Student Placements - Hamilton, United Kingdom - Scottish Forestry
Description
Details:
Reference number:
Salary:
- £26,755
Job grade:
- Other
- Scottish Forestry Pay Band 6b / CS AO
Contract type: - Fixed term
Length of employment: - Fixed term, 12 month placement with possibility of extension
Business area:
- SF
- Operational Delivery
Type of role: - Other
Working pattern:
- Fulltime
Number of jobs available: - 5Contents
About the job
Benefits:
Things you need to know
Location
- Dingwall, Dumfries, Hamilton, Huntly, Oban, Perth, SelkirkAbout the job
Job summary:
A student placement with Scottish Forestry will provide you with opportunities to support and learn from the operational delivery team in one of our Conservancies.
You'll be supported on your development journey with ongoing guidance from your manager and input from our Learning and Skills Development team.
There will be opportunities to attend training courses, alongside shadowing Assistant Woodland Officers and Woodland Officers, in order to learn about the implementation of silviculture and grants and regulations.
You may also have the chance to undertake short term placements with other teams within Scottish Forestry, for example to support and learn from colleagues based in our national teams which provide support across all Conservancies.
Job description:
You will work within the Conservancy team to gain practical experience, by supporting our Woodland Officers and Assistant Woodland Officers to:
- Undertake field-based measurements as part of regulatory roles for felling, environmental impact assessment regulations and tree diseases.
- Prepare for site visits, e.g. organising weekly work plans, making arrangements with agents and transferring maps onto mobile devices.
- Undertake inspections and producing reports on the implementation of Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS), forest plans and felling permissions, e.g. assessing stock density and establishment of trees.
Person specification:
Experience
Essential:
- Basic knowledge and awareness of forestry and land management principles and practices
- Good time management and the ability to prioritise workloads
Desirable:
- A working knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Teams
- Experience of working independently and as part of a team
- Experience of forestry operations or equivalent.
Technical
Essential:
- An understanding of the rural/land management sector
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
Desirable:
- Student, associate or professional membership of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF).
Benefits:
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Selection process details:
- Please see our recruitment portal for further details on how to apply.
- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment
Security:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks
Nationality requirements:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service:
- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants:
Job contact:
- Name:
- Jonathan Hawick
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