Woodland Management Officer

Woodland Administration Officer

As one in all England’s Neighborhood Forests, we’re in search of a Woodland Administration Officer to hitch our
group. We’re searching for a dedicated particular person to plan and ship woodland administration
initiatives throughout the area, working with non-public landowners, companies, communities, councils
and others, to assist convey our Forest of Avon Plan to fruition.

Are you educated about bushes and woodlands? Skilled in working with a various vary of
companions to provide and ship woodland administration plans? Dedicated to creating a distinction and
taking part in a key position with an bold and rising charity? If that’s the case, we now have simply the position for you!

The Forest of Avon Belief is the West of England’s Neighborhood Forest, an unbiased charity and
one in all a nationwide community of England’s Neighborhood Forests. We’re rising our work and impression
by means of implementing the Forest of Avon Plan, delivering a multi-million pound tree planting
programme ‘Timber for Local weather’ in addition to delivering many different initiatives in woodland administration,
creation, expertise, well being and wellbeing.

One-year mounted time period contract with the intention to increase this topic to funding, to
begin as quickly as doable:

• Wage band £29-34,000 gross each year
• 3 days per week (0.6 FTE)
• Versatile working hours
• Essential workplace base in St Pauls, Bristol, with some homeworking non-compulsory
• Journey to websites and conferences all through the Forest of Avon space shall be required
• Worker Pension Scheme with 3% employer contribution
• A really pleasant group with coaching alternatives, a versatile strategy to working and an
  alternative to affect nationally by means of our community of England’s Neighborhood Forests and work
  with Defra and nationwide companions.

Job Description

Delivering on the Forest of Avon Plan: Tree and Woodland Technique for the West of England objectives
referring to woodland administration which embrace bringing 1,000 hectares into administration by 2030,
this position will give attention to:

1. Offering recommendation to a various vary of landowners together with authorities, non-public landowners
   and group teams on woodland administration to attain a variety of goals to incorporate
   handle:
   a) biodiversity, panorama and/or recreation enhancements, timber manufacturing and lots of others
   b) impacts of and responses to Ash Dieback and different tree ailments
   c) impacts and responses to local weather change on present bushes and woodlands
   d) management of illness, pests and different components to optimise their woodland’s situation
2. Producing and securing Forestry Fee woodland administration plans, supporting Felling
   Licence purposes and securing woodland infrastructure grants.
3. Brokering preparations which generate revenue for woodland house owners together with ‘group
   timber tons’, woodland crafts and merchandise; paid for leisure actions and Forest Colleges.
4. Encouraging and supporting co-operative working between woodland house owners, making sensible
   hyperlinks between them and present advertising, equipment and person co-operatives, establishing new
   teams the place there’s a hole available in the market.
5. Figuring out, planning, costing, co-ordinating and/or managing woodland administration and
   associated public entry work at a variety of websites and areas.
6. Operating technical workshops individually or with others to help woodland administration in
   the Forest of Avon
7. Supporting and selling the Forest of Avon Plan and its actions and objectives.

Job Specification

Important Standards – evidenced with expertise and expertise

1. Expertise of advising non-public and different landowners on all elements of woodland administration
   assembly multi-purpose goals.
2. Expertise of working with and supporting non-public and different landowners to place in place
   sensible measures to woodland of every kind and sizes.
3. Sturdy data of present tree and woodland administration points together with ash dieback and
   different tree ailments; the impacts of local weather change and constructing in resilience; carbon
   sequestration and valuations; silvicultural methods & timber values; and pest management.
4. Expertise of manufacturing and securing the adoption of Forestry Fee and/or different
   formal woodland administration plans.
5. Sturdy data of bushes and woodlands.
6. Sturdy consideration to element together with Well being and Security procedures.
7. An answer focussed and collaborative strategy.
8. Full driving licence and use of a automobile (mileage paid).
9. Willingness to work at numerous woodland websites, typically with out supervision.
10. Knowledgeable method when representing the charity and its work and willingness to advertise
    the ethos and values of the charity.

Fascinating Standards

1. Good data of present Forestry Fee regulatory processes together with Felling
   Licences.
2. Good data of Forestry Fee and different woodland administration grants.
3. Expertise of main sensible woodland administration and associated entry public entry work.
4. Good data or arboricultural observe.
5. Good data of the Forest of Avon space

A Disclosure and Barring Service examine could also be required for this position.

We encourage purposes from numerous backgrounds, particularly candidates from
communities and catchments wherein The Forest of Avon Belief is engaged. We’re happy to be
an equal alternative employer and purposes shall be thought of with out regard to race,
color, faith, gender, gender id or expression, sexual orientation, nationwide origin,
genetics, incapacity, veteran standing or age. The Forest of Avon Belief is dedicated to
safeguarding and selling the welfare of susceptible individuals and expects all members of workers to
share this dedication.

Please ship a CV and a written assertion of your expertise addressing the important
and fascinating standards above to [email protected] by 5pm on Monday twenty second
April.

Interviews are deliberate to happen the next week (topic to
variation).

Functions shall be anonymised previous to shortlisting.

For extra data on the Forest of Avon Belief, please go to: www.forestofavontrust.org

For extra details about the position, please name Alex Stone, Forest of Avon Belief
Director, on 07375 842732.