Forest Planner

• Job reference: REQ0869
• Salary: £34,362 – £36,658 (additional 28.97 percent pension contribution into defined pension scheme and benefits)
• Contractual hours: 37
• Basis: Full time
• Region: North

Working at Forestry and Land Scotland is all about ‘People, Pride and Purpose.’ Join us and take pride in supporting the economy, protecting and enhancing the environment by managing Scotland’s National forests and land.

The Forest Planner plays a key role in facilitating how we manage our land to meet our economic, social and environmental objectives. You will be responsible for preparing 10 year land management plans that set out how we will care for the forests and land that we manage. These plans then inform us of our future programmes of work.

The planning and environment teams work closely with other teams and specialists to design sustainable forests of the future, protect and restore semi-natural habitats, respond to climate change and enhance our landscapes. The teams prepare spatial plans, develop work programmes and coordinate and manage data and surveys, as well as contribute to national initiatives and projects to ensure the public land is well cared for.

To be successful in this role you will need relevant knowledge and experience of forest operations, forest management or land management.