Senior Forestry Consultant

3 weeks ago

Dumfries, United Kingdom Savills Full time

Savills Forestry provide advice on any aspect of commercial forestry and woodland management, covering property assets of any scale, from large investment portfolios to small farm and estate woodlands. The team has a deep knowledge base, is expanding to service increasing market share and will provide a clearly defined long-term career structure and excellent training opportunities for the right person. We work closely with clients to provide a broad spectrum of sector-specific services, covering investment, sales and purchases, valuation, management, woodland creation, natural capital and business consultancy. Our clients include rural estates, farmers, public bodies and commercial forestry investors.

**Follow this link to discover more about the Forestry team**

**The Role & Key Responsibilities**

**The Role**

day to day running and development of forestry and woodland services for the Dumfries Office, the role will include ensuring that work is implemented to a high standard and in a timely fashion, and assisting the Head of Department in the delivery of financial targets for the region. Day to day tasks will comprise forest management and consultancy along with arboricultural management on a range of properties with tasks including budgeting and operations planning, contract organisation and supervision, liaison with agencies, clients and their staff.

The forestry team and the region is supported by the almost-limitless knowledge, resources and research within the national and international Savills network, and as a senior member of the team you will be expected to liaise with your counterparts across the country and to contribute to business development throughout Savills both within and beyond the forestry and rural division.

There are also opportunities to be part of national committees and focus groups.

**Key Responsibilities**

Undertaking the primary relationship role with a number of clients, providing strategic estate woodland and forest management advice and overseeing all aspects of delivery including:

- Management planning
- Timber harvesting and marketing
- Restocking and maintenance
- Planning and implementation of new woodland creation schemes
- Forestry and woodland mapping and data management via GIS
- Forest and woodland certification
- Tree safety surveys
- Implementation of tree surgery works
- BS 5837 surveys - trees in relation to construction
- Budgeting and financial management
- Carbon offsetting / Woodland Carbon Code

Working with the Dumfries Office senior rural team, with responsibility for delivering the forestry strategy within the locality and driving the business forward.

Consistently delivering high performance.

To contribute to and support business development initiatives and tenders, targeting and winning new business, and agreeing the scope of instructions and fees as appropriate.

To ensure sound financial management by monitoring forecast and actual income and expenditure, debtors and recovery of disbursements at both departmental and client levels.

To help promote and deliver the firm’s compliance procedures and standards.

In addition to the tasks described above, the job holder may be required to carry out other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time.

**People Leadership**:
To set clear objectives in line with company/Divisional/team strategy and to measure performance against these.

To conduct regular 121’s, hold team meetings and complete thorough probationary, interim and annual appraisals as per company guidelines.

To support team members in career development via training (to ensure high skill levels both technically & behaviourally), coaching, mentoring and the promotion and succession/talent processes.

To adhere to all company processes with regards to people management and to role model professional behaviours at all times.

To ensure recruitment is completed professionally and in line with team/divisional/company goals, thinking strategically re future needs and in line with our diversity goals.

**Skills, Knowledge and Experience**

**Skills and Knowledge**

Proven record of delivering across a wide ranging work programme, to time and budget.
Ability to quickly build rapport and long standing client and colleague relationships.
An interest in generating new business.
Possesses vision and is able to develop complex strategies and solutions.
Commits to challenging goals and delivers consistently against these.
Financial and commercial acumen with excellent planning, budgeting and operational reporting skills.
Delivers efficiency in addition to effectiveness.
Self-starter, who relishes challenges and strives for the best.
Team player who builds relationships and consults with others, quickly establishing trust and credibility.
Diplomatic and confident with a positive outlook.
Ethical with strong integrity.
Creative and lateral thinker, with the ability to problem solve and focus on solutions.
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