Careers at Tree Life

Shape the Future of Arboriculture - Join a leading name in arboricultural education and consultancy.

At Tree Life, you’ll work alongside respected industry experts, share knowledge, and help inspire the next generation of professionals.

Current vacancies:

• Full time - Arboricultural Assessor and Consultant. Closing date - 12th September 2025
• Part time  - Arboricultural Assessor. Closing date - 12th September 2025
• Sub-contractor - Arboricultural Assessor. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis for sub-contract positions

Tree Life AT Ltd Arboricultural Assessor and Consultant Job Description

The Role

Tree Life has a national reputation for delivering focused arboricultural training at a range of levels, offering pathways for progression from tools or assistant posts to tree officer or consultant roles. The training is mostly delivered on-line with students submitting written work to demonstrate their understanding and knowledge.

These assignments are assessed against a model answer to ensure there is a consistent standard across the qualifications or training programme. This is the role of the assessor.

It is a great way to embed previously learning, and to grow your own arboricultural knowledge and confidence. There is opportunity to engage with learners and to help them develop their own skills and understanding.

Tree Life are looking for assessors nationwide. It is essential that you are motivated, engaging, and inspiring, and have some arboricultural knowledge as a base. You may be looking for a career change from practical to consulting, or moving from one are of arboriculture to another. You may already be involved in arboricultural-related education or training.

This role can be worked flexibly.

It is essential that you have:

• A minimum Level 4 Diploma in Arboriculture; or equivalent.
• Experienced in the field of arboriculture.
• Excellent written communication skills and computer/IT skills.
• The ability to work well in a team while being self-motivated
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail to deliver a consistent standard of assessing.

It would be desirable if you have one or more of the following:

• Level 3 Assessor or equivalent / A teaching qualification relevant to the discipline.
• Level 6 or equivalent in Arboriculture.
• Prior experience of educational assessment.
• Internal Verification (IV) and/or quality assurance (EQA/IQA).
• Prior experience of providing arboricultural consultancy

Why choose Tree Life?

At Tree Life we value lifelong learning and are committed to not only providing this for our learners but that of our team. You will get the opportunity to network within the industry whilst maintaining and developing your own industry knowledge and CPD.

How to apply
If you are excited about the prospect of contributing to future generations of arboriculture with us, we would love to hear from you. For the full job description please see the related links below.

Please submit a cover letter, indicating why you feel you would be a good fit, highlighting your relevant experience and why you are interested in this position along with your CV to careers@treelifeat.co.uk and address your interest to Keely. If you would like an informal chat, please speak to Keely on 0777 313 2009 .

Job Descriptions and Related Links

Job Descriptions:

• Job Description - Arboricultural Assessor and Consultant: Assessor and Consultant role description Aug 2025.pdf
• Job Description - Arboricultural Assessor Only: Assessor role description August 2025.pdf

Job Adverts:

• Full Time: Assessor-consultant full time job advert AQA01 Aug 2025.pdf
• Part Time: Assessor job advert part time AQA02 Aug 2025.pdf
• Sub-Contractor: Sub contractor Assessor job advert AQA03 Aug 2025.pdf

On Other Websites:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4286660325