Woodland Creation Officer - Corby, United Kingdom - Forestry Commission

Forestry Commission

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Corby, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £34,080 - £36,934

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:

Executive Officer

Pay Band 5(Op)
Contract type:
Fixed term
Loan
Secondment
Length of employment:
Fixed Term Appointment until 31 March 2025.

Business area:

FC
Forest Services
The Forestry Commission are the Government's forestry experts, and facilitate the protection, improvement and expansion of England's trees, woodlands and forestry sector

Type of role:

Environment and Sustainability
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

This post will be based at either our office at Fineshade Wood Office in Corby, Northants or Sherwood Pines, Nottinghamshire.

About the job

Job summary:

Never has there been a more important time for trees and forests to help tackle the climate emergency and provide a much-needed sanctuary for people and wildlife.

Our Prime Minister and our government are committed as part of the Environmental Improvement Plan to increasing the tree canopy cover across England from the current 14.5% to at least 16.5% by this means 34,000 ha of new tree cover by 2028.

This acceleration in current planting rates in England will contribute to meeting the net-zero by 2050 ambitions, and to government's wider environmental targets.

This was supported by the announcement in the 2021 budget of £640m for a new Nature for Climate Fund 'to support natural habitats like woodland and peat' and the publication of the England Tree Action Plan.

The Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Forestry Commission have set up a joint tree planting programme for England to support the forestry sector, landowners and communities in the delivery of these ambitions.

Forestry Commission will lead the delivery of the following parts of the tree planting programme:

Developing sector capacity.
Woodland creation on public land.
Woodland creation on private land.

If you are passionate about the role of trees, woods and forestry in creating a better future for England, and want to play a key part in realising that, we want to hear from you.

By joining the Forestry Commission, you will become part of a team of passionate, committed colleagues, and be able to build on a wealth of expertise to take this ambitious work forward.

You will be able to make your mark by helping the Forestry Commission to revolutionise how we work together and reach new stakeholders.

Our staff engagement levels are consistently well above the Civil Service average and staff turnover is well below. We value our people, we look after them, and we will look after you. We hope you will join us for the challenge.

Job description:

The Woodland Creation Officer role represents Forest Services front-line woodlands and forestry expertise. It involves ensuring the delivery of Government forestry policy through the effective use of advice and incentives.

The role provides an important interface between Forest Services and landowners and forestry agents, promoting, advising on, and helping to administer diverse woodland creation proposals.

The post-holder will operate as part of the Area Delivery Teams, and also have close working links to the national Incentives Development team and the Promotion and Engagement workforce.

They will also work closely with the national Policy and Advice team (PAt) to ensure that proposals meet the requirements of the UK Forestry Standard.

Regular travel across the FS Delivery Area and occasional overnight stays will be required.

Providing front line advice on diverse woodland creation:

Engaging and enthusing landowners on how new woodland can deliver their aspirations while also delivering multifunctional benefits to the environment, society and the economy;
Advising on funding options: grants, carbon funding, nitrate offsetting and sponsorship;
Explaining the requirements of the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS)'s woodland design and planning requirements;
Working as part of the wider Area teams to proactively identify and engage with landowners/agents with an interest in woodland creation;
Supporting landowners and forestry agents in identifying consultees, sources of information and relevant contacts to facilitate the preparation of high quality UKFS compliant woodland creation design plans;
Liaise with relevant stakeholders (tenants, NGO's, Government organisations) to ensure plans take into account relevant views and issues;
Liaising with Area teams and colleagues in the Incentives Development Team over the processing of grants;
Liaising with statutory consultees and Defragroup colleagues over proposals, as appropriate. Playing an active role in the Area team;
Engaging as part of the Area team in routine activities and discussion