Oxfordshire Woodland Group

Employment Opportunities. To read more see: http://www.nationalforest.org/about_us/employ/woodland_management_officer.php

Heart of the Forest Community Engagement Officer
Deadline for applications: 12 noon, Monday 8th July 2013

The post-holder will facilitate partners to develop the community engagement, education and training programme that will support more people from the local community, and beyond, to make the most of this heritage rich environment and get involved in learning more about it and importantly, how to take an active role in the area's future development.
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Woodland Management Officer

Deadline for applications: 12 noon, Monday 8th July 2013

The post will be responsible for giving advice to landowners on woodland management for the development and delivery of sustainable woodland management in existing mature woods and younger woods planted from the early 1990s onwards. Particular focus will be on woodlands approaching first thinning, with other important works focussing on deer and squirrel control, tree health management and developing the Forest's growing woodland economy. The postholder will be a key part of a small team delivering one of the most ambitious forest creation and woodland management programmes in the country.