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Perth, Western Australia, Australia

* Provide day to day supervision, guidance and performance management of environmental staff.* Supervision and performance management of contractors.* Formulate appropriate maintenance programs and ensures efficient implementation.* Regularly monitors the health and condition of natural areas and assesses work requirements accordingly to ensure service levels are maintained.* Monitors equipment performance and usage and provides input to the selection of new equipment when required.* Liaises with colleagues and other departments as required ensuring a coordinated approach to all public open space activities.* Provides reports to the Coordinator and Manager as required and makes recommendations as appropriate.* Contributes to the improvement of systems, policies and practices to ensure the continuous improvement of the Environmental Management business unit.* Registers and controls inward and outward correspondence in ECM. * Financial & Contract Management* Provides input into the preparation of annual budgets and conducting effective financial management of operational budgets, programs and projects.* Monitors compliance by contractors through inspections and audits to ensure contractual specifications are being met. Minor breaches to be identified and dealt with and major issues to be referred to the Coordinator.* Leading a positive culture in efficient service delivery.* Responds to customer correspondence and liaises with residents, community groups and external agencies on issues relating to management of natural areas in the public realm.* Ensures all written and verbal information provided is factual, timely, and customer focused in accordance with the City’s Customer Service Charter.* Ensures that safe working conditions and practices are implemented and complied with at all times for the safety of employees and to minimise the risk to the public. * Investigate accidents and incidents and coordinate staff rehabilitation.

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia

* Participates in the development of works programs for a large range of land management activities related to cultural heritage, conservation and parks and visitor services on conservation reserves and lands within the Goldfields Region, Western Australia, in collaboration with the relevant Traditional Owners.* Supervises, organises, and coordinates the undertaking of these works.* Coordinates logistics for joint management operations and on-country field trips.* Participates in and supervises, organises and coordinates the implementation of works in:Cultural programs that include connection to culture and country, interpretation, education, awareness and training.* Conservation activities including fencing, rehabilitation of disturbed or degraded lands, weed eradication, native animal trapping, marine management and feral animal control.* Parks and visitor services activities including recreation and site construction and maintenance.* Participates in fire management activities that contribute to bushfire suppression and prescribed burning operations.* Communicates effectively, both verbally and written, with other district staff, regional and specialist staff to ensure best practice activities. Prepares reports, enters and stores data and maintains records.* Builds and maintains a strong connection between the department, the Joint Management Body and Traditional Owners.* Liaises and maintains networks with departmental staff where inter-dependencies exist within the organisation. Represents the department at meetings with local authorities, other government departments and stakeholders.

Darwin, Australia

* Oversight, advice to and implementation of a broad range of environmental and heritage programs, policy and initiatives to support the sustainable use and management of the Defence estate.* Contribution to and Implementation of Defence environmental policy and strategies;* Environmental assessments and approvals of infrastructure projects and military activities;* Provision of environment and heritage legislative, policy and technical advice;* Liaising with Indigenous stakeholders and management of Indigenous heritage values and sites;* Liaising with internal and external stakeholders on matters concerning Fire, Pest and Weeds, Water Quality and Contamination;* Environmental risk and incident management; and• Operating within an information and spatial management system.

Melbourne, Australia

* Inspection of cargo, flora, fauna, overseas ships and products to determine compliance with relevant legislation* Provide timely and accurate advice on complex biosecurity matters to travellers, stakeholders, employees and senior management.* Resolve complex operational and technical matters.* Handling private, sensitive and classified information on a daily basis.* Working within, under and using the power of the Biosecurity Act.* Issuing of infringements and/or education and warnings.* Professional communication with travellers from a vast array of countries, language and cultural backgrounds.* Protecting Australia’s border from biosecurity risk commodities.

Bells Beach

* Environmental management of the world renowned Bells Beach Surfing Recreation Reserve.* Liaising with, monitoring and instructing world renowned events such as the Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro surfing event.* Environmental management of environmentally significant and sensitive reserves within the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.* Supervision and education of colleagues, contractors and community groups.* Educating, instructing and enforcing environmental laws.* Extensive coastal, plains, grassland and bushland environmental weed and pest animal management.* Comfortably working within extremely high profile and pressure locations and situations.* Working alone in remote locations for extended periods.

Geelong

* Maintenance, regeneration & surveying of approximately 20 environmentally significant environmental/conservation reserves.* Extensive coastal, plains, grassland and bushland environmental weed and pest animal identification and control.* Submitted a vast amount of environmental surveys, inspection reports & seed collections.* Communicate with, instruct and lead volunteer organisations such as: Green Corps, Aboriginal and community groups, other government bodies, school groups and colleagues.* Adhere to and follow plans, procedures, regulations and laws.

Barwon Prison.

Bannockburn

* Extensive use of Easimaps GIS system and various other computer programs.* Project – Identification and mapping of major environmental weeds throughout significant conservation roadsides.* Project – Identification and mapping of major pest animals.* Managing, undertaking and working independently on various projects with differing deadlines.* Project - Liaising with CFA captains and the public while assessing roadside fire breaks within the shire.

Various

* Data entry of Marine Sanctuary Draft Management Plans.* Installation of cable fencing within heritage listed areas.* Extensive repetitive strenuous physical work.* Soil stabilisation and revegetation of Coal Mine and the National Park.* Extensive four wheel driving while towing.* Worked cooperatively within a team.* Keeping records of works completed.* Park, formal garden and volunteer management.* Extensive gardening/horticulture within formal gardens.* Extensive professional use of all associated plant.

Diploma, Natural Resources Management And Policy

Diploma in Natural Resources Management.

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