Job Description

REF: IRC312944DEPARTMENT: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)SALARY: xc2xa356,863 - xc2xa360,820 (rising to xc2xa361,673 - xc2xa364,469 from 1st August 2025)LOCATION: Inishkeen House, Killyhevlin, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, BT74 4EJ. It is envisaged that some element of home working and/or remote working may be possible in line with the NICS Hybrid Working policy and business need.These are challenging and important roles to develop and deliver forestry work programmes to implement all aspects of forestry work across the sector. The postholders will be responsible for supporting senior staff on forestry matters and to lead, direct and manage professional foresters and multidisciplinary teams to ensure a strong focus on delivery of outcomes which provide a wide range of ecosystem services and benefits from existing and new forestry assets and programmes.Further appointments may be made from this competition should NICS positions become vacant which require the same eligibility criteria and have similar duties and responsibilities.For more detailed information, including the duties and responsibilities of the post, and the criteria to be used during the recruitment and selection process, please click on the Candidate Information Booklet link below.In order to apply for this position, please click on the xe2x80x9cApply for this job onlinexe2x80x9d link below to register to this vacancy and to submit an online application.Completed application forms must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon (UK time) on Friday 30th May 2025.Applications from females, young people (people under the age of 35), people with a disability and people from minority ethnic communities are particularly welcomed for this post.ALL APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT ARE CONSIDERED STRICTLY ON THE BASIS OF MERIT.All queries can be directed to HRConnect by:Email:Telephone: 0800 1 300 330

Northern Ireland Civil Service