Oak Processionary Moth Admin Officer - London, United Kingdom - Forestry Commission

Forestry Commission
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3 weeks ago

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Reference number:


Salary:

- £23,098
Job grade:


  • Administrative Officer
  • Pay Band 6b
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
  • Fixed Term
  • Loan
  • Secondment
    Length of employment:
  • One role is 15 month fixed term appointment with the possibility but no guarantee of an extension or permanency

Business area:


  • FC
  • Forest Services
  • The Forestry Commission are the Government's forestry experts, and our role is to protect, improve, expand and connect England's trees, woodlands and forestry sector

Type of role:


  • Administration / Corporate Support
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 2Contents
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About the job


Benefits:

Things you need to know

Location

  • London (region), South East EnglandAbout the job

Job summary:

Forest Services Plant Health Forestry Team is a national team, with staff distributed throughout England.

Our work is directed towards protecting and improving the health of the country's forests, woods and trees, providing specialist surveillance for pests and diseases and undertaking primary site investigation on sites of suspicion.

The team has an important role working with internal and external colleagues to develop expertise within the organisation and the sector, disseminating Tree Health information to stakeholders, and scanning horizons to identify and mitigate for new tree health risks and threats.


Job description:


Key Work Areas including:


Administrative Support

  • Accurately record information and data to entered into the OPM database
  • Maintain a log of all enquires for review on a regular basis for reporting purposes
  • Work in conjunction with other team members to maintain accurate records so they are consolidated and easily interpreted
  • If required support other administrative roles in the wider tree health programme
This post is based at Bucks Horn Oak near Farnham GU10 4LS or Nobel House, Westminster SW1P 3JR.

Travel is not integral to the role; however support at events may require occasional, and infrequent, time away from home.


General Administrative Support

  • Provide a central point of contact for the OPMCP
  • Data gathering, processing, and cleansing
  • Maintain contacts list
  • Circulate updates
  • Routine admin tasks such as filing, printing, scanning

Handling Public Enquiries

  • Deal with public and staff enquiries appropriately
  • Log enquiries for reporting purposes and gather information to update log Be available to handle stakeholder enquiries

Person specification:


Essential

  • Being confident using Microsoft Office products, including Outlook and word
  • Gather information from various (internal and external) resources in response to requests for information

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Oak Processionary Moth and other pests of oak trees

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Working Together
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Competent and effective IT user with experience of MS Office and associated communication tools (e.g. MS Teams).

Benefits:


  • A Civil Service pension.
  • A range of family friendly benefits.
  • An environment with flexible working options.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role.
  • A culture which promotes a diverse and inclusive work environment.
  • A range of wellbeing benefits including discounted Civil Service Healthcare, access to an Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, Bike to Work Scheme, plus many more.
  • 25 days annual leave, with 1 additional day for each years' service up to 5 years (pro rata), plus 10.5 bank holidays/privilege days (pro rata).
  • Ability to buy or sell 5 days annual leave.
  • 3 days volunteering per year (pro rata).
Things you need to know


Selection process details:


  • This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.1. A tailored CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
The CV will be split into 3 parts and requests:
Job History, Previous Skills/Experience, and Full Qualification Details.


  • A personal statement - in no more than 750 words showing how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification.
At interview, you will be assessed against Behaviours, Strengths and Technical Skills.


Indicative timeline:


  • Shortlisting to take place the week commencing 28th May.
  • Interviews to be carried the week commencing 12th June.


We will be conducting in person interviews at Forestry Commission England, Tree Health Team, Bucks Horn Oak, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4LS.


Further Information
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months
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