Tree Maintenance & Inspection Manager Wanted - Barnsley

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Maintenance & Inspection Manager Wanted - Barnsley

Barnsley Council have an exciting opportunity for a Tree Maintenance & Inspection Manager to join the team based in Barnsley. You will be working on a full-time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £41,511 - £44,711 per annum

Neighbourhood Services are seeking a highly motivated and experienced arboricultural specialist to lead on the delivery of an efficient and effective core service offer for the council’s Tree Team and asset base.  With significant experience of arboricultural work coupled with either a professional tree inspection qualification or equivalent extensive experience working in the arboricultural environment, you will be responsible for the strategic, tactical and operational management and direction of the Arbor Team working borough-wide to maintain the health, safety and integrity of the Council’s tree stock.

A key part of the role will be working with our Arbor Team, undertaking tree inspections to inform the development of technical reports aligned to the councils’ Tree Risk Management Framework whilst managing the scheduling of tree maintenance ensuring the delivery of safe, highly efficient, customer-focused right first-time services. You will ensure the principles and priorities set out in the Tree Risk Management Framework are embedded in front-line practice whilst maintaining service agility to mobilise effective responses to emerging priorities through the adoption of a risk-based approach. A key requirement of the role will be the need to make arboricultural decisions assessing risk, impact and consequence planning required interventions with minimal supervision.

You will have highly developed leadership skills with the ability to negotiate, implement and manage change across a front-line operational service embedding a culture of excellence, safety first and promoting continuous improvement. The role will require an adaptive leadership approach requiring skills to respond to new ways of working whilst undertaking effective liaison with key stakeholders to gather facts and clearly convey decisions.
The creation and maintenance of an up-to-date database of Council owned trees will be an integral part of the role, so the use of modern surveying techniques and of data-capture technology will be an essential part of the role.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and abilities to help us develop our modern and efficient arboricultural service, we would very much welcome your application.

Closing date for applications: 28th February 2025

If you have experience and knowledge relating to these matters, as well as a keen interest in high quality place making and securing sustainable development, we would like to hear from you, click apply now to become our Tree Maintenance & Inspection Manager.