Senior Forest Officer - Aberystwyth, United Kingdom - Natural Resources Wales

Natural Resources Wales

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Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Contract type:
Permanent

Work pattern: 37 hours Full time, although discussions at interview stage will be welcome.

Post number: 200544

As an organisation we support flexible working.

This role allows hybrid working (a mix of home and office working) and a working pattern suitable for you can be discussed on appointment if you are successful.

You will be contracted to a NRW office within the place base, of which you will be required to attend for regular meetings, training and for one-to-one meetings with your manager.

These will be planned in advance.

Job description:

The Forest Operations Team are responsible for the sustainable management of the Welsh Government Woodland Estate to meet accreditation under UK Woodland Assurance Scheme and ISO14001 and to deliver Sustainable Management of Natural Resources.

The team covers management of the Welsh Government woodlands in the Mid-South (West) area from Aberystwyth in the west to Llandovery in the east.

These comprise a diverse mix of upland and lowland blocks including north and mid Tywi, Cwm Berwyn, Lampeter, Cross Inn, Tarenig, Myherin and the Ystwyth valley.

The role of the Senior Officer is key in developing tactical plans to deliver annual operational programmes.

This requires working closely with teams within NRW as well as suppliers, customers and stakeholders to ensure that these plans are delivered on time as well as to meet qualitative standards and value for money.

The individual will be expected to:

Develop tactical five year plans covering clearfelling, thinning as well as conversion to Low Impact Silvicultural Systems (LISS), restocking, establishment and maintenance programmes.
Produce annual budget profiles in collaboration with the Team Leader and regularly report on progress.
Assess proposed strategic Forest Resource Plans to ensure delivery of a wide range of objectives to meet UK Forestry Standard.
Support the wider team in terms of management of operations where required.
Take ownership of managing subcompartment data.
Manage specific projects when required.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate self-motivation and innovative thinking.

If you would like to have a site visit to discuss the role as well as seeing the working environment, please contact us (see contact details for Marius Urwin below).

Must have full UK driving license.

Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities will include:

Deliver technical advice for specific sector or technical issues.
Deliver work plans, and delivery of agreed actions to contribute to business planning.
Participate in NRW technical groups.
Have responsibility for direct delivery of delegated programmes.
Required to take part in incident response activities

Qualifications, experience and knowledge:

You will have:

Experience of working across a wide range of land management disciplines.
Knowledge of sustainable forest management, UKWAS and forest certification schemes.
Coaching and mentoring skills.
Good understanding of commercial business processes and pressures.
Ability to communicate effectively with regulated business and the public, explaining complex issues and gaining support by influencing.
Extensive knowledge and experience of all aspects of forest practise, including, forest planning, forest operations.

Welsh language requirements:

Essential Level 1 - able to pronounce Welsh and use basic phrases

Please note if you do not meet the level 1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these mínimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Competencies:

Essential Knowledge and Skills

Post holders will have substantial contract management experience and will be able to deliver contracts of midlevel complexity, risk and impact. Knowledge of contract law and contract management/ governance and its consequences is essential. Post holders will have the ability to develop briefs and specifications for contracts.
Post holders will display technical knowledge in their discipline and will have relevant experience.
Post holders will have a high level of knowledge and experience of health, safety and wellbeing as well as public safety and public liability.

Evaluation of Information

Interprets the function's operational delivery plans and understands its context in the wider NRW strategy.
Ability to interpret contracts and contract law, and be able to assess and evaluate contract queries, challenges and noncompliance.
Ability to analyse, understand and convey organisation requirements in contract briefs and specifications.
Able to analyse and interpret a wide range of complex information, extracting key points and communicating this to individuals at all levels and contributing to the development of policy.

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