Job description

Location: Manchester / North West
Salary: Competitive
Sector: Environmental Consultancy

An established environmental consultancy is seeking an experienced Arboriculture Team Lead to lead and develop its arboricultural consultancy offering in the North West. This is a senior position for a technically strong arboriculturist who can manage people, projects, and clients while maintaining high professional and commercial standards.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Leading the delivery of arboricultural consultancy projects across a range of sectors

• Managing and developing a team of Arboricultural Consultants and Surveyors

• Undertaking and overseeing arboricultural surveys, large-scale risk assessments, tree management plans, and tree mapping using AutoCAD and GIS

• Producing high-quality reports for submission to Local Planning Authorities and landowners

• Providing BS5837 advice, including Arboricultural Impact Assessments and Method Statements

• Liaising with Local Planning Authorities, planners, architects, and other stakeholders

• Advising on Tree Preservation Orders, felling licences, conservation areas, and related legislation

• Managing team resourcing, financial performance, and quality standards

• Maintaining and developing client relationships and contributing to business development

• Supporting and mentoring team members

You will have:

• A degree in Arboriculture or a related discipline

• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. Arboricultural Association)

• At least 5 years’ experience in an arboricultural consultancy role

• Strong BS5837 consultancy experience

• Demonstrable team management experience

• Experience managing large or long-term survey contracts with multiple stakeholders

• Strong knowledge of tree surveying techniques and risk assessment methodologies

• Good working knowledge of planning and environmental legislation

• Experience preparing fee proposals and engaging directly with clients

• Proficiency in AutoCAD and GIS

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines

• A full UK driving licence

What’s on Offer

• A senior leadership role within a growing consultancy

• Competitive salary package

• Exposure to a wide range of projects

• A collaborative, multidisciplinary working environment

• Ongoing professional development and career progression

About us: Allen & York have been matching purposeful people with purpose-led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all. Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability. Let’s help build a better world, together.