Copywriter

Job Details

Hours – 24 hours per week

Final date to receive applications – 23:58 on 8th March 2026

We are Forestry England. We live and breathe forests.

Job title – Copywriter

Salary – £33,854 pro rata

Contract type – Permanent

Hours – 24 hours per week

Final date to receive applications – 23:58 on 8th March 2026

Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment. Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy.

We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

We are looking for a passionate, engaging and inquisitive person to tell the story of the work that Forestry England does every day.

You're more than a wordsmith; you're a storyteller with purpose. You can take complex forestry science, conservation principles, or biodiversity data and transform them into content that captivates and inspires. You instinctively know how to find the narrative hook in everything from ancient woodland management to community forest projects.

You will be responsible for producing high‑quality, accessible content for a generalist audience, to support our mission to connect more people to the nation’s forests.

As a creative and engaging content writer you will be equally happy working with other content creators to ensure the copy is consistent and engaging across all communications channels.

You’ll help raise the profile of our often-unsung areas of the business, partnering with colleagues across the organisation to source, develop and publish accurate, timely content.

This role is hybrid; however some travel will be required to work with colleagues across Forestry England.

The post holder will be expected to be in a Forestry England office regularly to liaise with colleagues and the wider team.

As the post will involve dealing with contacts across Forestry England, travel with stays away from home may therefore be an occasional requirement of this post.

The role is 24 hours per week, with flexibility to work across seven days when needed.

While the role supports flexible and remote working, we would anticipate the role spending roughly a day per month in our Bristol head office to connect with the team. Some wider travel across Forestry England may occasionally be required for specific projects or campaigns.

• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro‑rated for part‑time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays, clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• Free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• A commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.

You will be asked to write a 200‑word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

You will be assessed on experience, a technical skill and strength‑based questions during your interview.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Seeing the big picture – Actively seek out and share experience to develop understanding and knowledge of your work and of the team’s business area.
• Leading and communicating – Communicate in a succinct, engaging manner and…