Forest Resilience Skills and Capability Lead

Join us. We’re foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.

Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We’re providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

What you’ll do…

As part of Forestry England’s National Operations team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of sustainable forest management across England, by advancing the development and delivery of critical forest resilience work.

You will

• Provide technical leadership on forest resilience, supporting and upskilling colleagues across the organisation.
• Work with colleagues, researchers and external partners to develop our forest resilience approach and translate scientific evidence into practical guidance and tools.
• Support the implementation of the Forest Resilience Strategy and Action Plan, helping to embed forest resilience principles into planning and operations.
• Contribute to the development of the next iteration of the Forest Resilience Strategy and Action Plan, ensuring it is informed by the latest evidence and best practice.
• Collaborate on projects within a new multi-million-pound Defra-funded programme that will help strengthen resilience across the nation’s forests.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape our forest resilience approach across the country, and make a lasting impact on the forests that will benefit generations to come.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

Primary office location will be situated at National Office, 620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1EJ.

However the role has a national remit and location is flexible. This post will involve dealing with contacts across England, and travel with overnight stays.

The use of Microsoft Teams video software is encouraged to reduce travel; however the postholder will be expected to regularly travel in accordance with the needs of the business and the demands of the post.

It is expected that, if the successful applicant is new to Forestry England, they will be embedded within a Forestry England office for part of the working week during the induction period.