Regional Manager - East

Salary: £74,577 - £82,542 (28.97 percent employer pension contributions into defined benefits scheme plus benefits)
Location: East Region 
Terms: Permanent, full time 
Closing date: 28 February 2025

FLS is looking for a Regional Manager to lead our East Region team. The Regional Manager provides strong strategic leadership, motivates and inspires a large multi-disciplinary team who co-ordinate, plan and implement work across the public land in the East of Scotland. The post holder also manages a large budget and prepares business plans.

Building Surveyor

Salary: £42,467 - £45,735 (28.97 percent employer pension contributions into defined benefits scheme plus benefits)
Location: Central Region 
Terms: Permanent, full time 
Closing date: 28 February 2025

As Building Surveyor, you’ll be responsible for the delivery of professional property services across your areas to support a wide range of built assets, from operational buildings, houses, depots, farms to visitor centres. You will have responsibility, including budgetary, to plan, implement and monitor programmes of work to a high standard ensuring compliance with statutory regulations, Health and Safety legislation and agency standards.

Landscape Architect

Salary: £42,467 - £45,735 (28.97 percent employer pension contributions into defined benefits scheme plus benefits)
Location: South Region – can be based in central Scotland or South Region, travel required. 
Terms: Permanent, full time 
Closing date: 17 February 2025

As an FLS landscape architect, the post-holder will use their problem solving and design skills at a huge variety of scales. They will drive collaboration between a wide variety of forest functions to deliver multi-purpose land management, advise on planning, policy and contract matters, and promote effective project management and stakeholder engagement.

Forest Craftsperson

Salary: £28,255 - £29,556 (+ 28.97 percent employer pension contributions into defined benefits scheme plus benefits) 
Location: South Region – Ae or Straiton 
Terms: Permanent, full time 
Closing date: 16 February 2025

A Forest Craftsperson mainly works outdoors, helping with forest management tasks across various beats like cutting trees, putting up fences, and planting. A key part of the role is working with the Visitor Services team, maintaining walking paths, signs, and parking areas.
 
Forest Craftsperson’s also assist other teams when needed, helping with timber harvesting, wildlife management, and environmental work. This might include delivering materials, fixing fences, setting up equipment, and handling tasks like controlling weeds or maintaining ancient monuments.

Marketing and Sales Administration Manager

Salary: £34,362 - £36,658 per annum + 28.97% pension contribution into defined benefits scheme 
Location: Inverness
Terms: Permanent, full time 
Closing date: 02 March 2025

Marketing and Sales (M&S) is part of the Land Management and Regions directorate and supports the Head of Marketing and Sales and operational teams in delivery of the timber sale programme and sale contracts. The team provide a centralised delivery and support service in Timber Dispatch and manages the E-Business processes for invoicing.

In order to deliver this, the team engage and work in partnership with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
The Marketing & Sales Administration Manager shall lead and develop an administrative support team of four to deliver fully compliant business processes for timber dispatch and invoicing, amounting to approximately £95m of timber income per annum.