend the office. However, there is flexibility on where you are based at other times. You will be required to work at a National Trust location for 40‑60% of your working week. This will be discussed in more detail at interview.

What you'll be doing

You’ll provide key support for our let estate team, including budget support and planning, records and archives management, communications and project coordination. You’ll be working with rural, buildings and lettings professionals to deliver our core business objectives and project work across our let land and property.

You’ll be a go‑to person in the team to help manage administrative systems and processes, including finance systems, property management systems, processes relating to legal processes such as covenants management, as well as supporting the implementation of new or different ways of working. You’ll ensure we are maximising efficiencies from our existing systems, processes and information management.

You’ll also be involved in supporting the delivery of our buildings projects including helping ensure all the relevant paperwork is in place, governance best practice is followed, as well as coordinating internal teams. There will also be continuous improvement projects that you’ll deliver alongside the other Rural Asset Management Officers.

Based at Manor Farm Barns Hughenden you will support in the facilities management of the complex of converted farm buildings and working alongside our EMO and building supervisor to look after our tenants and the facilities.

Who we're looking for

• Strong client service skills – you’ll be liaising with our internal teams across departments, tenants, partners and external stakeholders
• The ability to maintain data, systems and processes to support the effective management of the let estate
• An understanding and awareness of the importance of governance processes
• The ability to gather, analyse, interpret and present Management Information to support decision making
• Confidence in using IT packages, and are happy to learn and explore new technology and systems and share knowledge with others

Additional criteria for all other applicants

• Confidence in using IT packages, and are happy to learn and explore new technology and systems and share knowledge with others
• The ability to work as part of a team to achieve the best results, demonstrating best practice and sharing ideas and thinking

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

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

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