Essex County Council
Tree Officer – North Herts Council
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About The Role
Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be advertising the Tree Officer role on behalf of North Herts Council. To apply for this position, please click Here.
Job title: Tree Officer
Salary: £32,653 - £36,773 pro rota, depending on experience (pay award pending)
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Hybrid working: Flexibility with homeworking, site and office-based days
Contract: Permanent
The Role
Love Trees? Want to make a real difference to your local environment? Join our Greenspace team as a Tree Officer and help shape the future of North Herts through delivering day-to-day management of the Council’s tree stock by coordinating works, responding to enquiries and maintaining accurate records, ensuring safe, efficient and compliant arboriculture operations.
The Experience you will bring
We are looking for someone with good knowledge and relevant qualifications within the arboriculture sector and experience in a tree or arboricultural role. You will be organized, able to manage a varied workload and confident communicating with contractors, colleagues and members of the public. If you are organised, proactive and enjoy working with people, we’d love to hear from you.
You will enjoy finding practical solutions providing excellent customer service and helping to manage North Herts tree assets. Experience of working with tree contractors or within a local authority environment would be an advantage, but above all we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, proactive and passionate about trees.
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About Us
North Hertfordshire is a large rural district with approximately 125,000 residents with four historic towns, Hitchin, Baldock, Royston and Letchworth Garden City. The Council have four priorities: Thriving Communities, Accessible Services, Responsible Growth and Sustainability. The Council Plan sets out our key priorities and themes for the next five years. The North Herts Values define how we as colleagues work with each other, and we strive to be: Adaptable, Inclusive, Learning, Listening, Together.
Why work with us?
We are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in our recruitment practices and in our employment policies. We want our employees to feel safe to express themselves and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of talents. We are dedicated to promoting a healthy work/life balance, valuing our employees, and enabling them to make a difference to the local community.
Please note that all our vacancies require you to live and work in the UK, and selection interviews are face to face in our Letchworth offices or other nearby council sites.
At North Herts Council we are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum requirements for the job.
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We are changing
North Herts Council (NHC) is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by NHC on 1 April 2028, it is expected that the majority of roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles.
LGR is one of the biggest changes in local government we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better.
To find out more, visit Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation | North Herts Council
If you would like an informal chat about the post, you can contact Alan North, Service Manager Greenspace 01462 474450.
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Closing Date: Noon 21st August 2026
Interviews: Thursday 3rd September 2026
Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be advertising the Tree Officer role on behalf of North Herts Council. To apply for this position, please click Here.
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