Tree Officer

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Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28days, rising to 33days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

Protecting our natural environment and shaping greener communities.

North Northamptonshire Council is a productof local government reorganisation which took place across Northamptonshire in 2021. We have brought together the four former district and borough and county Local Planning Authority planning functions and are working through a transformation programme to create a single high-performing planning service for North Northamptonshire.

North Northamptonshire is a high-growth area offering an exciting opportunity for professional development. We are delivering multiple sustainable urban extensions in differing phases of development, plus smaller scales of development across the majority of our towns and villages; we also contain a wealth of large commercial and industrial developments with pressure for more proposals on the forecast. We are also tasked with protecting and enhancing our high-quality rural and urban environments within over 100 attractive towns and villages and beautiful countryside passed by the Nene river.

This is a role that can offer a breadth of opportunities to utilise your knowledge and experience, and develop your career, in a job that is both challenging and rewarding.

We are seeking a dedicated Arboricultural Officer to provide expert advice on trees, landscapes and environmental matters across North Northamptonshire. This varied role involves managing Tree Preservation Orders, advising on planning and other applications, undertaking site inspections, supporting environmental projects and helping to develop policies that protect and enhance our natural and built environment.

We are looking for an Arboricultural officer to provide expert advice on trees, landscapes and environmental matters across North Northamptonshire. The role includes managing Tree Preservation Orders, assessing tree work applications, undertaking site inspections, investigating complaints, and supporting planning policies and environmental projects that help protect and enhance our natural environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional arboricultural advice to support planning and development decisions.
• Manage Tree Preservation Orders and assess applications for works to protected trees.
• Undertake tree inspections, site visits and condition assessments.
• Investigate tree-related complaints, including High Hedges and unauthorised works.
• Support environmental projects, placemaking initiatives and Rights of Way matters.
• Represent the Council on tree and landscape matters at appeals and hearings.
• Contribute to the development of policies, strategies and planning guidance.
• Work collaboratively with residents, developers, parish councils and other stakeholders to protect and enhance the local environment.

• Hold an arboriculture qualification eg. QCF Diploma at level 4 in Arboriculture – or equivalent.
• Thorough understanding of Tree Preservation Order, Conservation Area, High Hedge Legislation and associated tree and landscape legislation and procedures.
• Detailed knowledge of tree and landscape principles, practice and law.
• Providing technical advice to a range of audiences on trees and landscape principles, practice and law.
• Working with a range of bodies to promote trees and landscape maintenance and care.
• Preparation of tree and landscape policy and related publications including guidance notes and SPDs.
• Experience of using computer…