FiPL Programme Support Officer

Salary: £32,578 - £34,811 pro rata 

Hours per week: 22 hours

Temporary/Fixed term: to 31^st March 2029 

Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlisting 

You’ll provide wide range of administrative support for, and work closely with, the Farming in Protected Landscapes Officer for Cranborne Chase National Landscape.

This Defra funded programme encourages farmers and landowners to submit applications for grant funding that will achieve outcomes for either Nature, Climate, People and Place or preferably a combination of those criteria. The programme is running from now until the end of March 2029. 

Your skills will include organising and providing an efficient secretariat for the Local Assessment Panel (LAP) comprising local farmers and officers from a variety of different organisations that discusses and decides if a grant is to be awarded. Meetings require taking accurate and detailed minutes and once a grant is awarded, you would work with the FiPL Officer to prepare pro forma legal grant agreements. The work also involves database management, checking application form details, completing regular Excel monitoring forms for Defra, processing invoices and checking through financial spreadsheets. 

You would need to provide superior customer service to those enquiring about the FiPL programme; knowledge of, or good familiarity with, farming and agri-environment schemes in general would be very advantageous.

Due to the nature of the teamwork involved you would be expected to be in close and regular contact with the CCNL office, albeit if sometimes working from home. Could you play this crucial role in ensuring the smooth and successful day to day running of this very successful programme to help with the conservation and enhancement of this stunning CCNL?

If you’re interested in being part of a small but dedicated team, we’d love to hear from you! You will need at least 3 GCEs at Grade C or above or equivalent with, possibly, a qualification in administration. At least 2 years similar administrative experience would be helpful, as will a confident and enthusiastic approach to your work. 

22-29 hours per week, hours and days to be agreed with CCNL Director.

Why us?

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Contact details 

Linda Nunn, Director Cranborne Chase National Landscape, at [email protected] 

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Application criteria

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Application process

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Please note; for this role, secondment applications will be considered. For a secondment, prior approval from your current line manager is required.