Summary
We're looking for you to play a key role in one of our let estate teams. Providing coordination to our projects and reliable technical support services, you'll be 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 team are made up of estate management and buildings professionals who manage our diverse portfolio throughout Northern Ireland, Wales and England.
The Let Estate team is involved in the full tenancy lifecycle for a range of property, including residential, commercial and agricultural assets, as well as ensuring ongoing maintenance and investment in them.
This is a fixed term opportunity until April 2026. Your contractual place of work will be Scotney Castle. Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We'll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40–60% of your working week.
Please note, internally this role is known as Rural Asset Management Officer
What it's like to work here
In this role 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 and projects across our Sussex and Kent portfolios. This includes properties such as the South Downs, the White Cliffs, Scotney and Bodiam Castles, Sissinghurst, Chartwell, Knole, and Nymans. This role plays a key part in the management of our assets and relationships with our tenants which are essential to the delivery of our conservation work.
What you'll be doing
Providing key support for our let estate team, working with estates and building professionals to deliver our core management and project work.
Detailing and analysing management information from our systems and ensuring we are maximising efficiencies, as well as effectively implementing new administrative processes
Producing communications material to share successes and champion the work from within your team for a wide range of audiences.
You'll be involved in supporting the delivery of our projects including helping ensure all the relevant governance is in place and coordinating internal teams and external contractors.
There will also be continuous improvement projects that you'll deliver alongside the other Rural Asset Management Officers.
Who we're looking for
- strong client service skills – you'll be liaising with our internal teams across departments, tenants, partners and external stakeholders
- 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
- 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
- ability to work as part of a team to achieve the best results, demonstrating best practice and sharing ideas and thinking
- experience of small scale project delivery and working with contractors
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)
- Tax-free childcare scheme
- 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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