Gis Analyst

Full-time

This is an exciting opportunity for a future-focused GIS Analyst to join our team as we work to solve complex environmental problems through on-ground restoration at scale.

About Us

Greening Australia is a proudly independent environmental enterprise. We are a national not-for-profit committed to restoring Australia's diverse landscapes and protecting biodiversity in ways that benefit communities, economies, and nature. With projects spanning the breadth of the country - from city suburbs to remote regions - we apply a science-based, collaborative approach to deliver nature-based solutions addressing climate change and biodiversity loss.

Our organisation is made up of more than 150 knowledgeable and passionate employees, working together across Australia to restore our diverse and iconic ecosystems and helping create healthy, productive landscapes where people and nature thrive.

Watch our Impact video to learn more about some of our recent work.

About the Role

We are seeking an innovative GIS Analyst to provide geospatial science and technology services, assessing land opportunities for future restoration.

As a key player in our Land team, you will be responsible for undertaking modelling, planning, analyses, and mapping to assess the feasibility of Greening Australia's land opportunities. You will have the opportunity to grow in this role, interacting across teams and programs within Greening Australia under the mentorship of the Director of Land.

Key Activities:

• Assess properties in Greening Australia's pipeline using ecological and spatial expertise, and ensure prompt property assessment and communication of outcomes to stakeholders.
• Identify potential property acquisitions by scanning real estate databases.
• Review and update processes for undertaking pre-feasibility assessments.
• Contribute to key projects in alignment with program themes, including spatial modelling and in-field GIS, and provide high-level mapping support to these projects and initiatives.
• Support project design concepts and technical collateral by creating and updating technical workplans, actioning changes, variations, and requests related to preliminary and/or detailed designs.
• Undertake carbon modelling, planning, analysis, and mapping, and assist other Greening Australia staff with relevant technical advice.
• Provide GIS and spatial technical support across Greening Australia restoration programs and contribute to Greening Australia's strategic planning processes.

About You

The Essentials:

• Passion, commitment and a desire to grow and make a difference in the environmental sector.
• Tertiary qualifications in Biological/Environmental/Spatial Science, Geography or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience using GIS applications such as ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, Advanced Excel, and Spatial Analyst Packages, including in-field data capture and data manipulation and management, and spatial analysis.
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, analytical, conceptual, including technical report writing.
• Demonstrated communication skills and experience operating effectively within a collaborative and proactive team culture.

The Nice to Haves:

• Working knowledge of ecological restoration (including for biodiversity and/or carbon sequestration).
• Remote sensing.
• Experience or qualifications in the conservation or environmental sector.

What We Offer:

• Flexible Working Options: A hybrid approach, and flexible start and finish times.
• No Meetings Fridays: A chance to Stop. Breath. Think.
• Life Leave: 3 additional leave days each year, for any reason you wish.
• Paid Parental Leave: 12 weeks parental leave at full pay for all new parents.
• Additional Super: 1.25% additional superannuation.
• Salary Packaging: Option to receive your salary as a combination of income and benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program: 24/7/365 support for you and your family.
• Wellbeing Program: A digital program for better health and wellbeing, supporting you to thrive at work, in health and life.

Greening Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment and welcome and encourage applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, the LGBTQIA+ community and candidates of any nationality, age, background, disability and gender identity to apply.