Senior Arboricultural Officer, Inverness

Job Description

Post Title: Senior Arboricultural Officer
Location: Inverness
Hours: 35hpw
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £41,386 - £44,790 p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Andrew Puls Email: andrew.puls@highland.gov.uk

Job Purpose: You will be the primary point of contact for all matters relating to trees and woodland on the Council’s estate. This will include responsibility for a small operational team of Council arboriculturists and the management of external contractors.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact Business Support, T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

An honours degree and/or post-graduate degree in arboriculture or a related discipline.  

A full UK driving licence or access to transport. 

A high level of IT competency. A good working knowledge and understanding of GIS (ArcMap would be an advantage) and all standard MS Office applicati