Arboricultural Officer

This role offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced Arboriculturalist to work as part of the Green Team.

The successful candidate will work as part of the Arboriculture Team to assist with the strategic management and development of the Boroughs tree stock. This includes carrying out tree inspections, making informed tree works recommendations, providing technical advice to all council departments on arboricultural matters, responding to tree related queries, commenting on tree works applications and overseeing tree planting.

Tower Hamlets Council is committed to maintaining and improving its green spaces across the Borough and the Arboricultural Officer will have a key role in implementing this.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.