Forest Co-ordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Countryside Service, we are recruiting the team
to set up the Derbyshire
Heartwood Community Forest.

So-called because of its location at the heart of England, Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community
Forest will occupy a central position between the National Forest to the south and the
Greenwood Community Forest in Nottinghamshire, providing the missing link to join up these two
woodland areas. Trees will be planted on pockets of available land stretching over a geographic
area of approximately 289 square miles within communities along the eastern border of the
county and areas in the south of the county including Amber Valley, North East Derbyshire,
Bolsover, Chesterfield, Erewash and South Derbyshire.

We are a member of England’s Community Forests – collectively, the work of 15 community forests
has formed the largest environmental regeneration initiative in England – and part of the
Community Forest Trust, a registered charity, providing all of our team opportunities to work
at both local and national levels.

We are now recruiting a Forest Coordinator.

This new role was created to provide technical and administrative support to the Heartwood
Community Forest team. The role supports the collection, storage, and evaluation of Heartwood
Community Forest data to support design, costing and award of grants to landowners, legal
agreements, statutory grant reporting returns as well as environmental and carbon sequestration
returns. Also, the role assists with the design, costing and contracting of tree planting
projects and general administration of the Community Forest.

What will I be doing:

• Assist members of the public and partner organisations on all tree and woodland planting
  enquiries, act as a focal point for the receipt of calls and manage paper correspondence in
  accordance with current systems.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the capture, update, management,
  manipulation and reporting of data to support development of tree planting projects within The
  Heartwood Community Forest project area.
• Contribute to the analysis, capture, development and maintenance and storage of tree
  planting data to support forward works programmes, future maintenance works and replanting,
  programmes and statutory grant reporting conditions.
• Land Registry and other external searches as required to support the development of
  planting projects with landowners.
• Assisting with the planning, organisation and implementation of tree planting projects
  through the preparation of technical drawings, maps bills of quantity, contract documents as
  required,
• Assisting with procurement and purchasing of goods and materials as required.

What skills and experience do you need:

Be enthusiastic, versatile and self-motivated with the ability to work well as part of a
multi-disciplinary team.

Have the confidence to work under pressure and manage several tasks simultaneously.

Experience in the use of computer systems in particular familiarity and competency in MS Office
/ database, web based and desk top analytical tools, design software, spread-sheet and GIS
systems.

Knowledge and experience of woodland creation/forestry, nature conservation management or land
management.

BTEC / ONC or equivalent in relevant subject plus experience

Relevant professional/technical/industry competency qualification and experience and / or
significant relevant and practical experience.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with attention to detail.

What we offer you:

• 27 days of annual leave plus another 5 once you reach 5 years of continuous service, plus 8
  bank holidays.
• Flexi time, allowing up to an additional 2 days of leave per month
• Training and development opportunities.
• Generous local government pension scheme.
• Guaranteed incremental annual pay increases.
• Access to a comprehensive wellbeing package.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Discounts at selected county leisure centres.