Role: Tree Inspector Salary: G £33,143 - £36,360 a year Location: 15 Stores Road, Derby, DE21 4BD Hours: 37 hours a week Contract Type: Permanent About the Role: Join Derby City Council's Arboricultural Department as a Tree Inspector! We are seeking passionate and skilled arborists to help manage the Council's tree stock safely and in line with our tree management policy. This role is crucial for delivering excellent tree management services to Derby City residents. Key Responsibilities: • Conduct tree inspections and manage GIS tree inventory systems. • Communicate effectively with team members and the public. • Set and prioritize realistic goals within a busy professional team. • Ensure customer care, quality standards, and equal opportunity principles are upheld Essential Qualifications and Skills: • Level 3 qualification in Arboriculture • Experience in tree inspecting and GIS tree inventory systems • Full current driving licence • Strong oral and written communication skills • Proficiency in Microsoft Office • Ability to perform inspections on foot in all weather conditions • Commitment to customer care, quality standards, and equal opportunity Who We Are Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it's like to work for us. What We Offer You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive: • Flexible work/life balance scheme • Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations • 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays • Local Government Pension Scheme • Team Derby Rewards - retail and leisure discounts • Tusker Car Benefit Scheme • Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training • Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support • Access to our Equality Employee Networks - LGBTQ, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network • Support for colleagues who are carers Next Steps If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website. If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to Kiley.McDonald@derby.gov.uk. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to recruitment.team@derby.gov.uk, however this is optional and will not affect your application. Important Information Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below. As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job. Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form. Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification. Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job. We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for. Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality. If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/ Please see Job Description here Please see Person Specification here Please see Declaration Form for CV Applications here Please see Equalities Form for CV Applications here Please see DBS Code of Conduct here