Forest Craftsperson

# Forest Craftsperson## Job Introduction
** We are Forestry England.
**** We live and breathe forests.
**** Job title – Forest Craftsperson
**** Salary- £26,959
**** Contract type – Permanent
**** Hours – 37 hours per week
****** Final date to receive applications - 15th March 2026 23:58
**** Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.

Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber**.
**** What you’ll do…
** You will support the beat forester shaping the land wemanage doing a range of operations and inspections in the forest, includinghelping with practical matters that may arise. Be a champion of our health& safety culture demonstrating our value of ‘look out and look after’ inour work.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
** Where you’ll work…
** You will be based at the Fineshade Forest Office withinthe Central England Forest District.

Central England Forest District Team manages 30,000haof the Nations Forests within a triangle formed by Preston, Grimsby and Milton Keynes. We manage a diverse range of forests from ancient oak-wood to new community forests, producing 150,000 tonnes of timber every year and providinghomes for a wide range of wildlife. Over 8 million people live within 20 milesof our forests, giving rise to a diverse range of customers, neighbours and stakeholders.

We manage seven visitor centres, attracting over 2.5 millionvisits per year, and 23,000 hectares of accessible woodlands.
** Benefits…
** Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit
* 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
* STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
* free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
* a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

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* How to apply

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** You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form. You will be assessed on experience and a short outdoorpractical assessment.
The  being assessed at interview are –
* Working together
* Delivering at pace
* Managing a quality service

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government check.

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** Working for the Civil Service…
** Forestry England is part of the . The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the…