Job Description

Your new role
Are you proactive, detail-oriented, and a true team player? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
We're looking for a passionate and knowledgeable Tree Officer to join our team. In this role, you'll provide expert arboricultural advice and support across a wide range of services. Your work will involve guiding both internal and external customers, identifying opportunities to improve our arboricultural policies and procedures, and helping us continue to deliver exceptional customer service.
Based at our Eastleigh office, you'll cover various sites across the South and surrounding areas, with the flexibility to manage your own workload. Excellent customer service is at the heart of what we do, so strong communication skills and a commitment to keeping customers informed are essential. We take pride in going the extra mile and delivering services that truly make a difference.
To be successful in this role, you'll need a relevant qualification in arboriculture (ideally Level 4 or above, or equivalent experience), along with a solid understanding of tree health, risk-based tree management, and the ability to apply BS3998 and BS5837 standards. Experience in inspecting and reporting on trees using GIS or map-based asset management systems is also important, as is a full driving licence.
We're looking for someone who's enthusiastic, self-motivated, and committed to high standards in everything they do. In return, you'll be joining a supportive and forward-thinking team dedicated to improving services for residents and the communities we serve.
As part of your personal development, you'll also have the opportunity to undertake the Level 6 Professional Arboriculturist apprenticeship through Abri.
In the role you will have the opportunity to use decay detection equipment including the Picus Sonic Tomograph and the Resi PD 400 which will allow you to develop your inspection and analysis skills. We'll provide you with your uniform, company tablet & mobile as well as the PPE you need to let you crack on with what you do best.
Not only this, you'll be entitled to all the usual benefits from day one including 28 days holiday a year, generous pension and life assurance schemes and access to health and wellbeing packages.
We hold monthly talks where all Trades can attend to highlight what's going on within Abri and provide information on processes.
If you're ready for a new opportunity where your skills will be valued and your impact will be meaningful-we'd love to hear from you!
We review and interview suitable candidates as applications come in, so don't delay-apply today to avoid missing out. If we receive enough applications, we may close the advert early.
Who we are
Abri is a large housing provider who own and manage over 55,000 homes and various community assets, serving more than 120,000 customers across the South of England.
We believe everyone has the right to a good quality safe, warm and sustainable home in a community where they can belong, grow and thrive. What does that look like in real terms?
We're investing 689m over the next ten years in our existing homes to improve building safety and make them more energy efficient.

• We're delivering 10,000 homes by 2030, ensuring affordable housing is built where it's needed most
• We're investing in our communities, to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone

As we grow, we're re-establishing our strong local presence to provide a really good service. Abri has adopted a regional approach to service delivery, with our operating areas split into three, each with their local governance and leadership. This will ensure our colleagues are more visible, accountable and better connected to our customers and local communities to meet their diverse needs.
More information about Abri and our strategic objectives can be found at .
What you can expect
What you can expect
28 days holiday + the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
Generous pension scheme with contributions up to 10%
Money off tons of high street and online retailers
Life assurance of 5x your annual salary
Generous parental and family leave
Health and wellbeing packages
Flexible working
Free eye tests
Cycle to Work scheme
About you
We've all got different backgrounds, strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. It's these shared values that bring us together as one team.
Our colleagues embrace these every day. Be the difference to our customers and colleagues, always curious and look for better solutions, achieve together by working in partnership with others, own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way, and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities.
We also expect our colleagues to share Abri's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults.
If you share our values and want to make a real difference in the world, you're on to a winner and we'd love to hear from you!
Be yourself
We're committed to promoting an inclusive culture. We welcome and respect the individual differences, life experiences and knowledge that all our colleagues bring into the workplace, and we value their contribution to our amazing company. Everyone is different, everyone is unique.
Flexible working
We recognise the benefits flexible working can bring and we aim to support colleagues who need to work flexibly wherever we can, provided the needs of both Abri and the colleague can be met. Please feel free to let us know about any flexibility you might need when applying for this role. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to consider it fully.
To our agency friends
We already have a number of carefully selected agency partners who know our business well and who support our in-house recruitment team during exceptionally busy periods. We're not looking to add to our preferred supplier list right now but if you'd like to be considered at a future date please don't hesitate to register on our procurement portal.