Senior Land Services Officer (Orchard Hills Project)

Our open secret: Deliver with impact, connect to what matters & live your way.

• Temporary Full Time up to June 2027
• Location: Penrith
• Salary from $101,947 p.a + super
• Work with your community, for your community

About us
(LLS) is an Executive Agency of the Department of Regional New South Wales. It provides quality, customer-focused services to landholders and the community across New South Wales. This regionally-based organisation brings together a wide range of service and advisory functions including agriculture, biosecurity, natural resource management, land management, biodiversity, emergency services and private native forestry.
Our team is there when it matters, on the ground helping landholders with knowledge, networks and local experience.
About the role
Be part of a passionate, multidisciplinary team that works on one of the most sophisticated biodiversity restoration projects in NSW!
We are delivering best practice conservation management at a 900-ha landholding in the Cumberland Plain, Western Sydney including bush regeneration, soil & water remediation, cultural fire, pest animal management / eradication, fauna reintroduction, and habitat augmentation. We are working with six universities on a range of research projects associated with on-ground works, delivering cutting edge outcomes for conservation in Western Sydney.
Want to broaden your skillset and experience?
Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage and deliver complex Land Services projects, including planning, financial management and evaluation
• Build and maintain relationships with land managers, community groups and other stakeholders
• Provide expert advice and support on natural resource management issues, including bush regeneration, revegetation, soil and water conservation, forestry, pest management and wildlife conservation
• Use GIS, field mapping, spreadsheets and databases to support project management and monitoring

About you

• You hold a degree in agricultural, environmental, natural resource management, biosecurity and emergency management and/or equivalent level of industry knowledge and experience
• You have project management experience including planning, financial management and evaluation with the ability to effectively manage contracts and to balance conflicting goals and deadlines.
• You are an excellent communicator with the ability to develop and maintain relationships
• You have a positive and solution focussed attitude with the ability to think creatively and solve complex problems
• Internally driven and motivated with the ability to work autonomously and simply get things done
• Hold a current NSW Driver Licence

Desirable

• Experience with / knowledge of the ecology of Cumberland Plain natural environments
• Qualifications or experience in bush regeneration, revegetation, soil, water & erosion remediation, forestry, pest/ native fauna management or wildlife reintroduction
• NSW Biodiversity Assessment Methodology (BAM) accreditation or experience in quantitative flora survey

For further information please view the and contact Peter Ridgeway on 0401 481 037 or via email at
How to Apply
If this role sounds ideal to you, please apply via our online portal by submitting your resume and a brief cover letter outlining how your skills and experience match what we are looking for.
Applications through email will not be accepted.
Applications close on Wednesday 24 January 2024 at 11.55pm
We work hard every day to support and grow thriving communities across regional NSW that will have a positive impact on generations to come. Our goal is always to be a trusted local partner and problem-solver working deeply in the community.
As part of our team, you will be able to:

• Deliver with impact. You are empowered and trusted to create impact through exposure to cutting edge projects and research, career defining opportunities, and get to be part of a team creating sustainable solutions that will leave a legacy.
• Connect to what matters. We are all about forming deep community relationships, fostering our passionate and connected teams. It is central to our work to support a true sense of belonging across the team.
• Live your way. From bringing your whole self to work, through to designing flexibility, that fits you and the team, at Regional NSW you will be able to find the balance that works for you.

We are a young agency, but with that has come a personality that is dedicated, passionate, proactive, influential, and informed. We're all about 'having a crack'.
Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Department of Regional NSW. The Department of Regional NSW is a workplace where everyone is able to contribute and participate to their full potential, and we are proud to have a team that reflects the richness and complexity of the regional NSW communities we serve.
If you require adjustments in completing your application, interviewing, completing any pre- employment testing, require information in an alternative format, or otherwise participating in the recruitment process, please let us know so we can assist. Send an email to or contact the hiring manager listed below for a confidential discussion.
Additional Information:
The successful applicant in this role may be required to undergo a police check, health assessment and other assessments as required.
A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles of the same standard that may become available for filling over the next eighteen months.