Arboricultural Officer - Bournemouth, United Kingdom - BCP Council

BCP Council

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Bournemouth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Introduction
Trees are the single largest natural asset that BCP Council manage.

Born out of Local Government Reorganisation in 2019, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole have come together to form the 10th largest urban local authority in England.

It is a place where culture and heritage meet innovation and modernity, village meets town, country meets coast, creativity meets digital, businesses flourish, and people thrive.

Key responsibilities in Planning Trees:

Positively and actively support, the Arboricultural & Landscape Manager and the team on tree and landscaping related matters
Deliver quality advice, skill and knowledge relating to trees and landscaping
Contibute proactively towards maintaining an efficient, effective and well respected team
Ensure that legal requirements relating to protected and unprotected trees are met through accurate and compliant administration of all tree work
Positively represent and provide expert advice relating to trees and landscaping to: Planning services, other Council services, Committees, Councillors, external stakeholders, appeals, enforcement investigation and legal cases

Key responsibilities in Environment Trees:

Positively and actively support, the Arboricultural & Landscape Manager and the team on tree and landscaping related matters

Undertake tree risk management inspections
Liaising with aboricultural contractors to ensure work is carried out to the correct standard
Deal with both internal and external tree related enquires including liaising with the public, councillors, and other professionals.

For an informal chat about the positions please contact the Arboricultural & Landscape Manager on

About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services.

By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website.

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees.

It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right.

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation and colleagues joining us will be included in these changes.

This is expected to be in place in 2024.