Customer Relations Assistant

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Job Reference forestryengland/TP/1955/810

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent

Working Hours:

22.5

Location:

Thetford

Closing Date:

12/10/2026

Job Category:

Customer Relations

Region:

National

Business Unit:

Customer Relations

We are Forestry England.

We live and breathe forests.

Job title – Customer Relations Assistant

Contract type – Permanent

Final date to receive applications - 12th October 2026 23:58

Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.

Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber .

What you’ll do…

The Customer Relations Assistant will play an important role within Forestry England's national Customer Relations Team. As Forestry England moves to increase its business efficiency and grow profit margins, putting customers at the heart of what we do is crucial to the success of the future organisation.

The Customer Relations Assistant will be expected to deliver a high level of customer service and professional representation of Forestry England, in relation to event tickets, memberships, advance admission sales and other functions of the Customer Relations Team. Specific duties will include sales, administration and handling of customer enquiries.

This is a part-time role for 22.5 hours per week which will be worked across 3 days from Monday to Sunday each week. The nature of the work includes requirement for regular rota'd weekend, public and privilege holiday and evening working. To accommodate this, a rostered 7-day contract will be issued as standard.

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

Where you’ll work…

The location of this post is within the Customer Relations Team based in Thetford Business Centre, Thetford, Norfolk, with flexibility for some optional blended working. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. The post responsibilities cover the whole of England and it is expected that the post holder will need to travel occasionally.

Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaRis our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Working for the Civil Service…

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service . The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview.…