Forest Operations Officer Starting salary: 36,246 Contract type: Permanent Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week Interview date: 22/04/2025 Post number: 200535 The role You will undertake delegated responsibility for the delivery of programmes, making technical decisions within at least one of the following disciplines, (dependant on the scale of geographic programmes). Land management, undertaking the planning, and implementation and management of forest management operations and work programmes, in addition to management of surveying, undertakings for developing and implementing work specifications across a wide subject range. Forest Planning, undertaking all operational planning to ensure implementation of tactical work programmes. To include forest and conservation inventory, database management, GIS mapping and site evaluation. You will act as the contract manager for numerous forestry operations. During this, you ll be responsible for undertaking all necessary paperwork and management for the sale/procurement of these contracts and all subsequent operations, including relevant liaison with the customer/contractor. Exles of these operations are harvesting, ground preparation, planting, or miscellaneous chainsaw work. As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance. To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Michael Cresswell at Michael.Cresswell(at)cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. Successful external 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. What you will do
1. Support technical advice for specific sector or technical issues.
2. Implementation of team work plans, and delivery of agreed actions to contribute to business planning.
3. Participate in NRW technical or represent NRW on external forums as a technical representative.
4. Interact with peers in NRW to promote consistent industry and specialist subject practices.
5. Have responsibility for direct delivery of delegated programmes and agreed delegated budgetary control, including all relevant compliance and adhering to procurement process.
6. Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
7. Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
8. Be committed to your own development and that of your staff thr