Birds on Farms Project Officer ACT-YASS

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• Full time 2-year contract to June 2025
• Hybrid Home / Field work location
• Join a unique conservation organisation

Bring your passion, ecological and communication skills to an exciting, high profile program engaging rural landholders with bird monitoring and habitat restoration.

We are looking for a Project Officer to support the implementation of our Birds on Farms project. You will be facilitating woodland habitat restoration and increasing landscape connectivity to enhance populations of woodland birds on rural properties, from the ACT to Yass and surrounds.

This role will contribute to the project by:

• Coordinating and expanding a citizen-science bird monitoring program (training activities and data management).
• Working with rural landholders to develop habitat restoration plans.
• Developing and distributing education materials, and implementing engagement activities
• Fostering and maintaining relationships with project partners and volunteers.
• Assisting landholders and project partners (e.g., Landcare) with on-ground habitat restoration.

Benefits on offer:

This is a full-time position, five days per week (1 FTE), offered on a 2-year max term contract to June 2025. Potential to move to a continual contract after 2 years subject to available funding.

We offer an attractive salary range of $68,500 to $75,710 per annum plus 11% superannuation. Final salary within this range to be negotiated with successful candidate based on skills and experience.

This role is based in the ACT-to-Yass region. It is expected that the successful applicant would work from a home office (or similar) situated near the project area.

Regular travel for property visits, meetings with project partners and engagement events will be required.

You will enjoy great benefits including generous annual, personal and paid parental leave, additional special leave (covering the organisations shutdown period), leave loading, access to LinkedIn learnings professional development and networking platform plus much more.

Our values really underpin and support our organisational strategy and goals:

• Passion: We bring people together around a love of nature
• Excellence: Science and knowledge are at the centre of everything we do
• Leadership: We empower and inspire people to lead with courage and purpose
• Collaboration: We embrace diversity and work in partnership with mutual respect
• Integrity: Our success is based on experience, honesty, trust and fairness
• Impact: We think globally, lead nationally and act locally

For more details refer to the position description attached below or email enquiries to people&safety@birdlife.org.au

To apply for this role you must have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Conservation Biology, Environmental Science or related field, or extensive related experience
• Experience with habitat restoration techniques used to improve woodland bird communities
• Knowledge of woodland birds and their conservation in Australia
• Excellent communications skills, including public speaking and writing for a variety of audiences
• A current driver’s licence
• Have valid Australian work rights with permission to work
• Submit a cover letter, resume and brief statement addressing the selection criteria to people&safety@birdlife.org.au

Closing Date: Applications for this role close on Sunday 13 August 2023

Please note BirdLife does not accept applications from recruitment agencies.

At BirdLife we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage applications from diverse groups and communities