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Wild Area Officer

Forestry Commission -
Clipstone

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Job details

Full-time | Fixed term contract
£33,854 a year
7 days ago

Benefits

Company pension

Qualifications

Microsoft Word
Contract management
Forestry
Driving Licence
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Procurement
Environmental legislation
Microsoft Office
Project management
Presentation skills
Land management

Full job description

Details

Reference number

466190

Salary

£33,854

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Fixed term

Length of employment

3 year fixed term, with the possibility of extension or permanency

Business area

FC - Forestry England

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
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Location

Clipstone, East Midlands (England), NG21 9JL

About the job

Job summary

What youll do

Forestry Englands Biodiversity Plan sets out a bold ambition of nature recovery in the Nations Forests. Working across five principal focus areas, Forestry England aims to restore resilient biodiversity in the nations forests, delivering our vision to ensure that these forests provide the most valuable places for wildlife to thrive and expand in England.

The Wild Area Officer will oversee the development and delivery of one (initially Wild Ingoldsby) or more wild area projects in the district, managing them through concept and definition project stages, and facilitating their effective implementation on the ground. The post holder will be responsible for bringing the concept of wild areas to life, delivering at scale and pace to meet Forestry Englands ambitions for nature recovery.

Where youll work

Within Central England Forest District, working out of an office at either Sherwood Pines (NG21 9JL), Market Rasen (LN8 3RQ) or Fineshade (NN17 3BB). Hybrid home working available. Travel across England will be required.

Job description

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

1) Project Management

Lead on the development of the vision and the project plan for one or more wild area projects.

Apply appropriate project management principles to ensure effective and timely project implementation, in accordance with Forest Wilding Programme guidance and framework.

Produce, maintain and review relevant project documentation throughout the project lifecycles.

Develop annual and long-term work programmes and budgets for the projects, supported by relevant project boards and the Forest Wilding Programme Team.

Manage a delegated budget to ensure the projects are managed within budgetary limits and fiscal
guidelines.

Support funding bids for external funding and ensure that commitments to funders for the projects are appropriately met through project delivery.

Work with the Wild Areas Manager and Wild Area projects to ensure that programme, corporate and funder reporting requirements are met.

2) Land Management

Lead on the development of land management plans for individual wild area projects, working with district colleagues and the Forest Wilding Programme Team to drive nature recovery at the landscape scale.

Lead the investigation of appropriate techniques which will deliver the vision for wild areas in restoring natural processes, ensuring there is a sound evidence base for land management interventions.

Implement agreed land management plans on the ground, including for example, installation of grazing infrastructure, management of herbivores, forest management, tree planting, peatland restoration, hydrological restoration.

Lead the development and delivery of a stakeholder management plan, and take the lead in building and managing relationships with relevant stakeholders.

Procure and manage contracts, services and contractors, including graziers, forestry contractors, consultants and academic institutions.

Ensure Forestry England procurement and contract management regulations are followed throughout the project

Support the investigation of the (re)introduction of influential species to wild areas, which help restore natural processes.

3) Knowledge and Monitoring

Support the implementation of Forestry Englands evidence framework, in assembling evidence to support decision-making and monitoring the success of land management interventions for nature recovery.
Work with the national Forest Wilding programme team, colleagues from Forest Research and wider academia to learn from, identify synergies and efficiencies and share best practice across the Forest Wilding programme.
Commission, manage and interpret surveys to gather baseline information relevant to wild area projects, including eDNA soil analysis, ecological and hydrological information.

Undertake or commission feasibility studies to explore innovative approaches to secure nature recovery in wild areas

4) Communications and public engagement

Work with district and national communications colleagues to develop and implement communications plans for relevant wild areas and the Forest Wilding programme

Where relevant, support the development of partnerships with neighbouring landowners to increase the scale and effectiveness of landscape scale nature recovery.

Showcase the project to internal and external stakeholders to gain support for forest wilding, nature recovery and further delivery within the nations forests.

And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

Person specification

Skills, knowledge & experience

Essential professional and technical experience

A track record of successfully developing, managing and coordinating nature recovery projects.
An experienced project manager, able to manage and prioritise workloads, meet deadlines and solve problems, and manage budgets
Strong ecological knowledge, with practical experience of a range of land management interventions including in woodlands, heaths, wetlands, and uplands, relevant to the location of the role
Experience of procurement and contract management, especially in the relevant areas of land management, feasibility studies and ecological survey and monitoring
A great team worker, adept at working under your own initiative and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, taking ownership of the responsibilities of the role, building collaborative working relationships with colleagues, and being adaptable in the face of changing situations.
Demonstrable skills in stakeholder management, with a track record of developing constructive collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholder groups, including public sector, private sector, and non-governmental organisations, volunteers and community groups.
An excellent communicator, both written and verbally, able to adapt to a range of audiences.
Competent using information technology, and sound knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams.

Desirable professional and technical experience

Sound experience in the forestry sector

Experience of procurement and contract management.

Working knowledge of environmental legislation and designations, including their practical application.

Qualifications

Essential

Ecology or environmental degree, or equivalent professional experience in nature-focussed land
management.

A full and current driving licence that enables you to drive in the UK.

Desirable

A recognised project management qualification

A member of a relevant professional body, e.g. Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, Institute of Chartered Foresters

Behaviours

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

Seeing the Big Picture
Delivering at Pace
Working Together
Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £33,854, Forestry Commission contributes £9,807 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

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 employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

How to apply

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

You will be assessed on experience and behaviour-based questions during your interview.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are

Seeing the big picture
Delivering at pace
Working together
Making effective decisions

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If candidates pass the interview but are not the leading candidate they can be placed on a reserve list. We may offer candidates on the reserve list for this role the opportunity to be considered for other roles at the same or lower pay bands.

In the event of a high number of applications, a pre-sift may be carried out.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email [email protected].

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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 the Republic of Ireland
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)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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 .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in 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 : FC Recruitment Team
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

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