The role Are you ready to shape the future of Wales' forests? As an Officer for Forest Operations, you'll play a hands-on role in delivering impactful land and forest management programmes across some of the country's most beautiful and ecologically important landscapes. You'll be making technical decisions that directly influence how our forests are cared for, protected, and enhanced. From planning and implementing forest operations to managing surveying and GIS mapping, your work will help ensure sustainable forest practices and conservation efforts are delivered to the highest standards. This is more than just a desk job-you'll be out in the field, making a real difference. You'll have the autonomy to contribute to landscape scale forest planning, manage forest operation contracts, manage delegated budgets, and collaborate with experts across Natural Resources Wales. Plus, with flexible working options and a supportive team, you'll have the freedom to grow your career. As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at Llandovery and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance. Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams (subject to change) Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date. What you will do 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. Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post Be committed to your own developmentthrough the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs). Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role. Required to take part in incident response activities Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method. 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 Level requirements: Essential: A1 - Entry level Welsh language levels Please note if you do not meet the level A1 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 during the course of your employment with us. Benefits This role will offer a range of benefits, including: Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme) 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days generous leave entitlements for all your life needs commitment to professional development health and wellbeing benefits and support weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive. Please keep reading We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year. We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses. We are a bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally. Applications are welcome from individuals who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time.