Natural Infrastructure Officer - Grade E

Job Category : Facilities & Environmental Services – General

Location: Poole Farm, Plymouth City Council

Hours Per Week :37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 16:30

Salary: £15.08

This role is a Grade E Natural Infrastructure Officer role based within the Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest team, supporting wider Green Estates work also. 

The post holder will be expected to undertake the following activities:

Community Forest team:

–           Supporting tree planting and woodland creation applications inclusive; data management; applicant support creation and editing of shapefiles and designs on QGIS and ArcGIS; and coordination of material to be shared with partners and applicants

–           Utilising data to evidence and benchmark progress against PSDCF’s 25 year plan, and to monitor benefits and impact of CF activities across Plymouth and South Devon, inclusive; tree equity and canopy cover review; flood and water quality enhancement; access to greenspace; and wider habitat and natural capital improvements

–           Assisting the facilitation of community tree planting days in Plymouth, working in partnership with PCC’s Green Communities team 

–           Ensuring photographic evidence and scheme reporting to Defra is submitted through appropriate channels and to deadline

PCC Green Estates:

–           Support mapping of Green Estates assets and working across internal teams to ensure green infrastructure and natural environment work is monitored

Supporting project tasks for Biodiversity Net Gain requirements and Nature Recovery activity – e.g. management plan collation and mapping, wider Natural Infrastructure Enhancement Pipeline project work, and Plymouth Nature Recovery Network mapping

–           Supporting Green Estates Manager in collaborating with strategic planning on local plan evidence base and producing key strategic documents for internal, external consultation and publication

Primary

purpose of role

To promote, protect and enhance Plymouth’s Natural Infrastructure in a manner

that delivers maximum benefits for people and nature.

This role will support the delivery of a robust and resilient network, which

provides the natural services required to enable the sustainable growth of the City

and surrounding areas and encompass land, water and marine resources.

The balance of these outcomes will depend on the overall priorities of the Service,

although the post is designed to offer maximum flexibility in the deployment of

staff resources in order to meet evolving business needs and offer staff

development opportunities.

The role holder will have no formal management responsibilities but the post

holder above C grade may be given delegated responsibility for the supervision and

mentoring of more junior staff.

Key activities Grade E
 Provides specialist NI advice and guidance on a variety of queries, and exchanges orally and in-writing information on natural infrastructure issues with a range of audiences, including the public, community leaders, contractors, developers, planning officers, management and members. 10%  Assists with making the Council’s input to the Joint Local Plan, Plans of other local authorities, into the formulation of planning strategies, and strategies for engaging communities with natural spaces.

10%

Desirable

Grade E Grade F

qualifications/

knowledge

 Knowledge of Natural Infrastructure principles and delivery options.

 Knowledge and understanding Project Management techniques.

 Knowledge of Natural Infrastructure principles and delivery options.

 Knowledge and understanding

Project Management techniques.

Essential

Grade E Grade F

experience

 Experience of using a range of IT based applications

 Experience in conducting communication and consultation

exercises.

 Extensive experience of developing and sustaining good relationships and working with external organisations, elected members, land owners, members of the public and development interests

Desirable experience

 Experience of supporting the development of and participating in communication, and consultation exercises.

 Experience of developing and sustaining good relationships and working with external

organisations, elected members,

land owners, members of the public and development interests.

 Experience of supporting the development of and participating in communication, and

consultation exercises.

Essential skills Grade E Grade F

 Relevant demonstrable ICT skills (e.g. PC based skills, MS Office software and GIS systems) to the position as determined by the NI Manager.

 Ability to use GGP and GIS plotting and mapping systems.

 Evidence of communicating

effectively on complex Natural Infrastructure issues both verbally and in-writing to a varied audience including ward councillors, amenity societies, Government Inspectors,

local people etc.