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Murrumbidgee Landcare Incorporated (MLi) is the peak Landcare association within our region. We work to support local Landcare groups with on-ground works for biodiversity restoration and conservation as well as promoting education, communication and sustainability. The Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc. team creates key natural resource management partnerships and programs that deliver lasting change. We are currently seeking an engaging and knowledgeable person to join our Community and Relationships team.
Position/Role Objectives
The Local Landcare Coordinator is responsible for providing support to and assisting with coordination of local community volunteer Landcare groups. The Local Landcare Coordinator will work with Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc, Landcare groups and organisations within their area to support and empower them to achieve their own goals and partner with key stakeholders.
Supported by, and working directly with, Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc, the Local Landcare Coordinator will directly interact with Landcare and agencies at the local district and network scale. They will focus on empowering participation in the Landcare program, to increase the capacity of these groups and deliver against target outcomes.
The Local Landcare Coordinator will be expected to collaborate with a range of Landcare support mechanisms including other Local Coordinators, Regional Coordinators, Regional Administration Support Officers, Landcare Committees, Local Government and Local Land Services.
Competencies
Essential skills:
- Strong Communication skills both oral and written.
- Strong time management and work efficiency skills.
- Interpersonal skills - ability to liaise and engage with a broad range of people effectively and maintain relationships.
- A strong interest in, and commitment to, local environmental and agricultural land management issues.
- A proactive and community minded attitude.
- Valid working with children check.
- A current driver's licence and ownership of comprehensively insured car.
- Experience in project planning, management, record keeping and report writing and grant writing.
- Excellent networking and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Sound coordination, administration, and computer skills.
- is flexible about their working hours over the period of employment.
- A current driver's licence.
Please address each of the following criteria: * Sound understanding of natural resource management issues in the region and empathy with the local community and demonstrated experience or a qualification in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Sustainable Agriculture or similar.
- Demonstrated well developed written and oral communication skills, including competency in the use of Word, Excel, Outlook, Canva, Sharepoint and the internet.
- Demonstrated ability to work with and develop community groups, including group facilitation, action planning and mediation skills.
- Proven ability to work with Government agencies, community groups and landholders, including schools and indigenous groups.
- Demonstrated ability to work with minimum supervision, use initiative and work as part of a team or network.
- Ability and willingness to work outside office hours from time to time, to contact landholders and attend community group meetings.
- Ability to travel within the Murrumbidgee region as well as intermittent travel within NSW.
- Current Driver's License.
Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc is an equal opportunity employer, with employment under the organisation's standard employment agreement or as negotiated.
We embrace diversity and inclusion; we welcome you to apply if you are a person with disability, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and linguistically diverse, or LGBTQIA+. We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to provide an inclusive and accessible workplace. nrmjobs.com.au/job/20021060
Date published:
01-Mar-2024
Closing date:
22-Mar-2024
