**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 287223**Salary**:

- £26,534 - £26,534-
**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer- Pay Band 6A**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- FR - Inventory, Forecasting and Operation Support**Type of role**:

- Operational Research**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Talybont-on-Usk, Wales, LD3 7YNAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Want to work at the cutting edge of environmental science? Passionate about making a difference and playing your part in tackling the climate and nature crisis? Forest Research is all about giving top quality evidence and advice to policymakers and practitioners to make a positive impact on the ground. Internationally recognised, we need people who have the skills and passion to work on excellent science and provide practical solutions for nature.

This role sits within the Forest Research Technical Services Unit (TSU) which through a network of field stations provides a capacity to conduct field work across Great Britain. TSU establishes, maintains and assesses field experiments for the science centres within Forest Research and on behalf of other customers, Forestry Commission, Forestry and Land Scotland, Natural Resources Wales and other external clients.

It also provides local contact and liaison between Forest Research (FR) and networks of regional Forestry Commission (FC) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) staff, partner organisations and private woodland owners and managers.

**Job description**:

- Working with people:
By regular contact with colleagues, communicate and encourage ideas for solutions to problems or improved working practices.
- Listen attentively to others, understand, respect and accept the value of different views, ideas and ways of working.
- Confidently handle challenging conversations or interviews.
- Communicate effectively both verbally and written.
- Promote adherence to relevant policies, procedures, regulations and legislation, including equality and diversity and health and safety.
- There is a requirement to work as a lone worker as well as being able to work within a wider team

2. Quality Assurance and Delivering the Work Programme:

- Manage and deliver the delegated work programme to ensure all work complies with Forest Research’s QA policy and systems.
- Plan and organise work programme as specified by line manager to complete tasks to meet deadlines. Make regular progress reports and draw attention to potential difficulties before they occur.
- Where required work independently with autonomy.

3. Use of resources
- Achieve efficient use of Field-Station resources in all areas of work through planning and efficient management.
- Carry out standard maintenance and report repair needs as required.
- Understand that all actions have a cost and choose the most effective way to do something in a resource efficient way.
- Take opportunities to challenge misuse of resources to achieve value for money and sustainable ways of working.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**

Demonstrable experience working outdoors in all weathers.
Demonstrable work experience in forest and woodland management.

Literacy Level 2 qualification or equivalent experience (e.g. GCSE, NVQ, Key Skills, Welsh Baccalaureate Intermediate, Scottish National Certificate level 5)*

Numeracy Level 2 qualification or equivalent experience (e.g. GCSE, NVQ, Key Skills, Welsh Baccalaureate Intermediate, Scottish National Certificate level 5)*
- The qualification examples provided is not an exhaustive list

Demonstrable experience of working safely whilst undertaking forest operations including competent use of forestry best practice FISA guides
- Competent IT user with experience of the Microsoft Office suite.
- Demonstrable ability to communicate both verbal and written.
- Demonstrable ability to plan and prioritise work, make decisions and problem solve.
- An ability to work flexibly across a wide geographical area, staying away and altering working day pattern where necessary.
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Desirable Criteria**

Experienced chainsaw operator able to safely fell trees up to 760mm diameter.

Experienced strimmer / brush cutter / clearing saw operator able to safely use these machines for mechanical weeding and cleaning.

Experience of unmanned air vehicle (drone) operation.

Experience of driving 4WD vehicles.

Experience of trailer towing.

**Licences**:

- We require the applicant to have a full current driving licence that enables them to drive in the UK. We will consider any proposals that would allow applicants to do the job by other means.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:

- work and family responsibilities
- A **generous annual leave allowance**of 25 days per year, ris