Site Manager – North East England

ABOUT US

The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a world
where trees and woods thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to
make their difference tackling the nature and climate crisis helping protect, restore and
create our vital woods and trees.

THE ROLE

The Site Manager will join our Operations team to represent the Woodland Trust locally,
managing a diverse portfolio of sites within North East England across Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and
Northumberland area, in line with the Trust’s standards and ensuring the safety of our
visitors, contractors and volunteers. The Site Manager will be responsible for balancing
visitor numbers with our conservations principals and management approach, ensuring compliance
with Health & Safety obligations and in accordance with the Woodland Trust’s policies and
standard contracts as well as contributing to the Trust’s corporate objectives and aims.

You will lead creative woodland management, ancient woodland restoration and people engagement
projects, engaging stakeholders and being a strong advocate for our work and values. The role
will achieve results by building strong relationships with contractors, neighbours and
interested parties, alongside managing a variety of dedicated and passionate volunteers.

A company car will be provided for this role.

THE CANDIDATE

With previous experience in land-based management in the forestry, woodland management or
nature conservation sector, you’ll have a strong track record of managing sites for nature and
people particularly woodlands, budget and contract management, and Health and Safety
management. You’ll have woodland creation experience with the understanding of application
process requirements for new woodland creation.

You must have a proactive ‘can-do’ attitude, excellent communication skills, be commercially
aware and able to build effective partnerships internally and externally. A full driving
licence is a must have, along with the ability to undertake travel across a wide area,
sometimes to remote locations. Occasional overnight stays will be required and you will be
expected to live in the region and within easy reach of key sites in North East England.

Our Organisational Nature enables us to better understand what it means to be part of the
Woodland Trust, empowering us to make an impact, every day. We want you to be able to role
model our values; ‘Grow Together’, ‘Focus’, ‘Explore’ and ‘Make it Count’ to ensure each of us
plays our part in helping to protect, restore and create our woods and trees.

WHAT TO EXPECT BY JOINING A TEAM AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE

There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Joining the team you will be making your
contribution to tackling the nature and climate crisis. In return, we recognise and value our
people. You’ll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional development,
along with a contributory pension, life assurance, good holiday allowance and the opportunity
to work flexibly from home. 

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION 

At the Woodland Trust, we want to reflect and represent the full richness of diversity in the
UK. Fewer of our employees are Black, Asian or minority ethnic; disabled; from lower
socio-economic backgrounds or under 25; so we are particularly keen to receive your application
if you are from one or more of these groups. We can also discuss anything you may need to
achieve your full potential at any stage of the process. We assess your application solely on
your demonstrated suitability for the job. Nothing else.

To ensure anonymised recruitment, if you have uploaded your CV, shortlisting panels do
not see your CV until shortlisting has been completed. Before submitting your
application, please ensure you have completed the supporting information section with details
of experiences that clearly evidence as many aspects of the job description as possible.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of
suitable applications. If you are interested, we’d encourage you to submit your application as
early as possible.