NATURAL AREAS ENVIRONMENT OFFICER

Join us on our mission to be Australia’s most sustainable region. Enjoy our pristine landscapes and work-life balance whilst you’re at it!
Temporary/Max Term Full-time
Closes in 2 weeks
Closes Sun 21 September 2025
Closes
Sun 21 September 2025
Category
Environmental Operations
Location
Sunshine Coast (Multiple Locations)
Type
Temporary/Max Term Full-time

ABOUT THE ROLE

Sunshine Coast council’s Vision is Australia’s most sustainable region. Our focus is to enable an outstanding quality of life for our residents with an accessible, well-built environment. This motivates us to think about the way we work and the impact our decisions have on our community and environment. We’re in a very special part of the world and every day our people help shape it.
On the Sunshine Coast we are fortunate to enjoy many of nature’s diverse landscapes. Our Council is not only committed to maintaining and enhancing these natural assets, but liveability within the region. This is a pivotal position in helping us achieve just that, securing a sustainable future for our environment and community.
The Natural Areas Environment Officer is responsible for implementing flora and fauna offset projects, developing contract and technical documents to support offset projects, and monitoring existing offset projects for environmental compliance.

In this position you will:

• Support coordination and oversight of contractor delivery of works within the environment offsets program, using relevant systems and resources such as works plans, technical specifications and Bushland Operational Assessments.
• Prepare environmental offset plans for clients, including all aspects of contract management and corporate approvals associated with external third-party agreements.
• Undertake field inspections and data collection and analysis using Council’s geospatial software.
• Identify new opportunities to deliver ongoing environmental offsets onto appropriate Council managed lands.
• Scope out project parameters, obtain quotes through suppliers and negotiate outcomes on behalf of Council.

As a requirement of this role, you’ll have:

• Tertiary qualifications in either Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, Conservation Land Management or equivalent.
• Demonstrated skills in planning, coordination and delivery of bushland regeneration programs, plant and weed identification, habitat assessment and management of ecologically sensitive areas.
• Knowledge and experience with legislative and reporting requirements related to environmental offsets and management, and;
• General Safety Induction (Construction Industry) card