Westonbirt Arboretum - Forestry England
GIS Manager
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Job Introduction
We are Forestry England.
We live and breathe forests.
Job title – GIS Manager
Salary - £40,388 - £43,482 per annum
Contract type – Permanent
Hours – 37 hours per week
Vacancy closes - 25th September, 23:58
Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment.
Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.
What You’ll Do…
The Forestry England IT Team provide systems, services and capabilities to over 2000 staff, across a broad range of business functions. The team consists of highly-skilled IT professionals, with the GIS Team (part of Applications and Solutions) providing expert knowledge to the wider organisation in fulfilling their IT ambitions.
This Is a Hands On Role Responsible For
- Supporting the business as GIS Subject matter expert.
- Managing and leading the GIS Team.
- Managing Forestry GIS Application service
- Management of Solution Design / Product Roadmap
- Management of datasets and layers within the GIS Platform.
- 3rd Line GIS Support
You will champion maximising use and adoption of existing and emerging technologies. Help us foster a culture of innovation, bridging the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders. You will identify insights on emerging technology trends and lead experiments to evaluate the feasibility and potential impact of integration, automation, and technologies for our business.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
The National IT Team is based in Bristol (BS16 1EJ) though the option of working from other Forestry England Offices would be considered. If based elsewhere, you would be required to attend our north Bristol office approximately twice per month for meetings and working sessions.
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This is a blended working role which is required to work from a Forestry England office 2 days per week as agreed with line manager.
You may occasionally be required to attend training and make planned site visits across the UK with some overnight stays.
You will be required to participate in planned on call rotas and other infrequent out of hours work may be necessary, e.g. supporting resolution of incidents.
Benefits…
Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
- 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
- STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
- free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
- a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.
Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.
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.
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The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
- Changing and Improving
- Seeing the Bigger Picture
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
You may also be assessed on Experience, Strength based questions, and/or the Technical Success Profile at the interview. The technical element could include a presentation, practical or written task.
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.
Nationality Requirements…
Read more about nationality requirements here.
Working for the Civil Service…
Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative.
Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.
Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in in line with/according to these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk.
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