• Ongoing full time
• Location Grafton (other locations within the North Coast region will also be considered)
• Salary starting from $110,266 pa + super
• Work with your community, for your community!

North Coast Local Land Services are seeking a Senior Land Services Officer to work in a natural resources management advisory and extension program. Contribute to team strategy, manage projects, engage various stakeholders and the community for a variety of priority landscape and threatened species projects and programs throughout the region. 

About the Role

As part of a multi-disciplinary, dynamic and regionally dispersed team you will:

• Provide timely, effective and high-quality frontline advisory and extension services to rural landholders and stakeholders partners and industry groups
• Engage with landholders to design natural resource management projects
• Collaborate and engage with natural resource management stakeholders and agency staff
• Collect and collate data, analyse information and provide accurate and appropriately balanced advice, reports and recommendations on natural resource management
• Manage project delivery schedules, finances, outputs, reporting and client relationships
• Monitor, evaluate, report and improve on project design and delivery and contribute to strategic planning.

About You

Preferably, you’ll have the following skills/experience:

• A degree in agriculture, environmental science or natural resource management. Alternatively, you’ll have an equivalent level of natural resource management / agricultural industry knowledge and experience
• Technical skills and experience in a field of natural resource management, and knowledge of issues impacting landscapes and threatened species
• The ability to work closely with and understand the needs of both landholders and industries
• The capacity to understand legislation and policy as it relates to environmental markets and natural capital initiatives
• Demonstrated project management experience combined with proven relationship management and partnership development
• Sound prioritisation skills when managing conflicting goals and deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders and agency staff
• A positive and solution focused attitude with the ability to think creatively and solve complex problems for both yourself and others as they arise.

As an essential requirement of the role, you’ll also need to have a current NSW Driver Licence, and the capacity and willingness to travel throughout North Coast NSW as required.

Applying is Easy! 

To apply, please submit a copy of your CV (approx. 4 pages) and a cover letter (approx. 2 pages) that tells us about your relevant skills and experience and how these make you an ideal candidate for this role. 

What is the process?  

The process starts with you submitting your application. Once your application has been received, you will receive an email confirmation and further correspondence when the role advertisement closes. 

You might be asked to attend an interview (either via video, over the phone or face to face), or complete a written or other assessment task. Reference checks will also be undertaken if you are successful in being placed into a role. 

Closing Date: Wednesday 5^th February 2025 @ 11:55pm.

For more information about the role, please contact Lelia Kamphorst, A/Manager Operations on 0418 267 234 or via email at lelia.kamphorst@lls.nsw.gov.au. You can also download the role description.

Recruitment Process Adjustment 

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 talent.advisory@dpird.nsw.gov.au or contact the hiring manager listed below for a confidential discussion. 

About Us

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is the department dedicated to growing primary industries and supporting regional economic development to deliver long term benefits to the state. Our focus is to protect, support and develop our primary industries, mining sector, and regions. 

The department brings together Agriculture & Biosecurity; Forestry & Fishing; Local Land Services; NSW Resources; Regional Development & Delivery; the Regional Growth NSW Development Corporation; NSW Public Works and Soil Conservation Service. 

We have nearly 5,000 employees, with almost 80 per cent of us living and working in regional NSW. 

Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development 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.  

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 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, to designing flexibility, that fits you and the team, 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.

Additional Information
A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary roles of the same role or role type that may become available for filling over the next eighteen months. 

The successful applicant in this role may be required to undergo a police check, health assessment and/or other assessments as required.