Job Introduction
We are Forestry England.
We live and breathe forests.
Job title – Copywriter
Salary - £33,854 pro rata
Contract type – Permanent
Hours – 24 hours per week
Vacancy closes - 23:58 on 8th March 2026
Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.
Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.
What you’ll do…
We are looking for a passionate, engaging and inquisitive person to tell the story of the work that Forestry England does every day.
You're more than a wordsmith; you're a storyteller with purpose. You can take complex forestry science, conservation principles, or biodiversity data and transform them into content that captivates and inspires. You instinctively know how to find the narrative hook in everything from ancient woodland management to community forest projects.
You will be responsible for producing high-quality, accessible content for a generalist audience, to support our mission to connect more people to the nation’s forests.
As a creative and engaging content writer you will be equally happy working with other content creators to ensure the copy is consistent and engaging across all communications channels.
You’ll help raise the profile of our often-unsung areas of the business, partnering with colleagues across the organisation to source, develop and publish accurate, timely content.
Where you’ll work…
This role is hybrid, however some travel will be required to work with colleagues across Forestry England.
The post holder will be expected to be in a Forestry England office regularly to liaise with colleagues and the wider team.
As the post will involve dealing with contacts across Forestry England, travel with stays away from home may therefore be an occasional requirement of this post.
The role is 24 hours per week, with flexibility to work across seven days when needed.
Benefits…
Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
- 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
- STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
- free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
- a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.
Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.
How to apply…
You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.
You will be assessed on experience, a technical skill and strength based questions during your interview.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
- Seeing the big picture
Actively seek out and share experience to develop understanding and knowledge of your work and of team’s business area.
- Leading and communicating
Communicate in a succinct, engaging manner and challenge when needed.
Communicate using appropriate styles, methods and timing, including digital channels, to maximise understanding and impact.
- Collaborating and partnering
Establish relationships with a range of stakeholders to support delivery of business outcomes.
- Delivering at pace
Take responsibility for delivering expected outcomes on time and to standard, giving credit to teams and individuals as appropriate.
Plan ahead but reassess workloads and priorities if situations change or people are facing conflicting demands.
If you require additional information or clarification about this role please contact: naomi.fuller@forestryengland.uk
Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.
If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.
Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.
Nationality requirements…
Read more about nationality requirements here.
Working for the Civil Service…
Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative.
Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.
Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in in line with/according to these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk.
