Assistant Woodland Officer

Details

Reference number

343897

Salary

£31,611 - £33,125

27% pension contributions and benefits

GBP

Job grade

Other

Pay Band 6a / CS AO

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

SF - Operational Delivery

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

2

Contents

• Location

• About the job

• Benefits

• Things you need to know

• Apply and further information

Location

Dumfries, Oban

About the job

Job summary

The Assistant Woodland Officer role sits within the Conservancy operations team. This team are responsible for all the regulatory case work within the five conservancy offices across Scotland. This includes felling regulations, environmental impact assessment and plant health. They are also responsible for delivering all aspects of the forestry grants scheme across Scotland.

Job description

You will work in a conservancy area team with a Woodland Officer to carry out grants and regulation work, providing guidance to woodland owners and managers. Youll support them with understanding of the need for continual timber supply whilst promoting sustainable forestry.

As an Assistant Woodland Officer, your time will be split between field visits and office work to assess and process applications checking that they comply with UK Forestry Standard and grant conditions.

You will receive training to support you in the role and ongoing guidance from your manager.

Person specification

The Success Profile below set outs the essential and desirable elements that make up the vacant position - youll be expected to demonstrate how you meet the Experience and Technical and the behaviours in your application and during your interview.

Experience

Essential:

• Knowledge of forest and land management principles and practices;

• Experience of working autonomously with ability to prioritise workloads.

Desirable:

• Experience of Microsoft packages including Teams;

• Experience of forestry operations or equivalent.

Technical

Essential:

• An understanding of the rural sector;

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Desirable:

• Be working towards a HNC in Forestry or a related Land Management or environmental subject or be willing to work towards obtaining this;

• Student, associate or professional membership of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF).

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role

• An environment with flexible working options

• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Please see our recruitment portal for further details.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service