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Southend City Council have an exciting new opportunity for an enthusiastic, permanent, full-time Arboricultural Officer to join the Parks Team.The post holder will carry out regular inspections and arrange any necessary work on council-owned trees, including those on the highway, in parks, woodlands, housing land and schools, and raise orders using the Ezytreev system. The post also includes identifying suitable areas and species for tree planting, responding to resident enquiries and providing arboricultural advice to officers and members.Quality assurance and monitoring are an important part of the job as well as keeping accurate, up-to-date records.
Tree inspections will include ad-hoc checks in response to enquiries from residents, councillors, other departments and stakeholders. This will include insurance-related enquiries.Southend City Council ismitted to maintaining and extending the canopy cover in the city, so planning and delivering tree plant...