GIS Manager

The Forestry England IT Team provide systems, services and capabilities to over 2000 staff, across a broad range of business functions. The team consists of highly-skilled IT professionals, with the GIS Team (part of Applications and Solutions) providing expert knowledge to the wider organisation in fulfilling their IT ambitions.

This is a hands-on role responsible for:

• Supporting the business as GIS Subject matter expert.
• Managing and leading the GIS Team.
• Managing Forestry GIS Application service
• Management of Solution Design / Product Roadmap
• Management of datasets and layers within the GIS Platform.
• 3rd Line GIS Support You will champion maximising use and adoption of existing and emerging technologies.

Help us foster a culture of innovation, bridging the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders. You will identify insights on emerging technology trends and lead experiments to evaluate the feasibility and potential impact of integration, automation, and technologies for our business.

Key responsibilities & accountabilities

• Key work area 1: Managing and leading the GIS Team, establishing resource requirements, develop product Roadmap to embrace improvements from our system supplier (Esri). Understanding of existing Applications, Datasets, Layers, and their relevance to the organisation.
• Key work area 2: Managing and supporting colleagues within your area, the IT Team, and from wider business to help deliver a valued data platform across the organisation, with a focus on improving and tailoring end-user application functionality within core productivity systems and applications to meet specific business needs.
• Key work area 3: Guiding and advising other areas of the Forestry Commission with their planning, development, implementation and delivery of IT systems and services specific to their requirements. Managing implementation from an IT perspective to enable successful delivery of new systems either in house developed or externally procured.
• Key work area 4: Playing an active role concerning incident response, disaster recovery and Business Continuity efforts.

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)

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 –

• Changing and Improving
• Seeing the Bigger Picture
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

You may also be assessed on Experience, Strength based questions, and/or the Technical Success Profile at the interview. The technical element could include a presentation, practical or written task.

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.

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

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