Beat Forester

You will manage a specific beat and team in one of our Forestry England districts. You will be responsible for forestry operations meeting industry best practices and health and safety regulations. Implement work programmes meeting the district’s strategic plan for the economy, society, and the environmental collaborating with other beat teams., • Manage a team and volunteers meeting Forestry England’s organisational values and behaviours.
• Champion improvements in Forestry England’s health & safety culture.
• Deliver a positive and inclusive culture, fostering cross-functional collaboration and support.
• Promote learning and development opportunities amongst the team.
• Maintain professional and productive relationships with stakeholders across several beats and work collaboratively with colleagues across the wider district.
• Create, manage, and execute operations in the beat in line with the UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS), UK Forestry Standard (UKFS).
• Manage operations in a specific beat, including tree harvesting, regeneration and conservation programmes, outdoor recreation, and public engagement provision, collaborating with district foresters and specialist district leads.
• Plan, procure, and manage contracts to effectively meet forest management and timber harvesting objectives, whilst meeting all relevant guidelines and legislation.
• Engage proactively and respond constructively to existing and prospective customers and show the highest standards of professionalism when representing Forestry England in the marketplace.
• Manage aspects of wildlife, woodland, and heritage conservation, and have awareness of legal and financial implications.
• Make sure work you are responsible for complies with health and safety guidance, and communicate the importance of working safely, to manage risks across operations for staff, contractors, customers, and the environment.
• Liaise with the local mechanical engineering services team on vehicles, machinery and equipment.
• Help maintain Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) accreditation.
• Be responsible for the beat’s budget.
• Efficiently manage resources so beat projects, programmes, and business as usual operations are delivered effectively and efficiently.
• Prepare the annual beat business plan.
• Monitor, reforecast and report on budgets and key performance indicators throughout the year.
This post will require occasional out-of-hours and weekend working including for emergency call outs, council meetings, etc
And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager., This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
You will be asked to upload your CV and 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.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Working Together
+ Developing Self and Others
+ Managing a Quality Service, + 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) (opens in a new window)
+ 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
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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.

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Essential professional and technical experience
• Experience of managing a team, as well as demonstrating successful team working.
• Experience of planning and supervising forestry operations, and ability to demonstrate a significant understanding of health and safety in forestry.
• Experience of managing a budget, and a sound understanding of and experience of managing contracts.
• Competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications.
Desirable professional and technical experience
• Experience of using (forestry) Geographic Information System., + Making Effective Decisions
+ Working Together
+ Developing Self and Others
+ Managing a Quality Service, Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Alongside your salary of £35,580, Forestry Commission contributes £10,307 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%