IBAT Finance and Administration Assistant

IBAT Finance and Administration Assistant

We are looking for a highly organised individual to support the growth of our Integrated
Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) across BirdLife’s Financial, Legal and Administration
functions.

Application deadline: Thursday, 10 October 2024 – 23.45h

• Location: Hybrid – Office and Home Working
• Full time: 35 hours per week
• Contract: Open-ended
• Salary: 25,000-28,000 per annum
• Annual Leave: 25 days pro rata in year 1

BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our
unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high-impact and long-term conservation for the
benefit of nature and people.

To aid organisations (business, government and NGOs) to act on biodiversity-related risks and
opportunities, BirdLife, in a unique collaboration model with Conservation International, IUCN
and UNEP WCMC, created the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT), a platform
integrating the world’s most authoritative biodiversity datasets.

IBAT is growing fast and and we are now looking for an IBAT Finance and Administration
Assistant to provide support to the IBAT Business and Finance Team. In this role, you
will be primarily supporting the Finance administration of IBAT, with particular focus on
invoicing and supporting improved efficiency projects. You will also be involved in the legal
contracting between BirdLife International’s legal function and IBAT clients, to facilitate
swift contracting.

How you will do this:

• Finance – Supporting various aspects of financial operations, including invoicing, debtors
  and creditors, blue chip payment portals, financial reporting and budget tracking.
• Legal – Supporting the overall flow of contracting between BirdLife’s legal function and
  clients. With a drive towards swift completion of contracting to drive a positive customer
  experience.
• Administration – Assist with the various administrative activities within the IBAT Business
  and Finance function. Including, but not limited to, production and maintenance of
  documentation, event coordination, and efficiency projects.

Ideally you will have:

• Strong administrative and organisational skills, including prioritisation and working to
  deadlines and meticulous with the detail.
• An excellent level of understanding with Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel
  (advanced level).
• Experience with invoicing and other finance administrative tasks, as well as reporting and
  working within projects.
• Experience in managing contract wording negotiations between parties, to reach a signable
  contract swiftly.
• Self-motivated and work with minimal supervision.
• Experience of working within a charity/NGO setting would be an advantage.

See the full job description on the
BirdLife website

Some of our benefits:

• We are able to offer a hybrid model of working on-site and from home/remote for most roles,
  which helps to ensure a flexible work-life balance.
• A chance to work in the award-winning David Attenborough building, which brings together
  much of the Cambridge-based conservation community on a ‘conservation campus.’
• A generous pension scheme, up to 12% company contribution.
• Holiday starting at 25 days excluding Bank Holidays and increasing for every year of
  service up to a maximum of 28 days.
• Full access to LinkedIn Learning with access to more than 13,000 high-quality, on-demand
  courses.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme, including access to Health Assured online health portal
  (webinars, nutritional advice, 4-week programmes, financial wellbeing and more).

BirdLife values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the
community. Find out more about our Diversity statement.

We are committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture, a place where
we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We aim to promote a more inclusive environment,
which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.

We will consider putting into place appropriate reasonable adjustments for candidates who may
have a disability.

Interviews: Interviews will be held as suitable candidates are identified