The successful applicant will work as part of a small team of Forest Research staff based at Haldon Forest Park, near Exeter, carrying out a wide range of environmental, plant health and crop surveys; lay out, maintain and assess field experiments; and assist with managing contractors and auditing their work.

In this role you will help to deliver a range of financial administration tasks in accounts payable/purchase ledger, expenses, and general ledger and in maintain the accuracy and integrity of financial ledgers.

As a Project Specialist, you will provide business analysis, project management and financial analysis to support project delivery. Specialising in understanding business requirements within the Forestry sector you will help define programmes of work and provide project and financial management to ensure successful delivery.

Th this role you will play a central role as a forest ecologist in a new two-year CFP project entitled SUPPoRT: SUstainable Plant Provenancing for Resilient Trees. This project aims to improve tree seed collection choices and planting decisions guided by an adaptive genetic diversity landscape map of the UK.

This is an essential role that plans, supports and delivers internal communications, aiming to convey the senior management team’s vision and priorities, motivate staff to reach their potential, reduce duplication of effort, create opportunities for collaboration, share knowledge and experience and provide staff with the information they need to do their job.