Ips Typographus Field & Surveillance Officer

Royal Forestry Society; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

The Forestry Commission is seeking an Ips typographus Support Officer to join the Plant Health Operations Team. You will help protect England’s trees and woodlands by assisting with surveillance, fieldwork and outbreak response activities, while supporting wider plant health work across Great Britain.

These roles offer varied environmental fieldwork and opportunities to develop expertise in outbreak detection, pest surveillance and biosecurity practice.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with surveillance, fieldwork and outbreak response activities.
• Contributing to coordinated ground-level operations, combining regular fieldwork and site visits with office-based activities.
• Detecting, containing and eradicating Ips typographus outbreaks across south-east England under direction of the Ips typographus Project Team.
• Data collection and reporting to support pest surveillance and biosecurity practice.

Job description

The Forestry Commission is seeking an Ips typographus Support Officer to join the Plant Health Operations Team. You will help protect England’s trees and woodlands by assisting with surveillance, fieldwork and outbreak response activities, while supporting wider plant health work across Great Britain.

These roles offer varied environmental fieldwork and opportunities to develop expertise in outbreak detection, pest surveillance and biosecurity practice.