Forestry Coordinator

Coombes requires a Forestry Coordinator to support our busy forestry department on a full time, permanent basis.

The successful applicant will provide essential support to our office and site-based Forestry team, to ensure a seamless, professional delivery of works and an excellent service to our clients.

As Forestry Coordinator you will be proactive, ‘hands-on’, and act as the first port of call for all forestry enquiries from colleagues, contractors and clients. Key duties include maintaining accurate records to log, track and report on works delivery and ensure compliance to internal and external standards. Coordinating a range of resources to enable teams to work effectively and efficiently on site. You’ll provide professional administrative support to the Operations Director, the Senior Forestry Manager and wider Forestry team, including the coordination and minuting of meetings, and following up on actions in a timely manner.

The role will require you to be a self-motivated team member who can work both independently and ‘muck-in’ as part of a team. You will be a confident communicator, take pride in your work, complete tasks to a high standard and share Coombes’ ethos and values.

Working hours: 40 hours per week, to be worked Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm with 1hr unpaid lunch break.

**About us**:
Coombes Forestry is the South of England’s leading Arboricultural and Forestry Contractor who own their own large array of the very latest forestry plant and machinery. With well over a decade of experience and expertise in the forestry sector, we have forged a strong industry reputation and we believe we have an unrivalled skill set and peerless knowledge of forestry work at all levels.

We have recently seen significant growth and currently have some exciting projects underway in woodland management, timber harvesting and establishment, across the country. We are looking for a new Forestry Coordinator to support the team and help us provide a service that is second to none.

For this role, our **benefits and perks** include:

- Competitive, fair pay
- Company Pension scheme
- Performance related annual bonus
- Training opportunities for personal and professional development,
- Employee Assistance programme providing mental health, physical health, legal and financial support.
- Access to 24/7 online GP service for you and your family
- Rewards & vouchers for restaurants, shopping days out and more.
- Opportunity to support our Social Value objectives with community volunteering and fundraising.

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). As part of our recruitment processes, Coombes collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. Sending us your CV for a vacancy is your consent for us to process your data for the purpose of recruitment. Your data is not use in any other way and you can withdraw your consent at any point in the recruitment process.

We will keep your CV on our records for 6 months after the closing date, at which point it will be destroyed.

Coombes is a family-run SME, where we value integrity, a positive ‘can-do’ attitude, pride in our work and working together as one team to give our clients the best possible service. If this sounds like you, please reach out to us - we’d love to hear from you.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Petersfield: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person