Forest Operations Officer

Forest Operations Officer

Starting salary: GBP36,246

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week

Interview date: 22/04/2025

Post number: 200535

The role

You will undertake delegated responsibility for the delivery of programmes, making technical decisions within at least one of the following disciplines, (dependant on the scale of geographic programmes).

Land management, undertaking the planning, and implementation and management of forest management operations and work programmes, in addition to management of surveying, undertakings for developing and implementing work specifications across a wide subject range.

Forest Planning, undertaking all operational planning to ensure implementation of tactical work programmes. To include forest and conservation inventory, database management, GIS mapping and site evaluation.

You will act as the contract manager for numerous forestry operations. During this, you ll be responsible for undertaking all necessary paperwork and management for the sale/procurement of these contracts and all subsequent operations, including relevant liaison with the customer/contractor. Examples of these operations are harvesting, ground preparation, planting, or miscellaneous chainsaw work.

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Michael Cresswell at Michael.Cresswell(at)cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.

Successful external applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. We aim to make offers of appointment within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.

What you will do

• Support technical advice for specific sector or technical issues.
• Implementation of team work plans, and delivery of agreed actions to contribute to business planning.
• Participate in NRW technical or represent NRW on external forums as a technical representative.
• Interact with peers in NRW to promote consistent industry and specialist subject practices.
• Have responsibility for direct delivery of delegated programmes and agreed delegated budgetary control, including all relevant compliance and adhering to procurement process.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development and that of your staff through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

1. Experience of working across a wide range of land management disciplines.
2. Knowledge of sustainable forest management, UKWAS (UK Woodland Assurance Standard ) and forest certification schemes.
3. Experience of community liaison and public engagement activities.
4. Knowledge and experience of designated sites, and all aspects of forest practise, including land liabilities, forest planning and forest operations

Welsh language level requirements

Essential: Level A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)

Desirable: Level B2 - Upper Intermediate level (able to discuss work matters)

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Benefits

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97%
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

Please keep reading

If you think you have what it takes to do this role, but don t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch and we will be happy to discuss the role with you in more detail.

We re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender expression and gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, culture, or religion We put the principles of human rights, equality, fairness, dignity and respect at the heart of our values.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards . Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.

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