Planning Support Manager

FLS South Region is a fantastic team who have responsibility for managing almost 170,000ha of land, with huge variety and potential, spread all the way from the Borders to the Isle of Arran.

In the South Region we sustainably produce over a million cubic metres of timber every year; replant over 2,000 ha for future generations use; build roads and bridges; support many renewable energy projects; restore opencast sites and create new woodland, restore peatlands and manage some fantastic biodiversity sites and species.

We also provide world class mountain biking opportunities and a huge range of other recreational provision and visitor centres for the public to use and enjoy. It’s a diverse and hugely impressive area of land to be responsible for and we have a great team of people who make all these good things happen, every day.

What you will do

The purpose of this post is to support the Planning Managers who lead on Land Management Planning reflecting Scottish Government objectives for the South Region. The post holder will also support the development and delivery of regional strategies and land management projects such as conifer natural regeneration management, building resilience into our Land Management Plans, implementation of a regional thinning plan and management of SPHNs.

You will provide support and mentoring to the team of Forest Planners on the development of Land Management Plans and analyse and understand the implications of proposals. You will be familiar with relevant legal and statutory issues, negotiate with stakeholders, and take decisions.

This post will work across South Region so the post holder may be located at any of the regional offices but weekly visits to other offices within South Region will be required.