Deputy North England Director
Salary: £60,293 – £66,375 per annumContract: PermanentHours: 37 hours per weekVacancy closes: 22nd July, 23:58
Deputy North England Director at Forestry England provides strategic and operational leadership in support of the North England Director, leading all aspects of Forestry England’s business across the North England Forest District.
Responsibilities
- Lead day‑to‑day delivery of forestry and land management, civil engineering and recreation operations in partnership with Heads of Function and their teams.
- Contribute to the wider strategic leadership of the District and translate national strategy into effective local delivery.
- Represent Forestry England with partners and stakeholders, coordinating input to major programmes and projects of regional and national significance.
- Coordinate complex, interdependent workstreams across forest planning, harvesting, civil engineering, recreation investment and land management, over annual and multi‑year timescales.
- Co‑operate with Director and Finance Manager to drive the five‑year business planning cycle, ensuring the leadership team is sighted on future opportunities, risks and resource needs.
- Provide visible, values‑led leadership to senior staff and managers, building capability, sustaining a strong health and safety culture, and championing equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Hold accountability for budgets, contracts and supplier relationships within oversight areas; lead a culture of continuous improvement, modernisation and innovation.
Qualifications
Experienced forester and leader, comfortable in both operational detail and strategic conversation, able to foster a “one team” culture across a geographically dispersed district, and capable of delivering outstanding outcomes across 86,000 hectares.
Benefits
- 28.97 % pension contribution (Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme).
- 25 days holiday per year, increasing by one day each year of service up to 30 days, plus additional days such as bank holidays.
- Access to the STaR employee benefits scheme (discounts on supermarket shopping, hotels, clothes, mobile phones, insurance, holidays, gym, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app).
- Free parking and free entry to National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
- Commitment to lifelong learning and career development, including professional development, learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.
Equality & Diversity Statement
Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative.
Nationality Requirements
Applicants must be able to provide conversation in accurate spoken English as required under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.
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