Based in Melbourne, BirdLife Australia is Australia’s largest bird conservation charity – with over 200,000 supporters and counting.
As we expand our urgent conservation work in response to Australia’s extinction crisis, our team is growing too. We’re looking for skilled and passionate people to join us in saving birds and nature, and we offer careers in science, conservation and research, campaigns and advocacy, fundraising, community engagement and more.
With a career at BirdLife Australia, you’ll be working closely with other like-minded people to make a real difference for Australia’s threatened birds. You’ll also enjoy:
We are looking for a Participation Strategy Manager to support our growing Campaigns and Participation Team. In this exciting new role, you will implement our national Citizen Science, Conservation Volunteering and Community activism strategy.
Your next Opportunity: With over 300,000 supporters nationally, BirdLife Australia conservation mission is underpinned by the efforts of thousands of committed and expert volunteers. We have set ambitious new targets to put birds and nature on the path to recovery as part of our Bird Conservation Strategy. Combining the best scientific expertise, partnership with institutions and communities and the unique capacity of birds to engage and spark joy, the Bird Conservation Strategy aims to halt overall bird population declines by 2050.
To achieve this ambitious goal, we will need to expand and empower our volunteer network in line with our strategic areas of focus. The Participation Strategy Manager will play a crucial role in ensuring our volunteer work is supported and strategic. BirdLife Australia is unique in the Australian not-for-profit sector. Our volunteers and participants deliver outcomes across a huge range of areas, from highly effective community organizing campaigns directed at political outcomes to globally significant citizen science, community conservation projects and engagement across the country. They are inspirational.
The role will work alongside our Conservation and Science Program Leaders and national network of volunteer branches and groups to ensure we have the people we need where we need them.
What you will bring to the team: The successful applicant will have demonstrated experience in managing volunteer groups and strategies in a not for profit sector. A sophisticated and strategic approach to stakeholder management along with the ability to develop and communicate clear and consistent processes. Experience managing governance structures and using CRM systems to manage volunteer recruitment strategies will also be important.
If you love working with dedicated volunteers and want to be part of halting the extinction crisis, we want to hear from you.
Benefits on offer: This is a full-time role on a continual contract which comes with an attractive salary package of $90,196 – $100,218 (dependent on skills and experience) plus 10.5% super.
You will also enjoy great benefits including generous annual, personal and paid parental leave, additional special leave (covering the organisations shutdown period), leave loading, access to LinkedIn learnings professional development and networking platform plus much more.
Our values really underpin and support our organisational strategy and goals:
For more role details refer to the position description or email enquiries to people&safety@birdlife.org.au
To apply for this role:
At BirdLife we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage applications from diverse groups and communities.
Closing Date: Applications for this role close on Thursday 16 February 2023
Please note BirdLife Australia does not accept applications from recruitment agencies.
We are seeking a Program Leader – Systems Change & Innovation to head up a new team in our Science and Conservation Department. Reporting to the Head of Conservation and Science this exciting new role works at the forefront of our bird conservation outcomes, leading a high-performance team, supporting our Preventing Extinctions, Birds on Farms and Nature Climate solutions managers and their programs, embedding innovations, and leveraging our programs to influence systems change.
Your next opportunity BirdLife Australia is the national partner of BirdLife International – the world’s largest conservation partnership. With over 330,000 supporters nationally, BirdLife Australia’s mission is to lead and facilitate action that halts biodiversity loss and restores ecosystems. This huge effort is underpinned by the efforts of thousands of committed and diverse stakeholders. We have set ambitious new targets to end extinction and put birds and nature on the path to recovery as part of our 2023 – 2032 Bird Conservation Strategy.
This is a dynamic opportunity for someone to apply their leadership and networking skills to the extinction crisis, bringing together innovation and best practise techniques to support the conservation of highly imperilled birds.
You will have a strong growth-mindset, enjoy working with multiple stakeholders to drive and influence key decision making processes that affect conservation targets as well as impacting the social and economic drivers behind many of the greatest threats to Australia’s native birds.
What you will bring to the team: We are particularly interested in a strong influencer and negotiator with demonstrated experience in leadership, management and mentoring.
Your exceptional interpersonal, communication and conflict resolution skills will enable you to work collaboratively with all our internal and external stakeholders.
You will have demonstrated skills in project management with the ability to achieve organisational goals through the delivery of strategy, policy and program review with direct oversight deployment/management of resources.
Leading by example your positive outlook and engaging style will support the uplifting impact BirdLife Australia has. If you are excited about the prospect of managing a portfolio of nature conservation programs and want to be part of halting the extinction crisis, we want to hear from you.
For more role details refer to the position description attached below or email enquiries to people&safety@birdlife.org.au.
Benefits on offer: This is a full-time role on a continual contract which comes with an attractive salary package of $110,283 – $134,790 (dependent on skills and experience) plus 10.5% super.
At BirdLife we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage applications from diverse groups and communities
We are looking for an experienced leader to develop and support our growing Terrestrial Birds Team. In this role you will lead the planning, delivery, and review of our terrestrial bird conservation programs.
The Terrestrial Birds Program Leader will play a critical role in ensuring our conservation program managers are supported to develop, implement and learn from our conservation projects.
Combining the best scientific expertise with on-ground conservation, and with partnership at the heart, BirdLife Australia is unique in the Australian not-for-profit sector. Empowering local communities is central to our ability to affect change at the scale needed for recovering threatened birds and our volunteers deliver outcomes across a huge range of areas, from highly effective community organizing campaigns directed at political outcomes to globally significant citizen science, community conservation projects and engagement across the country. They are inspirational.
What you will bring to the team: The successful applicant will have demonstrated leadership and people management experience, with the ability to lead a widely dispersed team. Project management experience is essential, as is application of program evaluation for adaptive management. You will have a background in ecology (or similar) and excellent negotiation, influence and relationship building skills.
The role works in a team of Conservation and Science Leaders who together design and implement the organisation’s research and conservation priorities. If you are excited about the prospect of managing a portfolio of nature conservation programs and want to be part of halting the extinction crisis, we want to hear from you.
Benefits on offer:
This is a full-time role on a continual contract which comes with an attractive salary package of $110,283 – $134,790 (dependent on skills and experience) plus 10.5% super.
For more role details refer to the position description attached below or email enquiries to people&safety@birdlife.org.au
Please note BirdLife Australia does not accept applications from recruitment agencies
