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Community Tree Officer

Job details
Posting date:	18 July 2024
Salary:	£16.40 per hour
Additional salary information:	per hour PAYE
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	16 August 2024
Location:	SHEFFIELD, S2 2PL
Company:	Triumph Consultants Ltd
Job type:	Temporary
Job reference:	Sheffield 0009 0C74 / 1

Summary

What's involved with this role:

Temporary Community Tree Officer

Reference no: Sheffield 0009 0C74 / 1

Pay Rate: £16.40 per hour PAYE

37 Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 17:00

This opening assignment is for 5 months

City: SHEFFIELD

Enhanced DBS disclosure required

Hybrid working

Responsible for day to day tree management and maintenance, deal with enquiries, undertake tree inspections and risk assessments on P&C land as well as providing a similar consultancy service to other services and organisations, working in conjunction with the local community and partners.

Key Responsibilities

Carry out tree surveys, inspections, risk assessments and other data collection both on council and third party land. Develop tree management and planting projects and associated work programmes.
Help coordinate emergency tree work as and when required.
Assist in the development and implementation of the Corporate Tree Risk Management System on Parks and Countryside sites, those sites transferred from other service areas and those still in other services’ ownership. Assist in the training of non-arboriculture staff in basic tree risk assessment techniques.
Preparation of specifications, contract documentation and work schedules, placing work with internal staff and external contractors and monitor contracts and contractors.
Encourage and enable community partnerships and participation in community forestry and other projects. Organise events and develop projects. Promote and publicise the service.
Assist private landowners with tree and woodland management and planting. Provide a technical advisory service.
Deal with enquiries, complaints and subsidence damage and other claims and create and develop relevant databases.
Secure external income and sponsorship for revenue and capital projects and monitor budgets.
Represent P&C throughout the Council and externally on tree matters. The nature of the service will require attendance in the evenings and at weekends.
Undertake woodland management/development plans in conjunction with the woodland manager.

NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

Qualifications:

BTEC or C & G Level 3 Certificate in Arboriculture.

Knowledge:

Knowledge of visual tree assessment.
Extensive knowledge of tree botany, biology, pathology and tree mechanics - desirable
Map reading.
Identification of trees and shrubs and tree pathogens.
Recognition of physiological tree defects, diseases and disorders.

Experience:

Technical and/or practical experience in forestry/ arboriculture, including decision making on tree health, structural safety, pathogens and appropriate preventative remedial work.

Skills & Abilities:

Strong literacy skills for writing general correspondence and reports.
Strong communication skills - must be tactful and be able to deal sympathetically with the public, tree-owners, etc.
Able to work in a team and on own initiative without constant supervision.
Demonstrate ability to develop and sustain effective relationships with internal and external personnel.
Able to work to time limits and to handle a number of activities at once.
Ability to work under pressure and to demonstrate a positive approach to a range of responsibilities and demands.
Physically fit - able to walk for sustained periods and for long distances often on uneven ground and in inclement weather.
Must have confidence and diplomacy.

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Job Ref: Sheffield 0009 0C74 / 1

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

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We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.

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Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.