Tree Officer

Tree Officer

Based in Bracknell

Up to -35,800

Our client is currently looking to recruit a Tree Officer to join their team in the Bracknell area.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Deliver and manage arboricultural services, including inspections, recording, reporting, protection, and management advice in accordance with industry standard guidance, statutory and regulatory requirements and company''s policies.
• Provide specialist arboricultural advice and guidance to internal/external customers, making technical/professional recommendations about a course of action for trees in various settings. Liaising with, providing advice to, and requesting that private landowners undertake appropriate management to protect residents, employees, and property.
• Identify opportunities for improvements to arboricultural policies and procedures to improve professional practice and customer service. Ensuring that reactive and planned inspection activity and subsequent management work is undertaken effectively and efficiently. Providing analysis of management information to senior managers regarding possible improvements as required.
• Undertake detailed analysis of tree inspection data and other data sets to assist with planning and managing response to ash dieback and any other threats. Working closely with contractors, coordinate inspections, keep records, raise work orders, and ensure that work undertaken by contractors is carried out professionally and delivers best value. Provide advice and assistance to deliver projects for other services as and when required, including managing and protecting trees.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships and communications with other departments and service providers to share information, build working relationships and ensuring joined up, consistent service provision in line with policy and best practice.

Knowledge, skills, and experience required:

• Relevant Qualification such as Arboriculture Association minimum level 4 or a lower level with considerable experience.
• Detailed knowledge of all relevant issues affecting tree health, the processes and practices required for their identification, and appropriate measures required for management.
• Significant experience in managing tree assets for a large organisation, landowner, or trees in various settings where trees present a significant risk to people or property to include a good understanding of BS3998 and BS5837
• Experience of managing the work of contractors, working to Service Level Agreements, and undertaking appropriate reviews.
• Experience of undertaking aboricultural inspections, reporting using a risk-based approach to tree management. utilising GIS/ map-based systems and asset management hardware/software for recording data, reports, and ordering of works
• Good analytical and problem-solving capability. Ability to work with colleagues collaboratively to find the optimum solution for tree management issues.
• Good communication skills and ability to explain tree related issues to all stakeholders including the public both formally and informally, and often face to face.
• Ability to plan and programme work activities in line with company policy, action plans, short term and longer-term priorities and issues as they arise.
• Full UK driving licence.

For more information, please call David Bates @ ARM on (phone number removed)

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.