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Woodland Creation Incentives Team Manager
| Posting date: | 11 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £45,260 to £49,062 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 July 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 360883/1 |
Summary
Never has there been a more important time for trees and forests to help tackle the climate emergency and provide a much-needed sanctuary for people and wildlife. We aim to at least treble tree planting rates in England by the end of this Parliament, reflecting England’s contribution to meeting the UK’s overall target of planting 30,000 hectares per year by the end of this Parliament. This acceleration in current planting rates in England will contribute to meeting the net-zero by 2050 ambitions, and to government’s wider environmental targets. The Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Forestry Commission have set up a joint Nature for Climate Fund (NCF) Programme for England to support the forestry sector, landowners and communities in the delivery of these ambitions.
Forest Services as part of Forestry Commission are the Government’s forestry experts. We advise nationally and locally on how to unlock the full potential of woodlands and support the forestry sector to protect, improve and expand England’s valuable woodland assets, ensuring that they continue to provide benefits to people, the environment and the economy”.
To lead the development of grants, delivered by the Forestry Commission, to support woodland creation as part of the England Tree Planting Programme.
Purpose of the Job
You will:
- work to the Head of Incentives Development and Compliance, leading on the development of grants to increase woodland creation
- Coordinate your work with the other Woodland Creation Incentives Team Manager to ensure the effective management of your team, ensuring its wellbeing as well as the delivery of project work
- work with subject matter experts to ensure the grants comply with government grant standards and that they are effective in supporting the delivery of policy aims and England Trees Action plan
- present and listen to feedback from stakeholders to ensure the grants are designed to maximise uptake
- manage a team, prioritising workloads to deliver at pace and lead the team to support the work of the Operational Delivery and Area Teams to ensure the effective delivery of grants for tree planting and woodland creation
Key work areas
- Lead the detailed design of improvements to woodland creation grants delivered by the Forestry Commission and support their operational implementation
- Lead a team of Incentives Development Managers and Project Officers, identifying, recruiting and managing resources where needed
- Line manage two Incentives Development Managers and act as confirming officer for up to five Project Officers
- Engage with Defra to support the wider work of the Programme, keep in-touch with policy delivery and adhere to the Programme’s change control protocol
- Seek input from stakeholders to ensure grant offers are designed to drive uptake
- Work with Compliance leads to ensure grants are compliant with government grant standards
- Undertake final approval checks and the risk assessments for high value grant awards
- Work closely with regulations colleagues to ensure appropriate regulation of the planting proposals set out in grant applications and ensure they align with the UK Forestry Standard and ensure the grant and regulatory processes work together
- Work closely with IT development colleagues on the development of a grant system(s), ensuring it meets business management and reporting needs