Training Coordinator - Species Courses

About WIRES

WIRES is Australia’s largest wildlife rescue organisation. WIRES has been rescuing and caring for sick, injured and orphaned native animals for over 35 years, with a mission to actively rehabilitate and preserve Australian wildlife and inspire others to do the same.

WIRES operates a dedicated Wildlife Rescue Office assisting wildlife and the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing rescue advice and assistance for over 130,000 animals annually.

WIRES is providing significant national support for hundreds of projects across Australia, to assist with wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. WIRES is working nationally with strategic partners to support the long-term recovery of wildlife habitat and the long-term preservation of native species in the wild.

The Opportunity

As a pivotal part of the WIRES training team, the Training Coordinator - Species Courses role focuses on the effective coordination of WIRES Species Courses across NSW. Reporting to the Training Manager, the role works collaboratively alongside other WIRES Training Coordinators, to support wildlife rehabilitators with access to high quality training to rescue and care for sick, injured and orphaned native wildlife.

This is a hybrid role, offering the ability to partly work from home. A minimum of 2 days a week in office is required for this role. The WIRES Head Office is in Brookvale, Sydney. 

Key Areas of Responsibility Include:

• Coordinate the WIRES species training calendar to have the best possible coverage for a range of wildlife species course across NSW, taking into consideration trainer availability and species priorities
• Manage external interest and requests for access to WIRES training within a prioritisation system 
• Stakeholder engagement and consultation with WIRES Species Management Teams, trainers and local branches to schedule and execute face-to-face courses 
• Supporting Branch Training Officers with course hosting responsibilities
• Supporting and engaging with WIRES Species Trainers to assist them with delivering courses by providing training material, scheduling transport and accomodation where needed and coordinating training equipment where required
• Arrange regular communications to branches and members to promote local courses and encourage enrolments 
• Process and manage enrolments into courses 
• Update training records after courses
• Provide prompt, professional follow up to species course enquiries
• Attendance at courses to provide in person support to branches and trainers, as required 
• Attendance at meetings as required
• Assisting with delivering local and regional RICC workshops as required 
• Working closely with the broader training team to ensure all priorities and deadlines are achieved 
• Project development and other projects as required 

About You:

• All necessary training for course coordination and scheduling will be provided; however, experience with event management, scheduling, coordination, etc., is highly desirable for this role.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications or 2+ years in the wildlife, environmental or conservation space
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (desirable)
• Familiarity with NPWS Wildlife Codes of Practice is advantageous
• Passion for training/education and committed to supporting wildlife rescue volunteers with access to high quality training 
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and balance multiple work streams across more than one course 
• Highly organised, reliable and efficient 
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills for engaging with a wide range of stakeholders 
• Strong MS office skills and experience working with different systems and databases 
• Willingness to work cooperatively and collaboratively across the organisation 
• Recognition of the broader needs of WIRES while meeting specific objectives of the role 
• Awareness of the importance of data integrity and accuracy, maintaining confidentiality of information at all times 
• Openness to change and the flexibility to accommodate changing requirements to fulfil WIRES objectives

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, and you want to be part of the team - we want to hear from you!

To apply for this role, please select the ‘Apply Now’ button below. Please include a copy of your current CV, along with a cover letter outlining your experience and why you think you would be right for this role.

Please note:

• Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.