Team Manager - Arboriculture and Grounds

What you’ll be doing

You’ll act as Dorset Council’s expert in arboriculture, providing authoritative advice on tree-related matters, including acting as an expert witness and presenting evidence at public enquiries when required.

You’ll lead and manage teams across Grounds and Arboriculture, supporting the Service Manager with strategic planning, service development and delivery, and working proactively with elected members, partners, communities and other stakeholders.

• driving performance against national, corporate and service indicators
• preparing business cases, equality impact assessments and committee reports
• managing budgets and income streams, delivering efficiencies, overseeing commissioning and procurement activity
• leading business reviews and plans
• ensuring robust health and safety arrangements,
• and representing the council at meetings, events and with the media as needed.

• You’ll be a recognised arboriculture professional with the confidence to act as the council’s technical authority
• lead multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets and performance
• influence senior stakeholders
• balance operational delivery with strategic thinking
• while maintaining high standards of safety, governance and public accountability.

Please ring Giles Nicholson - service manager for Environment and Green space at if you have any questions about this role. This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

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Team Manager - Arboriculture and Grounds in Dorchester - Dorset Council