Arboriculture Consultant

HCUK Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare cash plan (post probation)

5% employer pension contribution

Travel expenses paid

Home working

Ongoing CPD opportunities

Job summary

HCUK Group is an environmental consultancy offering arboriculture services across residential, heritage, and rural sites. This fully remote role is suitable for candidates nationwide, preferably based in London or the South-East and willing to travel for meetings and site visits.

We seek Level 4+ arboricultural qualifications with 5+ years post-qualification experience, strong reporting skills, and a proven ability to manage client relationships and proposals.

Qualifications

• Level 4+ arboricultural qualification with 5+ years post qualification experience.
• Strong consultancy experience in arboriculture with understanding of planning policy.
• Excellent report writing and quality assurance for the team.
• Proficient in BS5837:2012 Tree Assessments including Tree Survey, AIA, and Arboricultural Method Statements.
• Experience in preparing woodland management plans.
• Knowledge of Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA or other method).
• Willingness to undertake expert witness at appeal (desirable).
• Excellent client-facing communication and ability to nurture client relationships.
• Self-motivated with organised workload management.
• Driving licence.

Skills

Arboriculture expertise

Report writing

Client communication

Project management

Fee proposals

Driving licence

Education

Level 4 Arboricultural qualification

Tools

Adobe Illustrator/InDesign

CAD (Vectorworks/AutoCAD)

Job description

HCUK Group - Arboriculture Consultant - (all levels)

£32,000-£40,000 per annum dependant on experience

Full Time Position

HCUK Group is a multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy, specialising in heritage, archaeology, landscape, arboriculture, and ecology. Our arboriculture team works on a diverse range of interesting projects at all scales within town, semi-rural and rural contexts, across a variety of sectors that includes residential, historic sites and estates, renewable energy, and mixed-use commercial developments.

What we are looking for:

We seek a suitably qualified Arboriculturist to join the team. The company is 100% home working (save for the obvious requirements to attend meetings and site visits etc). You will be part of a close- knit team and have daily contact with other team members via phone, email, and MS Teams. We work nationally, although would prefer for the candidate to be based in London or the South-east where the majority of our projects are located.

Essential Requirements:

• Level 4 or above arboricultural qualification with a minimum 5+ years post qualification experience
• Good level of consultancy experience in primarily an arboricultural role with an excellent understanding of relevant planning policy and the planning process
• Excellent report writing skills and ability to provide quality assurance for the team
• Proficient in undertaking BS5837:2012 Tree Assessments including Tree Survey, AIA, and Arboricultural Method Statements
• Experience of preparing woodland management plans
• Knowledge and experience using Tree Risk Assessment (either QTRA or other assessment method)
• Be enthusiastic about undertaking expert witness at appeal (ideally, but not essentially, with experience)
• Excellent communication skills and confidence in a client facing role, with the ability to nurture client relationships.
• Self-motivated with an organised approach to managing workload.
• The ability to work well collaboratively in a team and independently.
• Good project management skills
• Good commercial awareness and ability to prepare winning fee proposals.
• Driving licence.

Desirable:

• Level 4 or above arboricultural qualification
• Experience includes working in a Local Authority as a Tree Officer.
• Good knowledge of tree diseases and fungi.
• Good level of competence using Adobe Suite (Illustrator/InDesign), basic competence in CAD (Vectorworks / AutoCAD)
• Experience working with historic landscapes/heritage sites would be beneficial.
• GIS skills to undertake landscape analysis.

What’s on offer?

• Home working, with meeting and site visit attendance as required.
• Opportunity for ongoing CPD
• Supportive and collaborative team environment
• Travel expenses paid.
• Healthcare cash plan (post 6-month probation).
• 5% employer pension contribution (following 3 months service).

HCUK Group is an equal opportunities employer.