Principal Arboricultural Consultant

Principal Arboricultural Consultant

Permanent, Full Time

£46,165 to £54,312 per annum

Location: Chelmsford, Essex

Working Style: Anywhere worker (office based 1 day per week)

Place Services is a multi-disciplinary consultancy within Essex County Council providing environmental and planning services to the Council, local authorities, and other public bodies. Our purpose is to support the public sector to deliver sustainable development. The purpose of the Principal Arboricultural Consultant is to co-lead the provision of arboricultural services to clients across the UK.

Our two Principal Arboricultural Consultants lead the delivery and
development of arboricultural services, including specialist planning
advice; highway tree management; a range of large and complex
arboricultural assessments and surveys; and for multi-disciplinary
projects.

The role requires a qualified, authoritative subject matter expert with
advanced technical skills, knowledge and experience, including legislation,
policy, standards and guidance; accomplished client relationship,
information management, and communication skills; and a collaborative,
enterprising, and client focused approach.

Responsibilities will include…

• Effective commercial and operational delivery of arboricultural
  services including: a demanding caseload of enquiries in relation to
  specialist planning advice and trees/vegetation affecting the Public
  Highway, specifying associated management works and managing contractors;
  evaluating and carrying out arboricultural assessments (e.g. tree
  inventories and valuations) of large-scale, challenge and complexity;
  advising on large scale and complex habitat management and creation
  projects; designing and undertaking complex arboricultural surveys,
  including new tools and techniques; and complex specialist tasks on
  multi-disciplinary projects.
  
• Collecting, analysing, and presenting complex data, evidence
  (including for enforcement) and advice to recognised standards, reviewing
  outcomes, and assessing third party compliance.
  
• Leading the development and review of complex, plans, policies
  and guidance.
  
• Commercial development of our arboriculture offer, bidding on high
  value opportunities, and managing high value projects and contracts against
  budget, specification and indicators.
  
• Building a professional, client-focused culture, and high-level
  client relationships, maintaining commercial awareness of our industry, key
  markets and sectors, managing accounts and securing feedback for continuous
  improvement.
  
• Leading the development and delivery of promotional and learning
  material, training activities and events, engaging with networks to enhance
  the recognition and reputation of Place Services.
  
• Building a collaborative, high-performance culture, leading
  effective team working and improving team and personal competency,
  continually seeking to enhance performance and practice of self and others,
  securing feedback, and building knowledge and skills.
  
• Identifying and implementing improvements to the effectiveness
  and efficiency of service delivery.
  

You will bring…

• Educated to RQF level 6 (Bachelor’s degree) with evidence of
  substantial post qualification experience, or equivalent by experience.
  
• Qualified Professional Tree Inspector with strong evidence of
  continuous professional development, membership of relevant professional
  body e.g. M.Arbor.A, and Institute of Chartered Foresters (MICFor).
  
• Authoritative technical and subject matter expert, with
  comprehensive knowledge and experience of development management and
  planning policy, legislation, and enforcement standards and guidance;
  woodland creation/management; arboricultural assessments and surveys; and
  related office and site-based practices and procedures.
  
• Effective people management skills with experience of employee performance
  and development.
  
  
  
• Strong understanding of wellbeing and H&S, with ability to
  identify and implement safe working practices for self and others.
  
• Good understanding of commercial practices, with accomplished
  negotiation and communication skills and a track record of business
  development, including bid winning and the ability to inform, influence and
  persuade, building client relationships and managing high value accounts.
  
• Able to lead specialist and multi-disciplinary project teams and
  manage multiple, and large scale and complex, projects from concept through
  to completion.
  
• Advanced use of a range of common and specialist software
  packages e.g. GIS and/or other ICT tools, to implement complex data
  capture, management and presentation, and carry out high level analysis and
  interpretation.
  

To read more about us please visit:

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Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an
operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a
driving licence and access to a vehicle,

or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other
means.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud
of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames
Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts
of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its
newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of
Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It
means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read
more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re
committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under
our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job.
Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments
during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet
the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role
require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update
service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates
are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of
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responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on
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