1) Job Vacancy
Trees and woodlands are central to the character of our borough, supporting biodiversity, landscape quality and our Climate Change and Ecological Emergency commitments. This role plays a vital part in ensuring these important assets are properly protected and considered through the planning system.
We are seeking a motivated, knowledgeable and experienced arboricultural professional to join the Environment Team. As part of the Tree Team, you will play a key role in assessing and determining tree work applications, including those relating to Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) and trees within Conservation Areas.
The role will also involve providing specialist arboricultural advice on planning applications and development proposals, ensuring that trees are appropriately considered and protected within the planning process in accordance with the Town and Country Planning Act.
We are looking for someone with substantial arboricultural experience, ideally within a planning or local authority environment, who can demonstrate strong communication skills, sound professional judgement and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to apply their expertise to make a meaningful impact on the borough’s natural environment while working as part of a supportive and professional team.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Aimee Hampton, Principal Tree Officer, on 01256 845174 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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3) Job Vacancy
Tree Officer at London Borough of Camden
Starting salary: £42,221
Job level: Level 3, Zone 2
Work location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Monday 10th August 2026 at 23:55
Interviews to be held: TBC
Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion
Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.
About Us
Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study, and visit. Because we’re not just home to the UK’s fast-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Come and join us as a Tree Officer, where you will make a real difference to the urban forest environment at Camden.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced arboricultural professional to join an internationally recognised tree service. You will assist the tree manager in the management of Council owned trees whilst delivering the Service Level Agreements for the maintenance and inspection of the Council’s tree stock. You will be responsible for carrying out risk management and giving specialist advice across the Council and external stakeholders.
You must be willing to undertake a wide range of duties that are not directly related to the technical area of arboriculture such as: financial management, general administration, database interrogation and information retrieval, manipulation of large amounts of data within Excel, recharging for services, contract management and producing financial reports.
About you
The successful post holder will have strong experience of working in urban areas, ideally in carrying out tree inspections, surveys, diagnosis of tree defects/diseases and specifying remedial works. You’ll have good working knowledge of tree legislation and using tree decay detection equipment.
You will have good communication skills and be able to engage and understand the perspectives of a range of stakeholders (both within the Council and Camden’s wider communities) which feed into the delivery of liveable places. You will have the ability to physically carry out work in relation to the emergency call out system and respond in a calm and systematic way to urgent or emergency situations.
We are keen to help team members develop and are looking for a positive individual with personal drive and initiative who wants to learn and improve to join our team.
Working for Camden
We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how we’re supporting our residents with housing, and we’ll redefine what a career can be. If that sounds good to you, we’d love to talk.
At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer. Click HERE to see full details of our benefits.
Additional information
To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or copy the following into your internet browser: https://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/CMWebDrawer/Record/11808388/file/document?inline
To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria listed in the Job Profile.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit our recruitment website
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