Woodland Creation Lead: Scale-Up Planting & Stewardship

We are Forestry England. We live and breathe forests.

Salary: £30,105

Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment until March 2030

Hours: 37hrs per week

Vacancy closes: 8th June 2026 23:58hrs

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 a Forest Works Supervisor supporting Central Forest District's woodland creation programme, you will join a dynamic team creating new multipurpose woods at scale. The successful applicant will work closely with our Woodland Creation Foresters to plant, protect, maintain and monitor new woodland on multiple sites, primarily in Lincolnshire. You will plan, deliver and supervise work programmes for contractors and staff delivering Forestry England's sustainable land management, supporting compliance with the UK Forestry Standard and UK Woodland Assurance Standard. You will assist in setting and maintaining standards in all aspects of forest and woodland management, helping to meet our business plan targets. This role may involve travel and work in other areas of Central District.

You will be based in the Central District working out of a local office at either Sherwood Pines NG21 9JL, Market Rasen LN8 3RQ or Fineshade NN17 3BB. The successful candidate will be required to undertake regular travel between woodland creation sites in Lincolnshire, along with occasional travel across the wider Central District. A vehicle will be provided for all business travel.

Central England Forest District Team manages 30,000ha of the National Forests within a triangle formed by Preston, Grimsby and Milton Keynes. We manage a diverse range of forests from ancient oak-wood to new community forests, producing 150,000 tonnes of timber every year and providing homes for a wide range of wildlife. Over 8 million people live within 20 miles of our forests, giving rise to a diverse range of customers, neighbours and stakeholders. We manage seven visitor centres, attracting over 2.5 million visits per year, and 23,000 hectares of accessible woodlands.

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 Pension Scheme. 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, Headspace wellbeing app. Free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury. 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.

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 strength-based questions during your interview. The behaviours being assessed at interview are:

• Working together
• Communicating and influencing
• Delivering at pace

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first. Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

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 Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative. Within Part 7 of the 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.