Job Description

Please note this is a re advertisement and previous applicants should not re-apply.

An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for an Arborist to join our Greenspace and Biodiversity team on a permanent basis.

NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.

If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.

Position Details

Working within our Arboriculture team, you will inspect and maintain trees within parks, open spaces, roadsides, schools, cemeteries, crematoria and other GGC properties and facilities grounds.

As part of a squad, you will attend and address tree related work and issues such as tree removal/felling, sectional felling, crosscutting, chipping, stump grinding and site clearance. In addition, you will be expected to undertake routine maintenance of tools and equipment to the appropriate standard and complete records as laid down by GCC procedures.

A current driving licence, current First Aid certificate, a Chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting certificate (CS30 or LANTw19 & 22), and a Felling and processing tress up to 380mm diameter certificate (CS31 or LANTw20) are essential requirements of the role.

You must also have arboriculture knowledge, be fit to operate a chainsaw and understand Health & Safety Management Standards and external Industry Practices and Procedures (FISA & AFAG).

An LGV Licence, other CS/LANTRA qualifications, pesticide certification and tractor operations qualifications are desirable.

Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Role Profile for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.

Contract Details

Weekly Hours: an average of 37 hours per week

Work Pattern: a 4 on, 4 off rota including weekend working is in operation, and you will also be expected to take part in the Arbor Emergency Standby Rota to work out of hours and in difficult environmental conditions.

Annual Salary: £27,647.92 - £29,754.33 on an incremental scale

Additional Payments: In addition to the annual salary the role attracts annual payments of £2,173 for non-standard work pattern/hours (NSWPH) & £1,856 for working context & demand (WCD).

Benefits of working with us

Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:

• 26 days (182 hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days (203) hours after 5 years’ service
• 12.5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year
• Local government pension scheme
• Life and Personal Accident Insurance
• Occupational Sickness Pay
• Staff Benefit Scheme
• Glasgow Credit Union

For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/vacancies.

Details on our policies are available here.

Application Packs

The following alternative Application Packs can be requested in other format for example, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054. Packs will be posted out to you 2nd class within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request. Please note the closing date of the job advert if requesting this to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return to us.

Further Information

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see

GCC Job Evaluation

For further information about working for us please refer to our website GCC HR Policies

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