Job opportunities
Tree Nursery Coordinator
Birmingham TreePeople is hiring a Tree Nursery Coordinator to join our small team on a part time (10hrs/week) contract. The role will involve caring for trees in our Nursery in Kings Heath Park, coordinating volunteers and supporting other work of the charity where appropriate. This vital new position will increase our capacity within our Community Nursery and provide more, locally grown, trees – contributing to a healthier and more diverse urban forest around Birmingham.
The person we’re looking for will have the following skills and experience, ideal for the role:
- Knowledge of tree species and arboriculture
- Knowledge and experience of tree care and methods of propagation
- Experience in tool use and tool care & maintenance
- Experience and knowledge of health and safety and best practice guidelines
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Great communication skills and ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders and particularly volunteers
- A confident speaker who’s able to be the key contact in group situations
We’re also looking for someone who can demonstrate the following desirable skills:
- Can draw on their knowledge and experience to creatively solve problems
- Works calmly and effectively and under their own initiative
- Digital and written literacy able to support administrative work
- Is passionate about social and environmental justice work and who wants to support greater equity in both areas
- Can work closely within our small team – we want someone who likes to collaborate and listen to other ideas and who is willing to be flexible with theirs
- Is happy to be dynamic and support a range of tasks that may come up
- Is open-minded, inclusive and respectful of others
- Is interested in supporting the charity to grow over the coming years with a view to increase employee numbers, opportunities and audience
Please see the link to the job pack below which gives more details about the role as well as the application process and timescales. Get in touch with Birmingham TreePeople’s Operations Manager, Matthew Cox if you have any questions or require an alternative format for the job pack:
matt@birminghamtreepeople.org.uk
Deadline for applications is midnight on 29th April
Interviews will be arranged from 6th May
Read the Tree Nursery Coordinator Job Pack below:
Equal Opportunities Statement
Birmingham TreePeople will ensure that all existing and potential employees receive equal consideration and are committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. Birmingham TreePeople are working toward having a staff team and board of trustees that better reflect the composition of the City’s population. To achieve this the Charity will take active and positive steps to eliminate discrimination, reduce the effects of past discrimination and to promote equality in employment. We welcome applications from people with characteristics and backgrounds currently under-represented in the arboriculture and environmental sectors.
This role is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund
Become a funding partner
Our work only exists because of grant funding and donations, so we’re always excited to hear from individuals or organisations who wish to support this vital work in Birmingham. We use our money to plant new trees, maintain and water newly planted trees, to pay our staff team and to fund the Charity’s core costs. Funding partners support Birmingham communities to plant trees in their neighbourhoods that can have an enormous impact on health and well-being, whilst also increasing local biodiversity and mitigating against high levels of air pollution, flood risk and urban heat island effects. If you’re interested in becoming a funding partner for Birmingham TreePeople please get in touch partnerships@birminghamtreepeople.org.uk
Another year of TreePeople
Our Impact with support from The National Lottery Community Fund
We’re delighted to reflect on a truly impactful year for us, made possible by the generosity of The National Lottery Community Fund, a major funding partner of ours.
Their support has been used to help us grow our engagement with local communities across Birmingham and develop our work.
Our end of year report below, highlights how this funding has helped us collectively work with communities to make decisions about tree planting in their neighborhoods, make steps towards greater tree equity, and harness the power of trees & tree care to improve outcomes for health and wellbeing.
The funding also allowed us to offer learning opportunities for TreePeople volunteers through training workshops and courses, further our digital engagement via the TreePlotter map, and enabled the charity’s transition to an employee-led model by funding three part-time roles.
Our efforts have seen us:
- Plant over 150 large trees since Sept 2024, enhancing local biodiversity and green spaces
- Engage more than 750 people in urban forestry
- Deliver training for over 150 people to help them nurture and protect their local environment
From poetry-filled Tree Trails to hands-on tree planting sessions, what we’ve learnt and our ambitions for the future – you can read more about the impact of The National Lottery Community Fund in our report below.