About the job
Field Team Managers coordinate and lead the areas Woodland Officers ensuring that they make effective use of the Forestry Commission’s incentives (grants) and regulations to expand, protect, improve and connect woodlands across the area. They are on the local management team inputting to strategic and business decision making at area level and are normally managed by one of the Partnership and Expertise Managers or the newly created role of Operations Manager.
Job description
The Forestry Commission are the government’s forestry experts and we work to protect, improve and expand England’s woods and forests. This is done by providing policy advice to government and leading delivery through regulation, incentives and protecting tree health. The development of the England Tree Strategy and the ambition already set by Government to plant 30,000ha’s of new woodland annually across the UK by 2025 places woodland creation as a key delivery priority for the area team and our partners.
The Field Team Manager role, as part of Forest Services, is responsible for leading a team of Woodland Officers based in their area and for ensuring the effective coordination of our incentives and regulatory activities. Field Team Managers play a critical role in delivering a step change in our woodland creation levels, and in supporting the woodland management activity across the area. This includes working closely with Natural England, Environment Agency, Rural Payments Agency, Forestry England and Forestry Commission Admin Hubs.
You can find out more about the area team and the England Tree Planting Programme in the recruitment pack attached.
- Yorkshire and North East -The location for this post is flexible within YNE but a Yorkshire base is preferred. Blended working is on offer between a home location and Foss House, York or Tyneside House, Newcastle being the FC office bases.