Forest Craftsperson

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

- 353989**Salary**:

- £28,255 - £29,556- An average of 27 percent employer pension contributions.**Job grade**:

- Other- Pay Band 6b / CS AO**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- FLS - Land Management**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Scottish Lowlands Outstation, Auchrannie Road, Brodick, ISLE OF ARRAN, North Ayrshire, KA27 8BZAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Working at Forestry and Land Scotland is all about ‘People, Pride and Purpose.’ Join us and take pride in helping look after something incredibly valuable to the people of Scotland and its visitors - Scotland’s national forests and land.

This is an exciting and varied role that will give you a step into the world of forestry, where you’ll work alongside colleagues on the island on tasks such as undertaking surveys, vegetation management, maintenance of our recreational sites, litter picking, tree felling, enhancing environmental and archaeological sites.

**Forest Craftspersons are required to drive as part of their role, if you have not yet attained a full UK manual drivers license this must be attained within 3 months of commencing employment in this role.**

**Job description**:
You’ll predominantly work outdoors, assisting in forest management and Stewardship tasks such as tree felling, Fencing and planting.

A large part of your Role will be Liaising with the Visitor services team, tending with maintenance of recreational facilities including footpaths, signage and carparks.

You will also provide on the ground support to colleagues in areas of timber harvesting, environment and wildlife ranger teams when required. This may involve delivering materials to harvesting sites, repairing key boundary deer fences, installing goal posts and carrying out work on environment sites such as invasive weed control and maintenance of our Ancient monuments.

Along with the daily tasks you will be required to attend training courses to increase your knowledge and skills which may at times require you to travel, attend team meetings throughout the year and work closely with the Worksite Supervisor and Forester in charge to prioritise and deliver the programme of work for the year.

**Person specification**:
**Experience**

Essential:

- Experience of working outdoors - such as forestry operations, construction, landscaping
- Ability to solve problems on your own and as part of a team.
- Ability to communicate effectively - in writing, face to face or digitally.

Desirable:

- Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise workload.
- Be willing to learn and improve your own skills through training and mentoring.

**Technical**

Desirable:
**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%

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**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.**Medical**:
**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

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- 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).-
**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (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**:
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