The Director of Countryside Management is a senior member of the Twig Management team reporting through to the Managing Director.

Twig Trading Ltd

The Twig Group is a professional progressive and expanding organisation at the heart of countryside management. The organisation specialises in: Ecological Contracting, Grounds Maintenance, and Landscape Design. Twig delivers solutions to clients within Utilities, Construction, Solar, Facilities Management, high-end Commercial and Domestic design.

As part the RSK Group, one of the UK’s largest environmental consultancies, Twig provides clients with unparalleled combination of environmental assessment and management consultancy services

The Role

The role is responsible for the profitability of Twig’s ecological division.

The role is responsible for managing new and existing customer relationships, delivering ecological and agricultural contracts and projects, pre and post construction on utility schemes and developments, leadership and management of both teams and sub-contractors, and compliance to SHEQ systems and procedures.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

The role will require experience and qualifications within this land-based industry, specifically focussed upon the agriculture, ecology and the environment.

The role will require specific knowledge, skills and experience commercially delivering all facets of:

 Reptile and Protected Species Mitigation and Management
 Vegetation Clearance
 Ground Works
 Fencing
 Grassland Management
 Weed Control
 Cultivation
 Seeding
 Tree and Hedge Planting

Remuneration

The role will pay dependent on skills and experience, with a view of attracting the right individual, circa £45K - £50K per annum, but could be reviewed subject to applicant’s experience.

A package consisting of bonus, pension, and health insurance benefits will be offered.

We operate an open and relaxed management culture that nurtures continuous improvement and innovation. This also enables us to achieve a staff turnover rate that's consistently below the industry average. Adopting a proactive growth strategy helps us to run a sustainable and profitable business while providing new and exciting career opportunities for all.

As an entrepreneurial organisation, we encourage and foster the growth of our employees. When joining RSK, a mentor works with you to ensure you set and achieve your goals. We want to accelerate your professional development, including opportunities for a promotional fast track.

Further, retaining staff is the building block of a successful organisation. As a company, RSK wants to ensure you maintain a healthy work life balance, with many opportunities for flexible working hours, locality flexibility, social activities, and community involvement projects.

The company prides itself on providing its staff with a rewarding and challenging career, encouraging Continuous Professional Development, allowing employees to reach their full potential. Having been recently placed within the top10 UK environmental consultancies (Environmental Analyst, December 2017) and number 42 in the Sunday Times Fastrack 200 which rates the success of private companies in the UK, there has never been a more exciting time to join.

All candidates applying for positions with RSK Group must be eligible to work in the UK/European Economic Area.

RSK is committed to our Corporate Responsibility strategy. We seek to minimise our impact on the environment; to engage positively with the community and education groups; to provide a safe and supportive atmosphere in which to work; and to promote Corporate Responsibility throughout our supply chain.

RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer