Tree Maintenance Officers

We are looking for experienced and well motivated tree climbers/maintenance officers to help ensure that all WDH trees remain in a safe and healthy condition.

As part of our Landscape Team you will work both from the ground and within the tree canopy using specialised equipment in order to maintain trees to high quality standards whilst also ensuring that safe working practice is applied at all times to protect personal and public safety.

What we're looking for:

• experience of and ability to carry out all tree work to British Standards through the use of appropriate arboriculture equipment and machinery;
• an understanding of the concept of customer care;
• proven awareness of health and safety procedures; and
• the ability to carry out a range of general duties that will have a positive impact on our environments.

Applicants will need a valid UK driving licence and the ability to tow trailers under C1E of the UK driving licence regulations in order to travel throughout the district and to locations required by the business.

Working arrangements: Working hours are flexible and will include some evening and weekend working especially during times of adverse weather conditions. The role will also require you to respond to emergency situations on our estates which will include work out of normal office hours as required.

For more details on what we’re looking for in these roles, please see Job Description below.

For more information or an informal chat about this role, please contact Mike English, Landscape Manager on 01977 788845. 

Please note: interviews will be held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 December 2025.

Working for Vico Homes

Want to work in a place that values you? Where you’re offered a competitive salary and a great pension? And where you can make a real difference? You’re in the right place!

We have a strong and inclusive culture and we’re always on the lookout for talented and dedicated people to be part of our teams. You spend a lot of your waking hours at work, so we offer a workplace where you can really be yourself, feel valued and access opportunities to progress and develop. We are recognised as a disability confident employer and have the Investors in People accreditation.

Working at Vico Homes brings lots of great benefits, including:

• Holidays - 26 days holiday (rising to 31 after five years' service) and an extra day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays and an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• Pension - generous employer pension contribution
• Flexible working - we’re happy to talk flexible working, including our WorkSmart approach to hybrid working, reduced hours, compressed hours or other flexible working patterns
• Vico Homes Rewards - a fantastic range of lifestyle savings and salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work, home electronics and our car benefit scheme
• Colleague wellbeing - a range of initiatives to support our people including an Employee Assistance Programme, Volunteering Scheme and dedicated Wellbeing Champions
• Colleague development – a range of initiatives to support personal development including training, support with professional membership fees, internal and external qualifications, mentoring and personal coaching

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

How to apply and what happens next

• Read the job description, person specification and guidance notes below
• Complete the supporting information form below with details of how you meet the person specification
• We also encourage you to provide your CV if you have one
• Email your supporting information form, and CV if you have one, to [email protected] before the closing date. Applications close at midnight on the closing date specified
• You'll receive an automatic reply to let you know we've received your application
• We'll then score all the applications against the person specification and contact you to let you know if we're inviting you to interview

If you have any questions about a career at Vico Homes, you can contact us by email on [email protected]