About this role
The City of Edinburgh Council
About Us
Are you keen to shape the future of Scotland’s capital city? The City of Edinburgh Council is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to work with us and deliver key services across our capital city. We’re the second largest local authority in Scotland with a workforce of over 19,000 who all play a crucial role in maintaining and supporting vital services to over 500,000 residents. We offer an incredible variety of career opportunities across a broad range of sectors. Join us and you’ll find a role where you can make a difference and grow your career.
Our Culture
Our Behaviours, respect, integrity, and flexibility guide everything that we do, and we strive to make sure all colleagues feel valued and have a sense of belonging in the workplace. We want to make sure that we bring people into our roles who demonstrate Our Behaviours and are dedicated and committed to our purpose of serving our community. We are focused on delivering excellent customer service to meet citizens needs and make the city a better place.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We recognise the benefits that diverse perspectives, experiences and backgrounds bring to our organisation, and we’re committed to employing a workforce that represents the population of the city we serve. We particularly encourage applicants from under-represented groups including women, LGBT+ people, racially minoritised groups, people with disabilities and people who are neurodivergent.
As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we're delighted to announce that we have extended our guaranteed interview scheme to include all applicants who are or have been care experienced, and who meet the essential criteria for the post. This extends our current arrangements of being a Disability Confident Employer, that guarantee an interview to applicants who meet the criteria for the post and who declare a disability.
Happy to talk flexible working.
Colleague Support and Wellbeing
As outlined in our People Strategy 2024-27, we aim to nurture a healthy workforce where we can all thrive. We offer regular events, initiatives and learning opportunities covering a range of different health and wellbeing topics.
We’re committed to supporting employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. There are several policies in place to support this ranging from flexible work options to career breaks. Our full suite of employment policies can be found here.
We have a range of support options available including access to counselling, a mental health support service, an occupational health service, speak up supporters and a colleague listening service.
Reasonable Adjustments
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible experience at work for all our colleagues and we’ll work hard to ensure that we meet the changing needs of colleagues throughout their time with us. We’re also geared up to support all candidates who may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Candidates invited for interview, should let the hiring manager know what they need, and they will do everything they can to accommodate your request.
Arborist Climber
Inverleith Depot
Salary: £30,188 - £34,452
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks
A member of a specialist arborist team carrying out potentially hazardous arboricultural and forestry operations, may be required to operate specialist forestry machines including heavy plant lifting equipment, and LGV operations.
To be part of the out-of-hours standby rota, to ensure the council is able to respond to emergency situations and extreme weather events. Some public holiday working will be required.
Assist in the co-ordination, planning and execution of day to day operations for forestry / arboricultural protection, maintenance and enhancement, enforcement of tree legislation when required.
Ensure compliance with Health and Safety standards and manage day to day safety of the workforce and the public.
Assist in the achievement of performance targets and contribute to an effective and efficient forestry team.
Assist squad members in preparing for training and assessments which enhance and develop their arboricultural skills.
Assist the Lead Arborist to execute all appropriate aerial and ground arboricultural operations as described in work instructions.
Drive vehicles as required, including tractors and towing of trailers with and without lifting equipment to support operational activity and operate a range of specialist forestry machinery, technology as required.
Plan and execute tree establishment works to the highest British or industry standards:
Required to carry out an aerial rescue for squad members undertaking climbing operations.
Decide on the safe method of felling trees and the method of implementing other potentially dangerous site operations.
Interpret legislation to determine and decide on compliance with technical standards, codes of practice in specified areas of work and provide advice to others in this regard.
Use knowledge and skills to resolve problems and deal with problems quickly, seeking help from colleagues when required.
Responds to issues and queries from members of the public and community representatives in line with service delivery obligations.
Decisions made will impact on the implementation of forestry and arboricultural work, and the extent to which this is carried out in a safe and effective manner.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4
As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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