Senior Tree Officer - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset Council

Dorset Council

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Dorchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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About The Role:

Join our Tree Team and use your expertise to safeguard and enhance Dorset's green legacy.

Our Conservation Team contributes to the sustainable development that defines Dorset's character and future, ensuring it continues to flourish for generations to come.

What's in it for you:

As Senior Tree Officer, you'll join our small and passionate team comprised of 9 Tree Officers and 4 Tree Assistants, working together to protect and preserve Dorset's green spaces.

You'll have the opportunity to develop and grow your leadership skills with line management responsibilities, supporting our Tree Officers to do their best work through sharing your experience and skills.

As a Senior Officer, you'll make a positive impact on the provision of a comprehensive and efficient planning service, providing expert advice and technical input into a wide variety of planning functions.

Your knowledge of trees and hedges will contribute an important role in conserving the natural heritage that makes Dorset so characteristic.

What you can expect to be doing:
You will be one of two Senior Officers that report to the Tree Team Leader.

Alongside another Senior Tree Officer, you will lead and manage Tree Officers covering the eastern or western part of Dorset Council's area.

About you:

Your specialist knowledge in development management, coupled with good people management skills, will be instrumental in promoting suitable development within Dorset.

With a qualification in, and a depth of knowledge of arboriculture relevant to the post, you will play an important role in preserving the unique arboreal landscape that defines our region.

At Dorset Council, we value strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate across different teams within the Council.

We understand the importance of work-life balance, which is why we offer flexible working arrangements, including the option to work from home.

Join us in shaping the future of Dorset, ensuring it remains a vibrant, green, and sustainable place to live and work.

Further Information:

This position requires regular site visits, this means that there is a requirement for a vehicle (or transport deemed to be suitable by the council) to be available on most working days to carry out normal duties.

Whatever stage of your career you're at, you will also need a gift for clear communication and affinity with our values: Responsibility, Respect, Recognition and Collaboration.

With a team that lives by these principles, we have a friendly workplace where you'll be free to learn and thrive.

Employee benefits include a local government pension, flexible working and continual learning and development. With beautiful beaches and countryside on your doorstep too, a career in Dorset comes with everything you need.

This is a full-time, permanent role at 37 hours per week.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

About Us:

Dorset is a beautiful and iconic area, with historic market towns and miles of stunning coast.

But it's also a place of growth and innovation, with a population of 375,000 and an economy worth over £7 billion.

To serve this unique area, a new unitary council was established in 2019.

Bold and ambitious, with a One Team approach, we're taking Dorset into the future - and our Planning team is taking centre stage.

The Tree team is a specialist team sitting within the wider planning team.

Dorset Council:
A great place to work
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.