The Role

The Arboriculturist role is a fantastic opportunity for an individual who is passionate about arboriculture, nature positive outcomes and enjoys and thrives on having variety in their working day. Each day will bring new challenges and interesting projects to apply your skills to and lead on. The role includes delivering a range of arboricultural consultancy and advisory services for a variety of projects and contracts; liaising with clients, contractors and statutory agents; assisting with managing project budgets and timescales, undertaking arboricultural surveys and the production of high-quality technical reports.

Job Description - Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Responsibility 1: Project Delivery

• Manage small to medium scale projects which require pragmatic and bespoke arboricultural services to enable the best possible outcomes for the client and wildlife.
• Plan the delivery of services by staff and sub-contractors and assist with the identification and resolution of resource limitations wherever possible to enable successful task completion.
• Work with colleagues to develop and refine existing and new services which meet the changing needs of clients and exceed industry standard.

Responsibility 2: Team Management

• May line manage an individual or small team of assistant arboriculturists.
• Provide leadership to colleagues in area of specialism.

Responsibility 3: Business Development 

• Promote ecological services to new and existing clients via creation of appropriate content.
• Maintain and build relationships with existing and new clients and seek opportunities to expand partnerships which contribute to financial and Wilder Somerset targets.

General 

• Continually develop skills and expertise which will improve the delivery of ecological services.
• Adhere to SWTC’s systems and procedures (e.g. timesheets, outlook calendar systems, file conventions).
• Comply with Somerset Wildlife Trust’s policies and procedures.
• Carry out other duties relevant to the post as requested by more senior staff within SWTC and also within SWT given line manager approval.
• Reflect Somerset Wildlife Trust’s values in all areas of work.
• Work collaboratively with other Wildlife Trusts to share learning and achieve greater impact collectively.