Department: Woodland Operations
Reporting to: Project Manager (Woodland Creation)
Salary: £14,000 - £15,000 pro rata
Based: Grantham
Position: Fixed term contract (18 months). Part time (3 days per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 22nd May 2011
Summary of Job:
The Woodland Trust has set itself ambitious targets in both woodland creation and community engagement. Community tree packs are designed to help inspire community groups to come together to plant native trees in the shared spaces of their local area. In autumn 2011, the Trust has an ambitious target of enabling 1,000 communities to plant tree packs across the UK, and 2,500 packs in 2012. This is a new initiative, in only its second year, with scope for exciting new developments.
The Community Tree Pack Co-ordinator will be part of the Central Woodland Creation Team which itself sits within the Woodland Operations Department of the Trust. The role will be key in supporting the Trust in delivering its community tree pack ambitions by supporting community groups in every stage of the process, from applying to planting
This post will be based at the Trust’s head offices in Grantham, South Lincolnshire and managed by the Project Manager (Woodland Creation).
Education/Experience Required:
Essential:
- Degree educated
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including experience in customer care
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic, flexible, well organised and able to work on your own initiative but within a multi-disciplinary team.
- IT literate, experience of using MS Office especially Excel and Word
- Experience in working to deadlines
Desirable:
- Experience of community group
- An understanding of on-line social networking and digital media
- An understanding of woodland creation
Qualities Required:
- Planning and organisation - able to think ahead in order to establish an efficient and appropriate course of action. Able to effectively prioritise work taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines.
- Managing relationships - able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people. Has an approachable personality and works collaboratively to build effective relationships internally with others to be part of a team.
- Managing data – able to manage data in an effective way, enabling easy access to summary information
- Communication - able to get one’s message understood by adopting a range styles, tools and techniques appropriate to the audience. Has a positive and engaging style in communicating with members of the public.
- Flexibility - adapts and works effectively with a variety of situations, individuals or groups. Able to understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue, to adapt an approach as the requirements of a situation change.
Key Duties:
- To work with the Communications and Engagement team to develop and deliver new partnerships that enable the Trust to achieve its community tree pack targets
- To work with the Volunteering Officer (Woodland Creation) to develop the role of Woodland Creation Champions in supporting communities
- To work with the Woodland Creation Communications Manager on an ongoing programme of communications with community tree pack recipients
- To work with the Digital Team to ensure relevent web info is up to date and e-communications are accurate and timely
- To work with the PR and Communications teams to identify and promote community tree pack case studies
- To work with the woodland creation team to develop appropriate new resources to support community groups
- To support the Project Manager to develop an annual delivery plan for community tree packs
- Manage the community tree pack application data throughout the year, providing stats and reports as required to the project team, as well as preparing the data for the approvals process.
- Work with the Public Enquiries Officer to respond to queries in a timely and professional manner.
- Review and evaluate community tree pack processes, and implement key project improvements
- To communicate progress with community tree packs internally, helping raise the profile of the project
- To co-ordinate the monitoring and evaluation of community tree packs
- To organise and service project team meetings
The list of tasks shown above is not exclusive nor does their order indicate the priority attached to them.
The job holder may, therefore, be required to perform other duties which may reasonably be assigned to them by their manager or supervisor.
How to apply:
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience and an affinity with the Trust's aims, we would like to hear from you. Please submit a letter of application including current salary details together with a CV, stating clearly which position you are interested in to:
recruitment@woodlandtrust.org.uk
To demonstrate good practice we would appreciate your support in removing unnecessary information from your CV and letter of application. This includes date of birth, education dates, religion and ethnicity.
Please ensure you state where you orignally saw the position advertised.
Note to Agencies:
Agencies are advised that the Woodland Trust will not accept any CVs but company details may be supplied by email to: recruitment@woodlandtrust.org.uk
