Active Forest Coordinator

As an Active Forests Coordinator, you will have the unique opportunity to curate a diverse programme of physical activity, health, and well-being experiences in the nation’s forests. As part of the innovative Active Forests programme, your role will focus on creating and facilitating engaging and enriching activities for new and returning visitors. Together, we will enhance the well-being of our visitors by promoting physical activity and fostering meaningful connections to nature.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

• Develop and implement engaging physical activity, health, and wellbeing experiences for visitors and communities.
• Encourage meaningful connections between individuals and nature by innovative programming.
• Collaborate with a passionate team to enhance the overall wellbeing of our visitors.
• Prepare to make a lasting impact in our vibrant forest environment!

Here's a snapshot of your responsibilities:

Delivery: you will spearhead the site’s sustainable, customer-focused physical activity and wellbeing programmes. They will bolster Forestry England's financial, social, and environmental goals, encouraging a thriving community and conserving the nation’s forests.

Monitoring and evaluation: you will be responsible for making sure our programmes are effective and efficient. This involves collecting valuable data through innovative techniques, leveraging social media platforms, to enhance and refine the Active Forests Programme's activities.

Marketing: you will play a pivotal role, so our activities are marketed effectively engaging and attracting the target audience, maximising the impact of our activities.

Manage stakeholder relationships: build strong relationships with external partners, tenants, and concession operators. Collaborate with local agencies, such as the Active Partnership, and local physical activity, wellbeing providers and networks.

Represent Forestry England: participate in stakeholder meetings, events, and volunteer programmes to showcase Forestry England’s great work and foster community engagement.

Maintain health and safety: co-ordinate emergency procedures, provide first aid, complete accident and incident reports and follow health and safety guidelines.

Promote responsible visitor behaviour: Communicate with visitors about responsible visitor behaviour and professionally manage and resolve potential conflicts.

As a Recreation team member, you'll support the team with:

• Creating exceptional visitor and community experiences.
• Maintaining and enhancing recreational facilities.
• Co-ordinate engaging community activities.
• Support volunteering opportunities to grow and sustain the Active Forests offer in the nation’s forests.

And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

Location-specific information

As the Local Events Lead, you will coordinate and support a range of events delivered both internally and by external organisers, ensuring successful planning and on-site delivery. The role also includes supporting wider Forest Centre operations during busy periods and undertaking facility inspections and routine maintenance to maintain a safe and welcoming environment. You will be working flexibly over a 7-day week, working weekends, bank holidays and evenings to support the business.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

How to apply…

We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.

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.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Communicating and influencing
• Working together
• Changing and improving
• Delivering at pace

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.