Never has there been a more important time for trees and forests to help tackle the climate emergency and provide a much-needed sanctuary for people and wildlife. We aim to at least treble tree planting rates in England by the end of this Parliament, reflecting England’s contribution to meeting the UK’s overall target of planting 30,000 hectares per year by the end of this Parliament. This acceleration in current planting rates in England will contribute to meeting the net-zero by 2050 ambitions, and to government’s wider environmental targets. This is supported by the £640m Nature for Climate Fund announced in the March 2020 budget.
The Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Forestry Commission have set up a joint Nature for Climate Fund (NCF) tree programme for England to support the forestry sector, landowners and communities in the delivery of these ambitions.
Forestry Commission leads the delivery of the following parts of the tree planting programme:
- sector capacity
- planting on public land
- planting on private land
- promotion and engagement
If you are passionate about the role of forestry in creating a better future for England, and want to play a key part in that, we want to hear from you.
By joining the Forestry Commission, you will become part of a team of passionate, committed colleagues, and be able to build on a wealth of expertise to take this ambitious work forward. You will be able to support the Forestry Commission to meet these ambitious targets as part of the Apprenticeships Team developing future forestry talent.
The Apprenticeships Team are responsible for developing and managing exciting new career pathways into the forestry sector through either the Professional Forester (Level 6 Degree) apprenticeship or the Forest Craftsperson (Level 3) apprenticeship. The team work alongside colleges, universities, and employers, to provide opportunities to those who wish to work within the forestry sector.
The Apprenticeship Support and Outreach Officer (Internal), as part of Forest Services, is responsible for the effective planning and ongoing support of the Apprenticeship Team and the programmes that they offer. Providing support to the Apprenticeship training team, Support and Outreach Lead and Programme Lead, to effectively meet all objectives.
This role will work alongside the Apprenticeship Support and Outreach Officer (External) ensuring that you are able to work across all areas of responsibility deputizing for each other during times of absence and peak workloads.
This role will focus on the internal support of training delivery, directly supporting the delivery team with training logistics and materials, managing, and reporting on IT systems, and ensuring apprentices are booked and invited to training using our HR system and helping with other supportive functions of the team (finance reports, IT housekeeping etc). This role will line manage one of two Apprenticeship Support and Outreach Administrators.
KEY WORK AREAS
- Provide effective communication with internal trainers and training providers to ensure the smooth running of events.
- Support the administration of the staff induction programme and other training programmes.
- Work collaboratively with subject matter experts and leads to continually develop, implement and review the external training programme.
- Use copywriting, editing and project management skills to support the production of training materials and modules, for use both internally and externally, as required.
- Create and maintain both an internal and external training prospectus.
- Create and maintain a document library, training prospectus entries, intranet site and the SharePoint site for training related information.
- Use training systems and trackers to maintain and provide management information. Respond to ad-hoc requests for information, with support from the line manager.
- Provide support at stakeholder meetings, as required.
- Act as the initial point of contact for staff and stakeholders - promoting events and training opportunities.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with both the University of Cumbria and the Institute of Chartered Foresters.
- Assist with promotion and engagement events, promoting the objectives of the programme.
- Line manager to one member of staff.
