Job Overview
This role is centered around delivering conservation and biodiversity protection planning to ensure a safe, resilient, and healthy natural environment.
* The successful candidate will lead the Conservation and Biodiversity Planning Team in developing policies, plans, and guidelines for conservation and biodiversity.
* The position involves implementing the council's Natural Environment Strategy and associated priority species management plans.
* Specialist advice and input into vegetation, fauna, and habitat condition assessments, surveys, and monitoring will be provided.
* The candidate will lead research, modelling, and analyses related to conservation and biodiversity to develop effective solutions.
About You
To succeed in this role, you will need:
* Experience in strategy, planning, and policy development, monitoring, implementation, and review.
* The ability to lead a team ensuring projects deliver environmental outcomes.
* A passion for driving positive outcomes for the natural environment and community.
* Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as environmental management or ecology.
Benefits
This is a permanent full-time position offering a positive workplace culture, work/life balance, diversity, learning opportunities, health and wellbeing support, and leave options.