Arborist

Leicester City Council; Leicester; On-site; GBP 28,598 - 31,022; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible working

Generous annual leave

Discounts on city buses and trains

Job summary

Leicester City Council is seeking a Tree Work Operative to maintain trees and woodlands across the city. Based at Beaumont Park, you’ll perform operations including pruning, felling, and use of specialist machinery, upholding safety and environmental standards.

The role requires a full driving licence and may involve out-of-hours work. You’ll join a team that values safety, quality, and customer service, with opportunities for training and progression within the council’s woodland and highway

Qualifications

• Experience of practical tree work operations including aerial work.
• Ability to work without close supervision and in a team.
• Strong Health and Safety knowledge applied to arboriculture.
• Good literacy and numeracy to complete paperwork.
• Full driving licence essential; HGV desirable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake tree work operations at height and operate specialist machinery and equipment.
• Planting, pruning, and felling operations, often in difficult locations.
• Apply chemicals such as herbicides when required.
• Ensure work complies with health and safety regulations and environmental protection.
• Deliver high standard of customer service and cover Team Leader during absences.

Skills

Aerial tree work experience

Health & Safety awareness

Teamwork

Literacy & numeracy

Full driving licence

Education

NPTC/CS Unit certifications

Job description

Reference: REQ7279

Job Type: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Region: Central

Location: Beaumont Park

Salary: GBP 28,598 - GBP 31,022 Per Year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): GBP 42,300.95

Contractual hours: 37

Play a key role in maintaining our trees and woodlands. We are a team of professionals engaged in the management of trees and woodlands which are located on the highway, housing estates and 1,250 hectares of parkland. We undertake the full range of tree maintenance work to specified standards whilst complying with Health & Safety, COSHH and other appropriate regulations.

Working within specialist teams and under the guidance of a Team Leader, you’ll work across the city undertaking tree work at a range of sites including parkland, housing estates, the highway, domestic gardens and woodlands.

You’ll start at 7.00am and on occasion you may be required to work outside of normal working hours, including providing emergency cover for out of hours. You need to be able to work outside in all weathers, anywhere in the city and wear PPE where appropriate.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll undertake tree work operations, including work at height, operating specialist machinery and equipment, planting, pruning, and felling operations, often in difficult locations. You’ll apply chemicals such as herbicides as and when required. In compliance with health and safety regulations and environmental protection, you’ll ensure tree work is carried out to recognised standards. You’ll undertake duties efficiently and effectively to ensure a high standard of customer service is achieved. You may be required to cover the operational Team Leader during absences.

What You'll Need

With appropriate NPTC/CS Unit certifications, you’ll have experience of practical tree work operations including aerial work. You’ll be able to work without close supervision, use your own initiative as well as work well in a team environment. As a highly safety conscious individual, you’ll understand the principles of Health and Safety relating to practical arboriculture and be able to apply them in the day-to-day tasks. Using good literacy and numeracy skills you’ll complete relevant paperwork, and ensure records are accurate and up to date. A full driving licence is essential, while an HGV licence is desirable.

What We Can Offer You

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page. If you would like a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Dave Jones on 0116 454 4939 or email [e-mail].