About the team

The Strategic Restoration Planning team sits within the City's new Environment, Heritage and Resilience department, and works directly with officers from natural areas conservation, restoration teams, catchment management teams, environmental planning teams, priority species teams and bushfire and pest management teams.

About your new role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the City's growing Environmental Offset Program, which has restored over 151 hectares and secured $13 million in funding. As part of a passionate team of five, you'll lead the delivery of the City's largest restoration project and manage offsets for infrastructure projects. The role involves both planning and project management (office-based) and on-the-ground delivery (field-based), including preparing EPBC referrals, sourcing offset sites, creating management plans, engaging stakeholders, and overseeing contractors to ensure restoration milestones are met.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead environmental offset projects, with a focus on City infrastructure projects , ensuring compliance with offset requirements.
• Oversee the full implementation of offset policies, including negotiating requirements, securing sites, managing agreements, handling financial contributions, and maintaining offset registers and databases.
• Support City teams in preparing offset management plans, procurement, and conducting reports, monitoring, and fieldwork.
• Manage contractors to meet restoration milestones and address site management challenges.
• Provide cost estimates for potential offset receiving sites.
• Attract and manage offset investments by engaging with State and Federal agencies, promoting the city's natural areas as ideal sites for development offsets.
• Develop and enforce corporate governance structures to implement environmental policies.
• Conduct spatial analysis, desktop research, and fieldwork to identify suitable offset receiving sites for the City.

We're looking for people who have:

• Bachelor Degree of Environmental Science (Management) or Equivalent Knowledge, qualifications or experience (can include Conservation Land Management or Bush Restoration)
• Five years' experience in the environmental field or leading bush restoration projects
• Previous experience in offset management is desirable
• Strong communication skills to effectively engage with stakeholders, government agencies, and external partners.
• Strong experience in environmental offset management, including legislative compliance and stakeholder engagement.
• Proven experience in leading teams and coordinating stakeholders, including state and federal agencies, to achieve successful outcomes.
• Ability to lead and manage environmental offset projects from planning through to delivery.

Be part of shaping the Gold Coast's future

The Gold Coast is inspired by lifestyle and driven by opportunity. We are the second largest Council in Australia.

We care about being the most flexible government organisation in Australia. We have a range of benefits to help you create the right balance:

• 9-day fortnight.
• Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle, including hybrid/work from home options, flexible working hours and locations.
• Personal and professional development courses.
• Hybrid office / work from home options.
• Access to 350+ fitness facilities through Fitness Passport.
• 4 free confidential counselling sessions a year for you or an immediate family member.
• 1 free nutritionist and financial advice session per year.

We pride ourselves on our shared mission of being a high-performing, customer-focused organisation which delivers value-for-money services to the community. We're committed to creating a diverse workplace and inclusive culture.

The City of Gold Coast is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are committed to supporting an environment where all employees, regardless of their differences or similarities, feel valued, respected and supported. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons are encouraged to apply.