North East Community Forest Partnership Steering Group Chair (EXTERNAL TO COUNCIL)

North East Community Forest Partnership Steering Group Chair (EXTERNAL TO COUNCIL)

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WANTED: A LOCAL TREE CHAMPION

Created over the last 30 years England’s Community Forests are located in and around some of the nation’s largest towns and cities. Each is a collaboration between councils and local, regional and national organisations, who work to enact a government-approved 30-year vision for landscape improvement known as a Forest Plan. Currently there are 13 Community Forests, of which the North East Community Forest (NECF) is part of, joining the programme in July 2021.

Now, facing a climate and ecological emergency, we need to plant trees and restore nature with a new urgency, involving communities and targeting areas of need. Can you help champion and guide our work at this pivotal time as Chair of the North East Community Forest Partnership Steering Group?

Learn more about the North East Community Forest here: https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/northeastcommunityforest

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Chair of The North East Community Forest Partnership Steering Group

We are looking for an individual who can help our newly formed Forest Partnership to thrive, so that we can help to tackle the climate emergency, biodiversity collapse, connect people to nature, and set the scene for a sustainable green recovery post-Covid.

The Forest Partnership has a strong track record of delivering projects and programmes that create and manage treescapes and woodlands. We have developed our Forest Partnership locally, regionally, and nationally so that we can learn from others and share information about what we do.

We have challenges ahead. We need to accelerate our new planting to help to achieve national and local climate emergency targets; we need to connect even more people to our work and support new businesses and jobs in our sector.

We also have enormous opportunities, with increased availability of funding, a policy framework that is as supportive as possible and a vibrant partnership, keen to do more and see a green recovery post Covid. Our yet to be developed Forest Plan will set a clear vision for our work. If you have the ambition, enthusiasm, skills, networks and most importantly the passion to help us achieve our goals, we would love to hear from you. This document provides more information about what being our Chair involves.

If you are interested in this role, please send your CV and a covering letter to Lloyd Jones (Forest Manager of the North East Community Forest) at lloyd.jones@newcastle.gov.uk. You can also contact Lloyd for an informal discussion before submitting - please call 07974 588 063, or email lloyd.jones@newcastle.gov.uk for a Microsoft Teams link.

Steering Group Chair - The North East Community Forest

Remuneration: The role of Chair is not accompanied by any financial remuneration, although reasonable expenses for travel may be claimed

Location: Most meetings are held at Newcastle City Council, Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1, where the Forest Team is based. Meetings are also held online via Microsoft Teams.

Time commitment: Four Steering Group meetings per year. The Chair is also expected to have regular meetings with the Forest Manager of The North East Community Forest, and also represent The North East Community Forest Partnership at various national and local events and meetings with key stakeholders. We anticipate this will involve a total of no more than four days per year.

Reporting to: Steering Group including Elected Members from all Local Authority partners (Newcastle (accountable body), North and South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland and Durham).

If you are interested in this role, please send your CV and a covering letter to Lloyd Jones (Forest Manager of the North East Community Forest) at lloyd.jones@newcastle.gov.uk. You can also contact Lloyd for an informal discussion before submitting, please call 07974 588 063 or email lloyd.jones@newcastle.gov.uk for a Microsoft Teams link.

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Closing date:

24 February 2023