Advert ID: 20023755
Title:
Training & Development Officer
Advertiser:
Bidwern Butj Uni
Location:
Darwin (with regular travel to Arnhem Land), NT
Salary etc:
$72,000 p.a. Part-time (0.8 FTE).
The Organisation
The Bidwern Butj Uni is a partnership between Warddeken Land Management Limited (Warddeken) and the Mimal Land Management Aboriginal Corporation (Mimal). The partnership is built on the vision of delivering benefits to Country and to culture for the landowners and people of West and Central Arnhem Land.
Both organisations have strong, holistic ranger programs with each featuring robust, highly valued women’s ranger programs. The duties of the Warddeken and Mimal rangers include savannah burning (aerial and ground), monitoring the populations of native animals and culling the populations of invasive species that threaten their numbers, conserving and protecting highly biodiverse regions, and running education sessions to ensure the intergenerational transfer of knowledge.
To support their roles, rangers undertake both accredited and unaccredited training, however, that training is not always fit for purpose. Bidwern Butj Uni aims to develop a comprehensive solution to this issue. Warddeken, in partnership with Mimal, have secured dedicated funds for a five-year program that will address the gap in available and suitable professional development opportunities for rangers. The program intends to trial methods to strengthen adult education and to deliver more effective ranger training across Arnhem Land.
As a Bininj-led program, it will strengthen skills and competencies so that Bininj staff can move from ranger to senior ranger, to project officer and coordination roles, and beyond. This program will then demonstrate to others what is possible when training and development is conducted on Country and in the right way.
Under Bidwern Butj Uni, the program will deliver training to the ranger workforce through on-the-job learning methods that have historically produced the best results. This will include:
The Opportunity
The Training and Development Officer will report to the Bidwern Butj Uni Program Manager and work alongside the Program Coordinator. This position will be largely Mimal focused, however at times there will need to be coordination with Warddeken. The Training and Development Officer will support the implementation of the initial two-year pilot program and delivery of the 3–5-year plan. This position will also be required to provide quality documentation and reporting and will involve monitoring and adapting the program as it is implemented.
As the program develops it will involve partnership development with a diverse range of people and will often require a face-to-face approach working with traditional landowners, program staff and rangers across the three ranger bases on the Mimal area. The position will require at least one week every month spent at the Mimal ranger base. For the rest of the month, the Training and Development Officer can operate from Darwin.
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Date published:
28-Oct-2024
Closing date:
14-Nov-2024