Forestry Commission
Active Forest Coordinator
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Rugeley, West Midlands (England), WS15 2UQ
Job Summary
As an Active Forests Coordinator, you will have the unique opportunity to curate a diverse programme of physical activity, health, and well-being experiences in the nation’s forests. As part of the innovative Active Forests programme, your role will focus on creating and facilitating engaging and enriching activities for new and returning visitors. Together, we will enhance the well-being of our visitors by promoting physical activity and fostering meaningful connections to nature.
Job Description
Key responsibilities & accountabilities
- Develop and implement engaging physical activity, health, and wellbeing experiences for visitors and communities.
- Encourage meaningful connections between individuals and nature by innovative programming.
- Collaborate with a passionate team to enhance the overall wellbeing of our visitors.
- Prepare to make a lasting impact in our vibrant forest environment!
Snapshot Of Your Responsibilities:
- Delivery: You will spearhead the site’s sustainable, customer-focused physical activity and wellbeing programmes. They will bolster Forestry England's financial, social, and environmental goals, encouraging a thriving community and conserving the nation’s forests.
- Monitoring and evaluation: You will be responsible for making sure our programmes are effective and efficient. This involves collecting valuable data through innovative techniques, leveraging social media platforms, to enhance and refine the Active Forests Programme's activities.
- Marketing: You will play a pivotal role in marketing our activities effectively, engaging and attracting the target audience, maximising the impact of our activities.
- Manage stakeholder relationships: Build strong relationships with external partners, tenants, and concession operators. Collaborate with local agencies, such as the Active Partnership, and local physical activity, wellbeing providers and networks.
- Represent Forestry England: Participate in stakeholder meetings, events, and volunteer programmes to showcase Forestry England’s great work and foster community engagement.
- Maintain health and safety: Coordinate emergency procedures, provide first aid, complete accident and incident reports and follow health and safety guidelines.
- Promote responsible visitor behaviour: Communicate with visitors about responsible visitor behaviour and professionally manage and resolve potential conflicts.
As a Recreation team member, you'll support the team with:
- Creating exceptional visitor and community experiences.
- Maintaining and enhancing recreational facilities.
- Co-ordinate engaging community activities.
- Support volunteering opportunities to grow and sustain the Active Forests offer in the nation’s forests.
- And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
Location-specific information
As the Local Events Lead, you will coordinate and support a range of events delivered both internally and by external organisers, ensuring successful planning and on-site delivery. The role also includes supporting wider Forest Centre operations during busy periods and undertaking facility inspections and routine maintenance to maintain a safe and welcoming environment. You will be working flexibly over a 7-day week, working weekends, bank holidays and evenings to support the business.
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Person specification
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential professional and technical experience
- Working in a public-facing role delivering high-quality customer service requiring excellent spoken and written communication skills in person and using a variety of digital platforms.
- Practical experience of planning and co-ordinating public engagement activities.
- Excellent team-working skills and the ability to work with dispersed team members.
- Practical understanding of health and safety best practices and a commitment to a positive health and safety culture in an outdoor environment.
- Competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications.
Desirable Professional And Technical Experience
- Experience working with various social media platforms.
- Experience of project and contract management.
- Experience of working with volunteers.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full UK driving license.
- A GCSE in Maths and English or functional skills equivalent
Desirable
- HND or equivalent in land or recreation management, tourism or leisure or similar.
- First aid
- Health and Safety qualification
Salary and Benefits
Alongside your salary of £30,105, Forestry Commission contributes £8,721 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Application Process
How To Apply…
We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.
You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
- Communicating and influencing
- Working together
- Changing and improving
- Delivering at pace
Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.
If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.
Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo an enhanced (or equivalent) criminal record check.
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Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact:
Name: fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Email: fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Recruitment team
Email: fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk
Further information
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.
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