Arboricultural Officer in City of Westminster

The Environment & Communities Directorate in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Dedicated people are using their skills and passion to progress environmental action in the heart of London.

As an Arboricultural Officer, you can make your own powerful contribution to the environment in Westminster. London is recognised as one of the world’s greenest cities and Westminster lies at its urban heart. We are home to four famous Royal Parks, but the communal spaces on our housing estates are also vital to the quality of life for local residents and biodiversity.

In this role, you’ll focus on trees on land held by the housing department, surveying the condition of trees and managing their planting and ongoing maintenance. This will include using your professional skills to specify tree works and find new tree planting locations, managing a programme of works and keeping records of tree survey data. As a member of our specialist Tree Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to other areas of our work such as contract management and compliance, managing proposals to carry out works to protected trees, and contributing to evolving environmental and planning policies.

About You

You are confident and enthusiastic about all things arboriculture – backed by post‑qualification experience in a similar role. You will have a sound working knowledge of arboricultural theory and practice, and some background in contract management and health and safety procedures in arboriculture would be helpful. Plus, you will have used tree information management systems and applied them to successful service delivery.

Having worked in a service delivery role, you know how to maintain stakeholder relationships and resolve issues in a timely manner. Highly organised, you will be capable of planning and managing time and resources, and will demonstrate meticulous attention to detail. As you will deal with a variety of stakeholders, you will need a talent for negotiation and influencing other people.

You will have a professional qualification in a related subject area (minimum diploma level 3 qualification in arboriculture or equivalent). You will hold – or are willing to work towards – further qualifications, such as a level 4 qualification in arboriculture and a tree inspection qualification (LANTRA 3‑day course).

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three‑quarters‑of‑a‑million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision‑making and help to determine the city’s future.

By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way.

To find out more about how we do this visit a forward‑thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.