· Term Time only
· Preferred times between 9.00am till 12.00pm, or 10.00am to 1.00pm (15 hours a week)
The Living Rainforest is looking for an organised and attentive Education Administrator with strong attention to detail and ability to multitask, to join our team. The main duties will be to liaise with schools regarding their school trip bookings to the rainforest.
The Living Rainforest is a vibrant education centre which provides learning opportunities and training as well as a friendly, sociable, working atmosphere and flexible hours during term time and occasional school holidays.
Main duties:
- Manage all school and educational group booking enquiries via telephone and email.
- Coordinate booking schedules and maintain an accurate excel of visits.
- Liaise with teachers and group organisers to confirm visit details, make recommendations and support educational requirements, and special requests.
- Prepare booking confirmations and visitor documentation.
- Coordinate with education and front of house staff
- Update databases, ensuring all information is accurate
- Respond promptly to customer enquiries via telephone and email
Key skills;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a positive professional ‘can do’ attitude
- Excellent telephone and organisational skills to ensure records are up to date
- Competent on Excel spreadsheet
- Able to use initiative and work independently whilst equally being comfortable working within a diverse team of staff, volunteers, and other departmental managers.
Apply for this job:
To apply, please send your CV together with a covering letter to [email protected] explaining why you would be the best candidate for the role.
Thank you for your interest in joining our team. Due to the popularity of some vacancies, if we haven’t contacted you back within 28 days, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.
We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
The Living Rainforest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and Adults at Risk. Therefore the successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for this role.
Pay: From £12.71 per hour
Work Location: In person
