FORESTRY ASSISTANT

£19,000 per annum, plus pension and benefits
Full time 40 hours per week Monday – Friday

Castle Howard Estate is located in the picturesque area of outstanding natural beauty that is the Howardian Hills in North Yorkshire. The Estate is a varied mix of arable and pastural farmland, the House and grounds, Estate villages and some of the premier traditional mixed woodland in the country. The woodland consists of 2000 acres and is a diverse mix of species and age classes. The woodlands are managed for a variety of uses including commercial timber production, sporting, landscape quality and amenity and education. With regards to the Tree and Shrub Nursery, a traditional operation is currently run and provides both hardwood and softwood tree saplings to the wider estate and regional customers throughout the season.

We are recruiting a Forestry Assistant to support the ongoing preservation of the 2000 acres of woodland on the Castle Howard Estate. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the forest portfolio including felling and thinning, replanting, maintenance and vermin control. We are looking for candidates who have forestry or woodland management experience and the relevant qualifications including spraying, chainsaw and brushcutter certitifcates. This role will also involve lone working so candidates must be comfortable working independently and on their own initiative and have a flexible approach to duties undertaken.

For further information about any of these roles please visit our website https://www.castlehoward.co.uk/get-involved/recruitment/ or to apply please send a CV and covering letter to hr@castlehoward.co.uk.