Assistant Woodland Officer

3 weeks ago


Dumfries, United Kingdom Scottish Forestry Full time

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

- 343897**Salary**:

- £31,611 - £33,125- 27% pension contributions and benefits**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**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Dumfries, ObanAbout 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. You’ll support them with understanding of the need for continual timber supply whilst promoting sustainable forestry.

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

**Person specification**:
**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:

- 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**:
- 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)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).-
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Emma Gray
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