Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. We are seeking a candidate with a suitable professional qualification and experience in forestry to undertake practical work to help deliver and manage woodland and biodiversity sites across the borough. We are looking for someone with practical skills and the postholder will be expected to undertake a range of outdoor, physically challenging work across our sites, to monitor and co-ordinate contractor work, helping to arrange and run practical conservation activities for volunteers. This provides a fantastic opportunity to practice and develop arboricultural and biodiversity knowledge and skills under the supervision of senior woodland and ecology habitat programme leads. Must be able to drive, work independently, use own initiative and able to undertake basic administrative and monitoring tasks. Training may be provided to cover COSHH, use of power tools and other equipment necessary to carry out the role and fulfil health and safety requirements. Funding has been secured for an initial 4 year contract and may be subject to extension depending on income, projects and grants in the future. Please contact roger.goulding@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk if you have more questions about this post. To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12.60 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.