Active Forest Coordinator
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,105 to £30,105 a year |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | LE65 2UP |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Posting date: | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Closing date: | 11 Oct 2026 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Hicks Lodge team to engage with our audiences and offer safe spaces for communities to visit.
You will be delivering our Feel Good in the Forest programme, with a focus at Hicks Lodge, Leicestershire but also at our other National Forest woodlands including Sence Valley, Leicestershire and Dimmingsdale, Staffordshire.
Feel Good in the Forest is part of the Active Forests programme. As an Active Forests co-ordinator, you will have the unique opportunity to curate a diverse programme of physical activity, health, and wellbeing experiences for new and returning visitors. Together, we will enhance the wellbeing of our visitors by promoting physical activity and fostering meaningful connections to nature.
Working closely with local communities and partners, volunteers, and instructors, you’ll lead on enabling activity offers including socially prescribed yoga sessions, mindful walks, physical activity sessions and events suitable for people with mild-to-moderate health conditions.
You will play a key part in the Hicks Lodge Forest Centre team, providing site support and cover including weekends.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Key responsibilities & accountabilities
- Develop and implement engaging physical activity, health, and wellbeing experiences for visitors and communities.
- Encourage meaningful connections between individuals and nature by innovative programming.
- Collaborate with a passionate team to enhance the overall wellbeing of our visitors.
- Prepare to make a lasting impact in our vibrant forest environment!
Here's a snapshot of your responsibilities:
- Delivery: you will spearhead the site’s sustainable, customer-focused physical activity and wellbeing programmes. They will bolster Forestry England's social, environmental, and financial goals encouraging a thriving community and conserving the nation’s forests. develop and implement engaging physical activity, health, and wellbeing experiences for visitors and communities with mild to moderate health conditions. You will encourage meaningful connections between individuals and nature by innovative programming.
- Site support: As part of the Hicks Lodge team you will carry out site checks, supervise visitor service officers and provide some weekend cover
- Monitoring and evaluation: you will be responsible for making sure our programmes are effective and efficient. This involves collecting valuable data through innovative techniques, leveraging social media platforms, to enhance and refine the Active Forests Programme's activities.
- Manage stakeholder relationships: build strong relationships with external partners, tenants, and concession operators. Collaborate with local agencies, such as the Active Partnership, and local physical activity, wellbeing providers and networks. Social prescribers, GPs, charities supporting those with mild to moderate health conditions
- Represent Forestry England: participate in stakeholder meetings, events, and conferences to showcase Forestry England’s great work and foster community engagement.
- Maintain health and safety: co-ordinate emergency procedures, provide first aid, complete accident and incident reports, and follow health and safety guidelines.
- Promote responsible visitor behaviour: Communicate with visitors about responsible visitor behaviour and professionally manage and resolve potential conflicts.
And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
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