Job description
Agency Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Work unit Plant Pathology Unit
Job title Principal Plant Pathologist Designation Senior Professional Officer 1
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing commencing 01/10/2025
Salary $128,551 - $143,611 Location Darwin
Position number 24839 RTF 325009 Closing 01/07/2025
Contact officer Stanley Bellgard, Deputy Chief Plant Health Officer on 08 8999 2264 or stanley.bellgard@nt.gov.au
About the agency https://daf.nt.gov.au
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=325009

1. Manage and participate in the delivery of a plant disease diagnostic and assessment service and provide advice on disease control.
2. Develop and direct a program of plant disease management research to minimise impacts to industry whilst enhancing market access.
3. Provide professional advice on plant pathology matters to contribute to the formulation of government policies and maintain an
   extension program to communicate disease management technology and issues to industry and the public.
4. Support emergency disease and pest responses in the Northern Territory though provision of expertise, including diagnostics and
   pathogenicity testing.
5. Provide effective leadership and resource management of the Plant Pathology Unit and as a member of the management team,
   contribute to the delivery of the core business of Diagnostic Services across the disciplines of Entomology and Plant Pathology.