Tree Equity Lead – Scotland

ABOUT US

The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a world
where trees and woods thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to
make their difference tackling the nature and climate crisis helping protect, restore and
create our vital woods and trees.

THE ROLE

The Tree Equity Lead will lead on our vision that by 2030 we would like to see the added
protection of existing trees and en route to 1 million more trees established in Scotland’s
urban areas that currently have a low Tree Equity Score (TES). They will be responsible for
establishing and developing partnerships with others to deliver exemplar projects across
Scotland that demonstrate and communicate benefits of improving TES. The Tree Equity Lead will Advocate to embed use of TES in Local Area Plans/LA strategy of city authorities and
encourage city authorities to raise funding for improving TES in their cities. 

As part of the Scotland Team, they will be responsible for working together collaboratively
with other colleagues across the Trust to develop and oversee the delivery of a Tree Equity
strategy. They will work with policy and advocacy colleagues to influence local and national
government and others to embed Tree Equity as a tool to inform and direct urban forestry and
green space delivery and preferably embed within policy.

This is a Hybrid working role, where you’ll work part of your time at home and part of the time
from one of our Regional Offices based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our Hybrid Working Policy is
flexible, and the frequency of time spent in your contracted office will vary across teams and
job roles.

THE CANDIDATE

You will have excellent knowledge, experience and passion for urban forestry and/or urban green
infrastructure. You will also have experience and understanding of the operation of local
government and planning. You’ll be able to inspire and influence others to promote and embed
Tree Equity delivery. 

A key part of this roles requires programme and project management skills and experience in
developing strategies and plans to deliver outcomes, particularly in urban greenspace.

You will have the ability to collaborate with other teams and colleagues to develop and lead
the delivery of a Tree Equity strategy to ensure woods and trees are valued and recognised in
key policies and decisions at a national level. You’ll have great research and analytical
skills being able to communicate and tailor complex information to different audiences,
building positive relationships internally and externally using your skills to influence
stakeholders.

Our Organisational Nature enables us to better understand what it means to be part of the
Woodland Trust, empowering us to make an impact, every day. We want you to be able to role
model our values; ‘Grow Together’, ‘Focus’, ‘Explore’ and ‘Make it Count’ to ensure each of us
plays our part in helping to protect, restore and create our woods and trees.

WHAT TO EXPECT BY JOINING A TEAM AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE

There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Joining the team, you will be making
your contribution to tackling the nature and climate crisis. In return, we recognise and value
our people. You’ll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional
development, along with a contributory pension, life assurance, good holiday allowance and the
opportunity to work flexibly from home. 

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION 

At the Woodland Trust, we want to reflect and represent the full richness of diversity in the
UK. Fewer of our employees are Black, Asian or minority ethnic; disabled; from lower
socio-economic backgrounds or under 25; so we are particularly keen to receive your application
if you are from one or more of these groups. We can also discuss anything you may need to
achieve your full potential at any stage of the process. We assess your application solely on
your demonstrated suitability for the job. Nothing else.

To ensure anonymised recruitment, if you have uploaded your CV, shortlisting panels do
not see your CV until shortlisting has been completed. Before submitting your
application, please ensure you have completed the supporting information section with details
of experiences that clearly evidence as many aspects of the job description as possible.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of
suitable applications. If you are interested, we’d encourage you to submit your application as
early as possible.

Interviews will be held via Teams on Wednesday 21st August and Thursday 22nd August.