Full-time - 5 days per week
Salary Range: Competitive Salary
We are an impact for profit organisation, achieving our mission through the use of nature-based carbon solutions, planting profitable native broadleaf forests, restoring peatland and developing biodiversity projects. Our goal is to scale our operations, plant millions of trees, restore thousands of hectares of habitat and grow a climate solution which removes significant amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. As the Estates Manager at the Future Forest Company, you’ll have a varied and diverse role which is critical to our success. Reporting to the CEO, you’ll be focused on overseeing the numerous sites under our care and management, looking after the buildings on them, liaising with tenants, and managing the woodlands we have created and peatland that we have restored. The majority of our planting work on our existing sites has now happened, and we are looking for someone to make sure that our hard work in establishing new woodlands is sustained as the trees grow and mature. You will be responsible for maintaining strong relationships with the communities local to our sites, alongside liaising with contractors and making sure that our sites are maintained to a high standard. This person needs to have relevant experience and a passion for the environment. The various related projects include reforestation, regeneration of depleted ecosystems and sustainable agriculture. These will all help deliver the company’s objectives for carbon sequestration, biodiversity enhancement, growth through profit and enhanced opportunities for public engagement with the sites.
Ensuring our sites (11 in total) meet their considerable potential for delivering climate, conservation and community objectives.
· Leading the vision and direction for the sites through the implementation of our integrated management plans.
· Identifying management priorities for each site and developing and managing the property budgets.
· Working with communities local to our land, key stakeholders, and neighbouring landowners and businesses.
· Taking responsibility for the safe and compliant management of operations, working with colleagues to ensure risks are managed.
· Assisting with monitoring our restored peatland
· Organising tree risk assessments and management planning for existing woodlands
· Applications for rural payments grants
· You should also match the Future Forest Company’s values and ethos, in particular showing a genuine interest in protecting the environment, fighting climate change and building a better tomorrow. You should be able to learn quickly and operate within a dynamic and agile environment.
Proven experience of overseeing and managing land-based projects.
· Excellent interpersonal skills and used to working with contractors, local partners, and stakeholders.
· Experience of managing budgets and government grants, including financial & land management plans with a strong working knowledge of rural payment schemes.
· Current driving licence and the ability to travel to other company locations.
· Woodland management experience
· Contract management experience.
· Experience of managing private residential or agricultural tenancies.
· Experience of peatland restoration, biodiversity enhancement or regenerative farming projects.
· Ability to manage risks, compliance and health and safety on sites.
A competitive salary
· Remote and flexible working environment when not on site
· Industry leading pension scheme
· The chance to help build a company that is leading the way in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss
· Enhanced family policies
· 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Company sick pay