Description

Do you want to influence how the city's green environments develop – both today and for future generations?

With us, you will have a strategic and socially important role where you contribute to strengthening and developing the city's playgrounds, activity areas, and tree stock.

You will work long-term with analysis, planning, and management to ensure that the city's outdoor environments are safe, sustainable, and accessible.

By using various analysis methods, you create a clear current situation picture and a long-term goal picture for the city's playgrounds and green environments – based on function, usage, and geographical conditions. You will help develop guiding and supporting documents that set the direction for the future urban environment.

This is a role for you who want to combine specialist knowledge with strategic development work while working closely with the operations.

Responsibilities

As a project employee, you will have a broad and varied assignment with significant influence. You will work both strategically and operationally to preserve, develop, and secure the city's tree stock.

In this role, you will, among other things:

• Drive strategic planning for the city's trees and green structures
• Map, document, and plan for protected trees and avenues
• Contribute to the development of policies, guidelines, and governing documents
• Participate in projects that strengthen the city's tree stock, such as efforts related to the management and compensation of Dutch elm disease
• Collaborate with internal experts, other administrations, and external contractors
• Respond to consultations and handle inquiries from the public

You will become part of a competent network of tree experts and collaborate closely with other professions within the city. The role involves many points of contact and gives you the opportunity to influence both working methods and long-term direction.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a bachelor's degree or equivalent, with a specialization in the anatomy and physiology of woody plants – for example, landscape engineer, forest engineer, horticulturist, or other equivalent education.

You are a specialist in trees in urban environments and have good knowledge in:

• Tree anatomy and tree physiology
• Tree diseases and fungi
• Plant knowledge

You have good administrative skills, are structured, and comfortable working in various IT systems. A driver's license (B) is required.

Meritorious:

It is an advantage if you have:

• Education in geographic information systems (GIS) and experience with GIS programs such as MapInfo or QGIS.
• Experience with contracts and construction projects
• Technical competence in land and water management
• Practical experience with trees, for example as an arborist, consulting arborist, or work in a nursery/arboritum
• Experience from public administration
• Knowledge of contract law
• Training in TRAQ and/or QTRA and several years of experience in tree inspection with these methods

Conditions

With us, you have the opportunity to make a real difference in the city's development. You will work in an organization where your specialist competence is valued and where collaboration, quality, and long-term focus are prioritized.

Do you want to help shape the green city of the future? Then we look forward to your application.