Victorian Landscape Conservation Partnership Manager

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• Two year contract opportunity
• Hybrid role, either based at our National Office in Carlton with work from home flexibility, or can work remotely with occasional travel
• Join a unique conservation organisation

By galvanising philanthropic, impact and government investment the project seeks to deliver biodiversity outcomes on private and public land across Victoria, complimenting the State’s Biodiversity 2037 Plan (Victoria and Department of Environment, 2017).

Focused on an area covering 47,000km in Victoria’s Southwest, the role will project management implementation of the first stage of the 18 year project, with continuation depending on project funding and evaluation.

The role sits within the Systems Change & Innovation Team and is key to supporting BirdLife’s mission.

Please note: this role has a partial field-based component but is largely office based.

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.

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 underpinned by the efforts of thousands of committed and expert volunteers. 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  

The VLCP Manager will use high level management and development skills to drive the development and delivery of a landscape-scale solution for Victoria’s shrinking biodiversity, helping BirdLife Australia deliver its Strategy.

With strong project management, organisational, relationship and communication skills you will deliver program activities and engagement to a broad range of stakeholders from project partners, landholders, community groups and volunteers, to government departments, philanthropic teams, carbon credit providers, as well as responding to funding opportunities.

You will do this by:

• Coordinate and manage the Project’s Steering Committee, Working Group and Project Group including scheduling and minuting of meetings, and associated activities,
• Develop and manage budgets, governance, and resourcing including variations to the Project Agreement and/or Project Plan,
• Relationship management of project partners and their nominated officers, and project stakeholders (including landholders, community organisations and traditional owners etc),
• Develop and manage fundraising/philanthropy, communications and stakeholder engagement plans,
• Coordinate effective methodology for selecting and monitoring of sites,
• Manage habitat plan development and implementation on private land,
• Organise field days, workshops and training sessions,

What you will bring to the team:

The successful applicant will have a Bachelor’s degree in Conservation Biology or similar and/or extensive relatable experience alongside demonstrated organisational and relationship management skills.

Project management experience is essential, as is meeting budget and milestone targets. You will have excellent interpersonal communication and conflict resolution skills which will enable you to work collaboratively with all our stakeholders.

If you have a demonstrated knowledge of bird conservation and/or ecological and habitat restoration and are excited about the prospect of managing and engaging stakeholders with a nature conservation program, we want to hear from you.

 Benefits on offer:

This is a full-time role (1FTE) offered on a two-year max term contract which comes with an attractive salary package of $90,196 per annum plus 11% 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 professional development and networking plus much more.

Our values underpin and support our organisational strategy and goals:

• Passion: We bring people together around a love of nature
• Excellence: Science and knowledge are at the centre of everything we do
• Leadership: We empower and inspire people to lead with courage and purpose
• Collaboration: We embrace diversity and work in partnership with mutual respect
• Integrity: Our success is based on experience, honesty, trust and fairness
• Impact: We think globally, lead nationally and act locally

For more role details refer to the position description attached or email enquiries to people&safety@birdlife.org.au

 To apply for this role you must have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Conservation Biology, Environmental Science, or extensive relatable experience
• Demonstrated ability in project management, and meeting budget and milestone targets
• Demonstrated working knowledge of bird conservation in Australia and/or knowledge of conservation or ecological and habitat restoration theory and practices
• Excellent communication skills, including public speaking, writing for a variety of audiences, and interpreting biological data for dissemination to the community
• Demonstrated experience building positive working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders such as rural community groups, bird experts, landholders and project partners
• Experience working with, and involving, volunteers in conservation projects
• Knowledge of issues affecting rural landholders and communities
• Valid Australian Driving license
• Valid Australian work rights with permission to work
• Submit a cover letter, resume and brief statement addressing the position’s key selection criteria* to people&safety@birdlife.org.au

At BirdLife we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage applications from diverse groups and communities.

*please limit word count to 140 words per key selection criteria

Closing Date: Applications for this role will be reviewed and processed upon submission – please submit an application for this role as soon as possible.

Victorian Landscape Conservation Partnership Program Manager PD July 2023