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Job reference: 000011260
Date posted: 04/07/2025
Application closing date: 27/07/2025
Working Pattern: Blank
Salary: Grade E £26,835 - £28,624 a year
Contractual hours: Blank
Basis: Blank
Job category/type: Parks / Gardens
Attachments: Blank

Job description: Role: Arborist

Salary: Grade E £26,835 - £28,624 a year

Location: Stores Road Depot

Hours: 37 hours a week

Closing Date: 27/07/2025

Contract Type: Permanent

Derby City Council (DCC) is offering the opportunity for an arborist to join our expanding team of experienced arborists. Currently we provide a wide range of arboricultural and plant healthcare services from our depot within the City of Derby to the residents and business owners of Derby City.

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.

What We Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:

• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations

• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts

• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme

• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training

• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support

• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network

• Support for colleagues who are carers

The Opportunity

In the role of Arborist, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:

- Carrying out a full range of Arboricultural operations including tree removals, pruning, planting and health care.

About You

To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have…

Applicants should have experience in all aspects of tree work, planting, and plant healthcare. A full driving license is essential along with all relevant NPTC qualifications. A good sound knowledge of tree identification and specific species care would be beneficial.

Applicants should be committed to preserving and enhancing the urban treescape and parkland areas as well as development of their own skills and knowledge. Staff will be expected to interact with communities daily. The successful candidate will be expected to have safe, positive, polite and diplomatic personal skills.

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 27 July 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Interviews will be held on 5 August 2025 and will include an informal interview along with skills tests to include tree climbing operations.

Important Information

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/

Please see here for Job Description

Please see here for Person Specification

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Job title: Arborist
Job reference: 000011260
Date posted: 04/07/2025
Application closing date: 27/07/2025
Working Pattern: Blank
Salary: Grade E £26,835 - £28,624 a year
Contractual hours: Blank
Basis: Blank
Job category/type: Parks / Gardens
Attachments: Blank
Job description: Role: Arborist

Salary: Grade E £26,835 - £28,624 a year

Location: Stores Road Depot

Hours: 37 hours a week

Closing Date: 27/07/2025

Contract Type: Permanent

Derby City Council (DCC) is offering the opportunity for an arborist to join our expanding team of experienced arborists. Currently we provide a wide range of arboricultural and plant healthcare services from our depot within the City of Derby to the residents and business owners of Derby City.

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.

What We Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:

• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations

• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts

• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme

• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training

• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support

• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network

• Support for colleagues who are carers

The Opportunity

In the role of Arborist, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:

- Carrying out a full range of Arboricultural operations including tree removals, pruning, planting and health care.

About You

To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have…

Applicants should have experience in all aspects of tree work, planting, and plant healthcare. A full driving license is essential along with all relevant NPTC qualifications. A good sound knowledge of tree identification and specific species care would be beneficial.

Applicants should be committed to preserving and enhancing the urban treescape and parkland areas as well as development of their own skills and knowledge. Staff will be expected to interact with communities daily. The successful candidate will be expected to have safe, positive, polite and diplomatic personal skills.

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 27 July 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Interviews will be held on 5 August 2025 and will include an informal interview along with skills tests to include tree climbing operations.

Important Information

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/

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Please see here for Person Specification

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