Woodland Officer

3 weeks ago

South West, United Kingdom Forestry Commission Full time

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

- 272026**Salary**:

- £32,612 - £35,343**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Pay Band 5(Op)**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- FC - Forest Services - FC - Forest Services - The Forestry Commission are the Government's forestry experts, and facilitate the protection, improvement and expansion of England's trees, woodlands and forestry sector**Type of role**:

- Environment and Sustainability**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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- South West EnglandAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Never has there been a more important time for trees and forests to help tackle the climate emergency and provide a much-needed sanctuary for people and wildlife. Our Prime Minister and our government are committed to creating 30,000 hectares of woodland a year across the UK, of which 7,500 ha per year are anticipated to be in England, by the end of this Parliament. This acceleration in current planting rates in England will contribute to meeting the net-zero by 2050 ambitions, and to government’s wider environmental targets. This was supported by the announcement in the 2021 budget of £640m for a new Nature for Climate Fund ‘to support natural habitats like woodland and peat’ and the publication of the England Tree Action Plan.

The Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Forestry Commission have set up a joint tree planting programme for England to support the forestry sector, landowners and communities in the delivery of these ambitions.

Forestry Commission will lead the delivery of the following parts of the tree-planting programme: Developing sector capacity.

Woodland creation on public land. Woodland creation on private land.

If you are passionate about the role of trees, woods and forestry in creating a better future for England and want to play a key part in realising that, we want to hear from you.

By joining the Forestry Commission, you will become part of a team of passionate, committed colleagues, and be able to build on a wealth of expertise to take this ambitious work forward. You will be able to make your mark by helping the Forestry Commission to revolutionise how we work together and reach new stakeholders.

Our staff engagement levels are consistently well above the Civil Service average and staff turnover is well below. We value our people, we look after them, and we will look after you. We hope you will join us for the challenge.

**Job description**:
We are seeking dynamic individuals with experience in forestry and/or land management, who are quick to learn and inspire and enthuse others.

The Woodland Officer role can be seen as the ‘face’ of the Forestry Commission to landowners, managers and stakeholders. Each Woodland Officer has their own geographic area of primary responsibility, enabling them to develop a strategic view of the local landscape, a network of local stakeholders and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities.

In your ‘patch,’ you will be at the forefront of delivering the Forestry Commission’s incentives and Regulations, and able to provide advice and support to the private forestry sector in addition to Local Authorities and Defra colleagues. Internal team working is also integral in the Woodland Officer role, for example across the Area Team (e.g., assisting others in ‘alleged unlicensed felling’ investigations) and the wider Forestry Commission (e.g., opportunity for review of national guidance and procedure).

Through both, you will have the ability to assist the Forestry Commission build strong working relationships to help create and manage diverse, resilient multi-purpose woodlands.

These Woodland Officer posts will cover
- The Greater Exmoor area
- North Wessex Downs and Swindon

The substantive office for these roles will be either; Bullers Hill near Exeter or National Office Bristol.

**Responsibilities**

**Expand Woodland Cover**:
Champion the multiple benefits of new woodland as business opportunities for landowner and as natural capital (including biodiversity, water quality, flood management, carbon sequestration/substitution, etc) for the wider environment and society; facilitate the design and delivery of new woodlands optimising the benefits they can deliver to the owner and as natural capital.

**Protect our existing trees and woodlands**

**Administer Forestry Regulations to include**:
Forestry Act - Felling Licences to ensure tree felling is carried out legally in accordance with the principles of the UK Forestry Standard as appropriate.

Environmental Impact Assessments - afforestation, deforestation, forest roads and forest quarries,

Habitats Regulations - re forest operations within Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation.

Advise on the links with other legislation such as those pertaining to European Protected Species;

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