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Job Post Details

Wildlife Works Supervisor - job post

Forestry Commission
4.0 out of 5 stars
Santon IP27 0TJ
£34,793 a year - Full-time, Fixed term contract
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Job details

Pay

  • £34,793 a year

Job type

  • Fixed term contract
  • Full-time

Location

Santon IP27 0TJ

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

  • Company pension

Full job description

Details

Reference number

464855

Salary

£34,793 - £34,793
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Administrative Officer

Contract type

Fixed term
Loan
Secondment

Length of employment

Three year fixed term appointment with the possibility of extension or permanency

Business area

FC - Forestry England

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

  • Location
  • About the job
  • Benefits
  • Things you need to know
  • Apply and further information

Location

Santon Downham, East of England, IP27 0TJ

About the job

Job summary

What you’ll do


You'll support the work of East District's Wildlife Ranger team delivering forest protection and habitat conservation objectives.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work


This post may require travel throughout the district but the successful applicant will primarily be based at our Santon Downham office, IP27 0TJ.

Job description

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

  • Act as Santon Downham deer larder building manager
  • Facilitate the delivery of carcasses to the highest standard in line with BQWVS
  • Assist with logistics around the implementation of collaborative culling, team shooting, night shooting and other large-scale culling events
  • Undertake mammal damage, impact surveys and spot checks
  • Assist with the implementation of research projects
  • Basic maintenance of zeroing areas
  • Assist with skills testing
  • Support the wildlife team during collaborative culling, night and out of season culling events
  • And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager

Person specification

Skills, knowledge & experience

Essential professional and technical experience

  • Experience of using effective communication skills to convey messages to a variety of audiences in a variety of settings
  • Competent user of IT including Microsoft Office applications
  • Experience of working unsociable hours
  • Experience of working to own initiative and managing working time to achieve optimal outcomes

Desirable professional and technical experience

  • Experience of wildlife management at night
  • Building management experience
  • Experience or food handling industry qualification (carcass handling)

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full UK Driving Licence

Desirable

  • DMQ Deer Stalkers Certificates Levels 1 and 2 or industry equivalent
  • ATV certification
  • Experience and relevant qualifications in rodent, and wasp control around buildings

Licences

Full UK Driving Licence

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together
  • Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Building management and maintenance.
  • Basic logistical skills - candidates will be asked to complete a skills test as part of the interview process.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,793, Forestry Commission contributes £10,079 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

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 a technical skill and strength based questions during your interview.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together
  • Managing a Quality Service

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Building management and maintenance.

Basic logistical skills - candidates will be asked to complete a skills test as part of the interview process.

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.

If candidates pass the interview but are not the leading candidate they can be placed on a reserve list. We may offer candidates on the reserve list for this role the opportunity to be considered for other roles at the same or lower pay bands.

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.


Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : FC Recruitment Team
  • Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.
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