We Are St Helens Borough Council.
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as a Tree Inspector within the Open Spaces Services.
St. Helens Borough Council is seeking to expand and develop its Arboricultural team and is looking to recruit enthusiastic, motivated and diligent Tree Inspector team member in this sensitive and high profile role, with the appropriate skills, qualifications and demonstrable expertise necessary to fulfil the role.
You will join a strong established team, enabling the Council to maintain its tree and woodland assets, this will include working within Parks, Schools, Highways, private land and open spaces undertaking tree inspections and tree safety risk assessments, issuing works in accordance with British Standard 3998-2010 for Tree Works.
We are looking for someone who:
• Has a personal interest in tree, woodland and land management and be able to demonstrate a commitment to delivering high quality customer focused services and product, to an agreed standard throughout the borough.
• Has both knowledge and experience of a wide range of Arboricultural tasks including, felling, pruning, stump removal using specialist equipment in a professional and safe manner, following all relevant health & safety procedures to ensure the safety of the public and other colleagues.
• Is an effective communicator, confident to engage with the rest of the arborist team, the public, Council staff, contractors and partners and support the management team as necessary.
• Has an awareness of the environmental and community benefits and challenges tree and woodland assets present in a range of settings is essential.
• Be able to display excellent organisation, communication (written and verbal) and customer care skills.
• Has Knowledge of Health and Safety including, HASAW, Chapter 8, COSHH, LOLER, and PUWER regulations.
• Must hold a ABC RFS level 2 Arboriculture or Lantra Professional Tree inspection qualification or equivalent.
• Applicants must hold a valid full driving licence.
The post requires a flexible approach to meet service demands.
We can offer you:
• Attractive salary
• A comprehensive range of employment benefits, including access to the local government pension scheme and sick pay scheme.
• 25 Days annual leave (rising to 28 days after 5 years’ service) plus bank holidays. the successful candidate will work 37 hours per week
• A dedicated and supportive working culture.
• A positive and open working environment.
• Access to training & development, to support our own top level arborist team, and tree stock.
• Car Parking Facilities
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by contacting Mr Wayne Bloor, Team Manager on 01744 674305.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality.
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
