Senior Arboricultural Officer
Grade 6- £32112-£35496pa
About us
Havering Council is a large Local Authority located in outer-East London, which home to nearly 260,000 residents. We are lucky enough to be an incredibly green borough, and the team is responsible for an estimated 20,000 street trees, along with 250,000 in parks and open spaces and 4,000 in housing sites. Havering is committed to creating a cleaner, safer borough, and continues to identify new ways of funding the planting of more trees on its streets and in its green spaces.
About the job
With an increasingly joined-up approach to working, now is an exciting time to join a large and motivated public realm service area that covers a wide range of functions that also includes parks services, grounds maintenance, waste collection and street cleansing. At the same time, you will enjoy the benefit of working within a small, talented and committed team of specialists.
With collaborative working alongside the other arboriculture officer as well as colleagues in other teams and services including Parks and Housing, you will ensure the smooth running of Havering’s tree maintenance services, and protection of its valued tree stock. Your responsibilities cover inspections of tree stock, the daily monitoring of the externally-provided maintenance service (including health and safety checks), planting projects, responding to enquiries and complaints and keeping the customer service and other auditing systems updated. We are currently developing new ways to record, map and maintain information on our borough’s tree stock, so now is an exciting time to be involved in the service and help shape it for the future.
About you:
We are seeking a self-motivated candidate with experience in an arboriculture field. You will have relevant professional certifications and the willingness to undertake further studying as part of your career, and have an up-to-date chainsaw certificate and driving license. As a member of the wider Public Realm team, you will have an awareness of wider environmental issues, or be keen to learn more. Your excellent communication skills will serve you when liaising with contractors, customers, councillors and senior officers. You will possess a keen attention to detail and be motivated to drive up performance.
You will be IT literate and confident using a range of software and applications including MS Office and customer relationship management systems, and be able to analyse and explain complex datasets.
Whilst management experience is not essential, you will be confident in giving clear instructions and guidance to both colleagues and contractors, and have an awareness of health and safety issues associated with tree management and maintenance.
All staff are expected to adhere to Havering Council’s I CARE values and behaviours: Integrity, Creativity, Ambition, Respect, Everyone.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Jacki.Ager@havering.gov.uk
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 26th August 2022.
You will be notified if your application has been successful. Interview date to be confirmed.
Should you require any help or advice with your online application, please contact the Recruitment Helpdesk on 01708 432770.
Please see Job Profile here.
Additional Information
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