Team / Directorate: Forest Operations Team / Operations Directorate
Starting salary: £25,898.00
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment until 28 August 2026
Work pattern: Full Time, 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Interview date: Week commencing 10 February 2025 (To be confirmed)
We are proud to announce that NRW will be hosting two paid placement opportunities starting in September 2025. These are specifically for students undertaking a mid-year placement whilst participating in a forestry or land management undergraduate qualification from a higher educational institution.
If successful, you could be appointed to either of the regions. As a result, you could end up working in mid Wales which covers parts of the Cambrian Mountains and Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. Alternatively, you could be working in the north west covering part of Eryri National Park. Regardless which team you join, this opportunity provides the ability to work alongside our professional teams responsible for managing the Welsh Government Woodland Estate and National Nature Reserves. This placement will expose you to a diverse range of opportunities and land management practices. This could range from harvesting and establishment operations, legal land liability inspections through to ancient monument restoration or specific species management on a nature reserve.
We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and passion for forestry and land management who can demonstrate drive to learn and deliver their work whilst working alongside our teams and wider customers and contractors.
Other information relevant to the job:
– Full UK driving licence (essential)
– You must be currently undertaking an undergraduate degree in either a forestry or land management discipline from a higher education institution. Your undergraduate degree must require a mid-year placement (essential)
– Student membership of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) or another relevant professional body (desirable)
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Michael Cresswell FICFor at Michael.Cresswell@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams.
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. We aim to make offers of appointment within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.