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Forest Operations Officer x2

Closing Date: 12 March 2023 | Salary: £32,876 - £36,229 (Grade 5) | Location: Flexible within Mid-North Wales area

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: Full Time, 37 hours hours per week, Monday to Friday

Post number: 200462, 203462

Natural Resources Wales supports flexible working. This role allows hybrid working (a mix of home and office working) and a working pattern suitable for you can be discussed if you are successful.

You will be contracted to a NRW office within the place base, of which you will be required to attend for regular meetings, training and for one-to-one meetings with your manager. These will be planned in advance.

Job Description

The post holder will be part of the Mid-North Wales Forest Operations Team. Mid-North contains a diverse mix of upland and lowland forests including, Dyfi, Macynlleth, Artists Valley, Nant y Moch, Nant yr Arian, Hafren, Dyfnant, Radnor & Kerry.

The Forest Operations Team is responsible for the planning and delivery of NRW’s annual harvesting and re-stocking programmes for the area. These programmes contribute to NRW’s annual income target. The Team works closely with external contractors and timber processing companies to ensure that these plans are delivered to time and in line with their contracts. The Officer role is a mix of office-based work and site visits to prepare and then manage forest operations contracts, including health and safety. The officer will work closely with customers, contractors, other NRW teams and the public. The Officer is supported by site supervisors on active harvesting and re-stocking contracts.

The Officer may be required to work out of hours either as part of a duty rota or should there be a need to respond to unforeseen incidents on site.

The Officer will report directly to the Team Leader Forest Operations.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities include:

Support technical advice for specific sector or technical issues.
Implementation of team work plans, and delivery of agreed actions to contribute to business planning.
Participate in NRW technical or represent NRW on external forums as a technical representative.
Interact with peers in NRW to promote consistent industry and specialist subject practices.
Have responsibility for direct delivery of delegated programmes and agreed delegated budgetary control, including all relevant compliance and adhering to procurement process.
Required to take part in incident response activities.

Qualifications, Experience & Knowledge

Knowledge and experience of the following:

Experience of working across a wide range of land management disciplines.
Knowledge of sustainable forest management, UKWAS and forest certification schemes.
Experience of community liaison and public engagement activities.
Knowledge and experience of designated sites, and all aspects of forest practise, including land liabilities, forest planning and forest operations.

Welsh Language Requirements:

Essential Level 1 – able to pronounce Welsh and use basic phrases

Desirable Level 4 – Fluent in spoken Welsh

Please note if you do not meet the level 1 requirement i.e. ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements.

Competencies

Please note - Applications to this role will be assessed based on the following competencies, both at shortlisting and interview. Please give examples of how you demonstrate these competencies when completing your application form.

Essential Knowledge and Skills	Demonstrable relevant experience gained in a number of environments or range of roles, with a good grasp and understanding of organisational policy and procedures. Has previous project management/contract management experience in a technical field and able to undertake the full range of tasks associated with managing projects. Able to evidence a good level of literacy, numeracy and communication skills. Post holders will typically have experience of supervising others/contractors. Able to demonstrate a high level of knowledge and experience of health, safety and wellbeing as well as public safety and public liability.
Evaluation of Information	Ability to understand and interpret technical procedure manuals and statutory codes used whilst undertaking the role. Able to produce business cases, reports, briefing notes and contracts, which will be signed off by others as part of agreed internal processes.
Decision Making and Autonomy Requirements	Ability to decide how best to achieve results, requiring objective judgment. Able to alter priorities where there are conflicting demands or work activities. The post holder will be required to make decisions of a technical nature based on the scope of work, with guidance from others if necessary. Objectives and targets will be delivered in accordance with a governance procedure and will be reviewed on a regular basis. The post holder will be accountable to a Project Executive. Able to apply prior knowledge to resolve problems based on known outcomes, with guidance from the Project Executive if required. Has an understanding that the impact of their decisions will be wider than the immediate function or department and impact the environment and landscape over a long-term.
Communication and Relationships with Others	Ability to interact and link with other roles across the business, fostering and maintaining good working relationships and networks to engage the organisation in delivering polices and work plans in the most efficient way. Effective communication and persuasive skills, which may include facilitating and presenting at internal or external meetings; giving advice and input as required. Able to manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and third parties involved in project delivery, which may involve a degree of influencing. Ability to produce technical documents, reports, accounts, contracts etc., containing advice, guidance or opinion; which could have detrimental consequences and financial implications if incorrect or poorly drafted. Able to source information and data from multiple locations, requiring external research and professional judgment to determine how the information should be interpreted. Confidence to interact with people externally at all levels. Whilst this is an external facing role; the work undertaken will impact externally and internally at a range of levels, depending on the nature of the project.
Responsibility for Resources	Responsible for the safe and legal use and keeping of specialised equipment used out in the field. The post holder will have delegated budgetary responsibility which is likely to be part of a much larger budget and will have responsibility in relation to supply chain/procurement activity linked to contracts in line with procedures.

Benefits of Working for us

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

Flexible Working (by agreement with line manager)
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days Annual Leave, rising to 33 days
Generous Leave entitlements for all your life needs
Health and Wellbeing Benefits and Support
Weekly Well-being Hour to use at your choice

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

How to Apply

Please send a completed Application form to Applications@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk using the post number as the email reference

Before completing your application, please read our Guidance on completing a job application form

Application closing date 12^th March 2023

Interviews will take place at Welshpool Office

If you have any queries about the role, please contact Elaine Harrison at Elaine.Harrison@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

Natural Resources Wales embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition.

We welcome and encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented, including women, black and ethnic minority groups and people with a disability. We have a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We put the principles of human rights, equality, fairness, dignity and respect at the heart of our values.

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