Forest Liaison Officer

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

- 351592**Salary**:

- £34,028**Job grade**:

- Other- PayBand 5**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

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Location
- HuntlyAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is looking for enthusiastic, practical, creative people to join our
- Regional planning and environment teams to help shape the future of Scotland’s forests and
- land. We’re responsible for managing 8% of Scotland - and it’s not just forests, it’s coasts,
- mountains, farmland, peatlands, varied habitats and recreation sites.
- The planning and environment teams work closely with other teams and specialists to design
- sustainable forests of the future, protect and restore semi-natural habitats, respond to climate
- change and enhance our landscapes. We facilitate and integrate responsible renewable energy
- and infrastructure on Scotland’s forests and land to support the nations’ climate goals.
- We live and work in iconic - or sometimes spectacular but lesser known - landscapes, often with
- great access to outdoor activities, but never that far from major towns either. See more about
- where we live and work. A map showing the location and extent of each region can be found
- within our Corporate Plan.**Job description**:

- We accommodate a significant number of renewable energy developments (particularly wind
- farms), utility projects and other third party developments on the land we manage. They often
- involve associated infrastructure such as access tracks, grid connections and ancillary equipment.
- As a Forest Liaison Officer (FLO), you will be the main point of contact between an FLS Regional
- team, the national Renewables team, and developers and their contractors on day-to-day issues
- regarding these projects.
- Within the region we have several large scale interconnectors and a complex network of
- overhead and underground services. As a region there are more than 10 projects at scoping,
- planning and construction stage within national forests and land, within many other
- developments requiring access across it.
- You will liaise with colleagues to consider the impacts of the projects on the management of the
- forest and other land uses; help to support and integrate the projects into FLS wider land
- management, within the context of our Land Management Plans and organisational objectives;
- and ensure that development is compliant and sustainable.
- In addition, you will engage with colleagues and external stakeholders to ensure third party
- activities are fully communicated and, as a result, integrated into our core activities.**Person specification**:

- Experience
- Essential:
- Relevant knowledge and/or experience of forest operations, forest management,

land management, renewables or construction;- Experience of building strong working relationships with colleagues and a wide range

of external stakeholders and regulators;- Good facilitation, communication and engagement skills; and

Desirable:
- Experience of working with developers;
- Experience of project management;
- Experience in forest or other land use planning.

Technical
- Essential:
- Competent in use of Microsoft office software.

Desirable:

- Experience or suitable qualification related to forestry, renewables and electrical
- infrastructure, civil engineering or construction.
- Competent user of Geographical Information Systems.- Familiarity with the planning process, construction project management and CDM

Regulations.- Knowledge of the UK Woodland Assurance Standard and environmental standards

associated with outdoor project work.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 Civ