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ASSISTANT WOODSPERSON, KENT

Job details
Posting date: 29 May 2025
Salary: £29,000 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 16 June 2025
Location: Mereworth, Maidstone
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Web Recruit Ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: JTANZ1606/SK

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Summary

ASSISTANT WOODSPERSON, KENT

Salary from £29,000pa, depending on experience
Mereworth, Kent
Vacancy listed: 29/05/2025
Application deadline: 16/06/2025

About Us

The Tregothnan Estate is a private family estate. The Estate workforce is comprised of forestry and property maintenance teams supported by a Rural estate office team. The Estate also has a substantial portfolio of residential, commercial, and agricultural properties.

The Estate is diverse in its activities and the job roles it provides. The teams have a great community spirit, the surroundings are inspiring, and the work is always interesting. Working at Tregothnan is being part of Kent’s heritage and its modern future.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Assistant Woodsperson to join our small, friendly, and established team, at a very exciting time in the history of woodland management of the Estate. The work is varied and covers all aspects of woodland management, in predominantly broadleaf woodland.

Duties include:

- Maintenance and establishment of woodland and its associated habitats.
- Coppicing, thinning and small-scale harvesting.
- Landscape maintenance, hedgerow management and specimen tree management.

About You

You will need:

- Tree felling experience.
- A chainsaw qualification.
- Good health & safety awareness.
- A passion for the outdoors and working in this environment.
- Mechanical aptitude.
- The ability to learn and develop new skills and work within a team.
- A full clean driving licence and own transport, as we are in a rural location, with no public transport links.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Benefits

- Salary from £29,000pa, depending on experience.
- Accommodation to rent.
- 21 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays.
- Health care cash back plan.
- Discount scheme with high street and online retailers.
- Salary sacrifice homeware, tech and cycle to work schemes.
- Chainsaw and pesticide spraying training will be provided, with ongoing training as required.

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