Integrated Workforce Team Member

Team / Directorate: Integrated Workforce / Operations

Starting salary:  £25,898 rising to £26,909 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern:  Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

Interview Date: 11/08/2025

Post number: 200372

The role

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our Integrated Workforce team, which works in the Plas Gwendraeth depot in Cross Hands.

In this rewarding, hands-on role, you’ll join a dedicated team that takes pride in its purpose. You’ll carry out a range of essential, practical tasks across Natural Resources Wales (NRW) sites — from flood-risk infrastructure to forestry sites and National Nature Reserves — helping us keep communities safe and enable nature to flourish.

This is a physically active, predominantly outdoor role — you’ll work in all weathers and frequently in challenging, remote locations alongside a small team of 2–4 colleagues. As a key member of the team, you’ll be required to operate a variety of hand tools, such as hooks, scythes, and powered tools such as strimmer's and pole saws and other specialized plant such as a robomower and woodchipper. You will also fulfil the important role of a banksman by supervising the safe movement of plant on a site.

Given the nature and location of our work, we are looking for someone who is self-motivated, safety-conscious, confident in working in or near water, comfortable using tools and equipment, an effective communicator, works well within a team environment and confident with using basic IT. Full training will be provided to help you succeed.

Additionally, you’ll be part of a 24-hour emergency response team, participating in a standby rota and delivering crucial assistance during flood events or other incident responses.

We’re looking for someone with a positive, can-do attitude, and a willingness to learn. You’ll need to be comfortable using machinery and basic IT tools, and ideally live within 30 minutes of the depot, so you can provide fast response times when needed.

At NRW, you’ll be joining a team that’s passionate about the environment and proud of their work. You’ll receive full training, support with gaining licences and qualifications, and opportunities for personal growth in a role that’s as rewarding as it is important.

If you enjoy physical outdoor work, want to contribute to climate resilience, and are ready to be part of a team that makes a visible difference—we want to hear from you.

The role follows a 9-day working pattern (with every second Friday off), and a badged vehicle is provided for travel to and from site. A full driving licence is essential. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Jamie Neil Davies , email -  jamie.davies@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

Interviews will be held face to face with a location to be confirmed. 

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.

What you will do

• You will provide a manual labour service for the maintenance of NRW assets which include flood risk assets and NRW managed land. 
• You will have the ability to operate equipment such as hand-held tools which may include chainsaws. 
• You will have the ability to operate as a banksman and slinger/signaller.
• You will have the ability to understand technical and utility plans and operate in compliance with the Construction Design and Management Regulations. 
• You will be a user of small plant and machinery i.e. Aebi/Reform, pedestrian mowers, woodchippers etc. 
• You will be part of an incident response team.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development  through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

1.    Relevant Operators licences for tools, machinery and plant or work towards achieving. 
2.    IOSH Working Safely.
3.    ICT competence (basic level). 
4.    Emergency First Aid +F. 
5.    Previous forestry, construction, agricultural, environmental or plant operators experience is desirable. 
6.    This is a physically demanding role so reasonable levels of fitness are required. 
7.    Confident working in and near water. 
8.    Basic literacy and numeracy skills are required for the role. GCSE grade C (or equivalent) in English and Maths are essential. 
9.    Full UK driving licence ideally to include cat B + E (trailer tow).

Welsh language level requirements

• Essential: Level A1 – Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Benefits 

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

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We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.  

We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.  

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards.  Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. 

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