Administrator & Course Coordinator – Outdoor Learning Team

Administrator & Course Coordinator – Outdoor Learning Team

Closing date:
Wednesday 29 July 2026

Salary: c. £26,000 p/a

Contract type:
Permanent

Working hours:

Flexible (35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, minimum of 4 days office based, some limited home working time possible.)

Location:

Nower Wood Educational Nature Reserve, Mill Way, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8QA

We’re looking for an administrator to keep everything running smoothly at our Education Centre near Leatherhead. We’re looking for a friendly, efficient, and reliable administrator to keep everything running smoothly at our Nower Wood Education Centre, near Leatherhead. You'll be the go-to person for all things admin, supporting our Outdoor Learning team and the Wilder Schools programme plus coordinating our adult learning programme.

Every day will be varied — handling booking enquiries, uploading courses and events to our website and Eventbrite, tracking course and event bookings, liaising with external and internal tutors, managing emails, coordinating purchase orders and invoices, restocking supplies (yes, even the all-important toilet rolls!), and ensuring that visitors and staff have everything they need. You’ll be central to the team, keeping things organised behind the scenes so that we can continue our vital work connecting people with nature.

Surrey Wildlife Trust is a dynamic and passionate charity at the forefront of conservation. We work hard, but we’re a friendly and supportive team, and we’re looking for an excellent candidate, someone who thrives in a busy environment, loves being organised, and ideally, has an interest in nature. If you share our passion for nature and learning, there are opportunities to develop and thrive.

Think this sounds like the perfect role for you? Download the full role profile and application form below.

Office hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm but we have a flexible/hybrid working policy to enable some flexibility on the hours for this role although a minimum of 4 days will need to be office based.

The salary offered to successful applicants will form part of a benefits package including:

• Above minimum pension contributions
• Life assurance of 4 x salary
• Employee support schemes
• 22+ days holiday (plus all Bank Holidays)
• Flexible/hybrid working policy

We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We aim to offer an interview to all candidates that meet the criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible.

Please apply using our Application Form (available below) or provide a full CV and covering letter explaining why you want to undertake this position to Emma Rothwell, our Centres Based Education team leader, e by 5pm on 29 th July 2026. Interviews will be held in early August 2026.

We are a Disability Confident Employer.