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The Scottish Forestry Conservancy teams are responsible for the delivery of the organisation’s regulatory activity, application of forest policy and implementation of the range of financial incentives available for forestry.
Our Technical Officers regulate the management of forests across Scotland, including the planting and felling of trees, and measures related to tree health. They also administer grants and provide other support to land managers to achieve delivery of new planting targets.
Job description
You’ll support the end to end processes associated with Woodland Creation, leading primarily on the processing of complex woodland creation casework. You’ll have responsibility for complex case assessments providing regulatory advice and assistance for reasoned conclusions, complex Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consent responses, complaints and appeals.
You may also support complex work associated with Sustainable Forest Management cases and other regulatory procedures.
Person specification
The Success Profile below set outs the essential and desirable elements that make up the vacant position - you’ll be expected to demonstrate these element in your application and/or during your interview and/or assessment.
Experience
Essential:
- Experience and knowledge of woodland creation, associated silvicultural practices and practical delivery on the ground;
- Experience of providing advice, technical support, training or directly managing woodland creation and other forest management operations;
- Competent user of Microsoft Office packages such as Outlook, Excel and Word.
Desirable:
- Experience of grants and regulations approval processes or providing advice on complex cases;
- Experience of managing, assessing, and writing high quality Environmental Impact Assessments or other complex reports.
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Essential:
- Be educated to degree level, with a degree in forestry, ecology or similar discipline; or have significant relevant experience in UK forest practice
Desirable:
- Member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (or equivalent for environmental disciplines).
Benefits
- 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 average employer contribution of 27%
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- 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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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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