Technical Trainer

Job summary

What you’ll do…

We're hiring a Technical Trainer to join our Technical Training team. We need a dynamic, engaging, and passionate individual who will Inspire and train our forestry colleagues, helping to develop their skills and grow our internal apprenticeship program.

This will involve delivering elements of the Forest Craftsperson Apprenticeship such as fencing, mensuration, tree ID and harvesting, and other core forestry skills training to meet our business needs and strategic objectives.

You will also collaborate with the Health and Safety team and the wider business to support key strategic goals.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

The location of this post is ideally at the Cannock Chase Training Centre, however this may be open to negotiation depending on the successful candidate. Blended and home working arrangements will also be considered.

The role involves dealing with contacts across the UK, and regular travel with overnight stays.

Job description

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Delivering key elements within the apprenticeship programme for example Fencing, mensuration, tree ID and harvesting.

• Planning training activities in co-ordination with administration and other trainers.

• Assisting in the recruitment of Forest Operative apprentices into the organisation.

• Mentoring apprentice managers & ensuring welfare provisions for apprentices are appropriate.

And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

Person specification

Essential:

• Good knowledge and experience across a range of practical Forestry skills.

• Proven track record of delivering both practical skills training and classroom-based activities.

• Proven track record in planning and managing own timetable of work and the ability to work on own initiative.

• Excellent communication skills.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of various training methods including coaching, workshops, classroom training, mentoring and e-learning programmes

• Ability to track the performance of training programmes, write reports and recommend strategies for improvement.

• Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating a range of training events across a broad range of topics.

• Good understand of the training cycle and its relevance to effective training.

Professional and Technical Expertise

Essential:

• Recognised Brush-cutter qualification.

• Experience in stock and deer fence construction.

• Recognised Clearing saw qualification.

• First Aid and appropriate endorsement.

• Recognised Training Qualification at L3 or above or willing to achieve this within 9 months.

Desirable:

• Successful background in delivering training.

• Assessor qualification for example D32/ D33 or Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement.

NPTC/Lantra certificates in the following.

• Safe use of pesticides (PA1)

• Pesticide application using handheld applicators (PA6a)

• Chainsaw maintenance and cross cutting

• Felling trees up to 380mm

• Felling trees over 380mm

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Technical Skill based questions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £33,854, Forestry Commission contributes £9,807 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

How to apply…

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

You will be assessed on a technical skill and experience based questions during your interview.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Making effective decisions
• Communicating and influencing
• Developing self and others
• Delivering at pace

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : FC Recruitment Team
• Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

Attachments

Forestry England Job Description - Technical Trainer (PB5) Opens in new window (pdf, 94kB)