Assistant Woodland Officer

3 days ago

Hamilton, United Kingdom Scottish Forestry Full time

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

- 429581

**Salary**:

- £31,611

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Other

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- SF - Operational Delivery

**Type of role**:

- Other

**Working pattern**:

- Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 2

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Hamilton, Selkirk

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
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.

**Job description**:
**Main Duties**

You’ll work within the team to:

- Support in undertaking regulatory roles in delivery of the Forest and Land Management Scotland Act and Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017;
- Support in undertaking the regulation and management of tree diseases;
- Promote sustainable forestry to increase public knowledge and awareness;
- Collaboration with other Scottish Government (SG) agencies and other organisations in relation to FGS.

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

Essential:

- Knowledge of forest and land management principles and practices
- Experience of working autonomously with ability to prioritise workload.

Desirable:

- Experience of Microsoft packages including Teams;
- Experience of forestry operations or equivalent.

**Technical**

Essential:

- An understanding of the rural sector.

Desirable:

- Student, associate or professional membership of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF).

**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)
- 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

**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code 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.

**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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
- 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 : Doug Howieson

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