Active Forest Coordinator in Hartwell

We are Forestry England. We live and breathe forests. 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.

As an Active Forests Co-ordinator, you will have the unique opportunity to curate a diverse programme of physical activity, health, and wellbeing experiences in the nation’s forests. As part of the innovative Active Forests programme, your role will focus on creating and facilitating engaging and enriching activities for new and returning visitors. Together, we will enhance the wellbeing of our visitors by promoting physical activity and fostering meaningful connections to nature. Weekend working including bank holidays is mandatory and will be agreed/set on a rolling pattern with the successful applicant. A proportion of your work will focus around the Recreation offer here at Salcey Forest, ensuring our facilities are safe and enjoyable for all visitors. This will include carrying out inspections and maintenance work.

Where you’ll work… Salcey Forest Visitor Centre, Forestry England, Wootton Road, Hartwell, Northampton, NN7 2HX.

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 scheme. You will receive 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, and the Headspace wellbeing app. You will also benefit from free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury. There is 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.

How to apply… 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 technical skill during your interview. The skills being assessed at interview are: Seeing the Bigger Picture, Changing and Improving, Making Effective Decisions, Working Together. Candidates invited for interview will be asked to provide feedback on a scenario given by the interview panel. There will be time allocated for the candidate to collate the feedback. Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government check. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

Nationality requirements… Read more about nationality requirements.

Working for the Civil Service… Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. 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 role. This role is also part of the Civil Service and Immigration Act 2016. It is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English. Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in line with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk.