Arboricultural Officer

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO2 (£41,442 – £44,331)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR 
Hours per week: 36 per week 
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 23rd February 2025 at 23:59

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

You will part of a dynamic growing team of officers in the Tree and Nature Conservation Service. To help us manage and maintain Haringey’s trees. To provide professional advice and support on all tree related matters in accordance with Council strategies, current legislation, industry best practice and published guidance. To assist with the coordination of all matters relating to the procurement and monitoring of tree maintenance in the borough, maintaining close working relationships with a range of stakeholders including other council services such as Highways, Parks, Haringey Homes, in addition to residents, contractors and councillors.

About the team

The Tree and Nature Conservation Service is responsible for the management of trees on Council land, including its parks and woodlands, our tree planting programme and all the allotments in the borough. The team is currently made up of 3 Arboricultural Officers, a Nature Conservation Officer, an Urban Forest Project Officer, an Allotment Officer and a Technical Support Officer.

About you

We are looking for a candidate with 3 years’ experience working in the Arboricultural Industry and at least 2 years’ experience working as a Local Authority Arboricultural Officer. You should have a good working knowledge of existing legislation, industry best practice and tree work operations. You should also have knowledge of basic tree biology; pests; diseases and disorders that affect trees. You must be able to undertake tree surveys/ inspections, preferably using Confirm Arboriculture and must also have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.    Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.     Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk