Job Introduction
We are Forestry England.
We live and breathe forests.
Job title – Forestry Work Supervisor Tree Safety
Salary - £29171
Contract type – Fixed term (August 2028)
Hours – 37 hours per week
Vacancy closes - Sunday 21 September 23:58
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…
In the Forest of Dean the Tree Safety programme of surveying and work planning is a hugely important task, the rich historic legacy of embedded cottages, small-holdings and newer builds each with their own boundary makes the role interesting and challenging. You will support the Beat Forester in planning and implementing all aspects of Tree Safety management including:
• Surveys,
• Specifying work
• Contractor supervision
• GIS editing/ data management
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
You will be based and work out of the Coleford Office in the Forest of Dean which as a historic forest has its origins as a royal forest pre-dating the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Forest of Dean is a complex woodland, surrounded by settlements, criss-crossed by roads and made up of a mosaic of woodland and open habitats.
The Forest of Dean is divided into two beat teams East and West, these teams are led by a Beat Forester and assisted by a team of Work Supervisors, Community Rangers, Wildlife Rangers, Forest Craftspersons and Forest Wardens.
The Forest of Dean Beats are two of the twelve beats that make up the West Forest District which extends from the Shropshire Hills AONB south to the majestic oak and beech woods of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire and south-west to Idless Woods near Truro in Cornwall. The District is managed from the District Office in Coleford, in the Forest of Dean.
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, behaviours and a technical skill question during your interview.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
- Delivering at pace
- Making effective decisions
- Managing a quality service
- Seeing the bigger picture
- Working together
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.
