Senior Land Services Officer - Biosecurity

• Ongoing full time position
• Location – Tenterfield, Inverell, Glen Innes or Armidale
• Salary starting from $106,025.00 pa + super
• Work with your community, for your community!

Northen Tablelands Local Land Services are seeking a proactive, hands-on Senior Land Services Officer Biosecurity to provide effective and high-quality Biosecurity services to rural landholders and stakeholders, partners and industry groups.

About The Role

As part of a varied and dynamic regionally dispersed team you will;

• Manage Biosecurity programs and projects ensuring best-practice governance and compliance in line with LLS performance standards and initiatives including aerial baiting programs and on ground trapping and baiting programs.
• Collect and collate data, analyse information and provide accurate and appropriately balanced advice, and reporting on complex Biosecurity issues.
• Liaise with stakeholders, agencies and partner organisations, and develop major partnerships and support collaboration.
• Lead project teams and facilitate implementation of the Local Land Services Act 2013, Biosecurity Act and other legislative responsibilities.
• Prepare contracts and manage contractors for biosecurity projects and programs.

About You

Ideally, you’ll have;

• A degree in agriculture, biosecurity, pest management or animal health - if not, an equivalent level of industry knowledge and experience
• The capacity to understand legislation and policy as it relates to Biosecurity Act and/or other legislative responsibilities.
• A passion for pest management programs
• Demonstrated project management experience combined with proven relationship management and partnership development.
• The ability to work closely with stakeholders and within a team and understand the needs of pest animal strategy & operations.
• Sound prioritisations skills when managing conflicting goals and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A positive and solution focused attitude with the ability to think creatively and solve complex problems.

As an essential requirement of the role, you’ll also need to have:

• Current NSW Driver Licence and the ability and willingness to travel
• Ability and willingness to undertake a Police check and medical clearance and to hold the following:
• appropriate qualifications relevant to pesticide application
• a NSW Firearms Licence or equivalent,
• a Statement of Attainment (to Use Firearms to humanely destroy animals)
• appointment as an Authorised Officer under the Biosecurity Act

How To Apply

If this role sounds ideal to you, please apply by submitting your resume and a brief cover letter outlining how your skills and experience match what we are looking for. We will then get back in touch after the closing date.

Applications through email will not be accepted. For more information please view the Role Description.

Closing Date: 11:55pm on Sunday 19 May 2024.

For more information about the role, please contact Annabel Sides, Manager Land Services Agriculture on via email at annabel.sides@lls.nsw.gov.au. You can also download the role description. 

Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Department of Regional NSW. The Department of Regional NSW is a workplace where everyone is able to contribute and participate to their full potential, and we are proud to have a team that reflects the richness and complexity of the regional NSW communities we serve. 

If you require adjustments in completing your application, interviewing, completing any pre- employment testing, require information in an alternative format, or otherwise participating in the recruitment process, please let us know so we can assist. Send an email to capability.talent@regional.nsw.gov.au or contact the hiring manager listed below for a confidential discussion. 

The Department of Regional NSW (DRNSW) is the department focussed on protecting and growing primary industries, supporting sustainable land management, overseeing the state’s mineral, mining resources, and ensuring that government investment supports strong regional communities and economies. DRNSW brings together the Department of Primary Industries; Local Land Services; Mining, Exploration and Geoscience; Regional Development; the Regional Growth NSW Development Corporation; NSW Public Works and Soil Conservation Service.

We have nearly 5,000 employees, with almost 80 per cent of us living and working in regional NSW.

Additional Information:

The successful applicant in this role may be required to undergo a police check, health assessment and other assessments as required.

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary roles of the same role or role type that may become available for filling over the next eighteen months.