Address- Newly Created Permanent Full-Time Position
- Contribute to our Long-Term Biodiversity Plan Across a Wide Landscape
- $94,050.00 Base Salary Plus Super and Exceptional Benefits
From the foothills to the coast, our city’s reach boasts one of the largest in South Australia and is filled with amazing biodiversity.
Help support our Biodiversity Plan in this newly created position. Make a significant impact on the environment.
Our 2024-29 Biodiversity Plan is aimed at maintaining and replenishing the unique eco-systems that make up significant portions of the City of Marion Landscape.
There is now a rare opportunity to secure a permanent full-time position working in our Biodiversity team where you can apply your prior practical fieldwork experience, biodiversity, conservation and land management knowledge, and customer service skills to make a real difference.
Reporting to our Biodiversity Coordinator, and working with our volunteer friends, you will largely be out in the field with other time spent working in-house with a capable range of other City of Marion staff.
In this position you will contribute to key operational biodiversity deliverables across major sites which includes but is not limited to the following.
- Overseeing contractor works for the delivery of a range of natural area restoration and biodiversity projects including but not limited to weed control, restoration works, revegetation and monitoring.
- Delivering a weed management program by using modern mapping technology.
- Providing technical advice to key stakeholders around biodiversity and conservation land management.
- Supporting the Open Space Volunteer Coordinator in providing technical advice and on-ground support for our Environmental Volunteers.
- Supporting the Biodiversity Coordinator to achieve Council’s revegetation targets across a range of different sites including remnant native vegetation and urban biodiversity reserves.
- Developing and maintaining a native seed bank for use in Council projects, including collecting local provenance native seed from City of Marion biodiversity reserves.
- Providing quality customer service outcomes to internal and external stakeholders and customers ensuring their concerns are heard and where reasonable addressed in line with legislative standards, relevant guidelines, and policies.
- Liaising with and maintaining strong relationships and influence services with strategic partners and external organisations.
While this role will benefit from your technical expertise and knowledge, an appreciation and prior fieldwork experience related to biodiversity is sought. Like many jobs at the City of Marion, this position will have people contact. It will be necessary to apply your strong interpersonal and customer skills with the public, our volunteers, and our in-house staff.
The City of Marion are also adopters of environmental technology, and solid computer literacy will be essential for monitoring, mapping, and reporting purposes.
Please note, a valid Driver’s licence and a willingness to drive is required. (You will have access to one of our fleet vehicles.) There may also be occasional out of hours work.
This is a great permanent position in one of South Australia’s largest and most progressive councils that is seriously focused on environmental sustainability now and into the future.
Candidates that may have experience with other councils, or those from other industry sectors, can take advantage of a wide range of benefits not easily found with other employers.
Exceptional Entitlements
- 19 Day Work Month (1 RDO per month)
- Annual Salary Increases in accordance with our EBA
- Annual Leave Loading
- Annual Leave at Half Pay Option (To extend period of leave)
- Ability to Purchase Annual Leave
- Flexible Parental Leave Entitlements
- Payment of Appropriate Professional Membership Fees
- Highly Affordable Income Protection
- Yearly Corporate Wardrobe Allowance
City of Marion Well-Being Programs
- 24/7 professional, independent, and confidential counselling
- Healthy Lifestyle Programs such as Health assessments, Skin cancer screening, and Body trim programs
- Employee Immunisation Program
- Quit Smoking Program
To view the job description, AND TO complete the mandatory pre-employment declaration form please see https://www.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/employment/employment-opportunities
Enquiries can be directed to Jacob Lemon, Biodiversity Coordinator at ***********@marion.sa.gov.au
Applications close COB 13 June 2024 AND must be submitted through this SEEK advertisement only.
The City of Marion encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, people who are LGBTQIA+, and people who are culturally and linguistically diverse.
