• Work closely with our program partner, WWF, and focus on High Biodiversity Project Development and core koala habitat in NSW.

About us

Acting to combat climate change is one of the world’s most pressing challenges. Climate Friendly was founded in 2003 as a profit-for-purpose business. Our growing team is passionate about active land management, and we are focused on finding economically viable solutions to maximise our impact on climate change. 

We are one of Australia’s largest and most experienced carbon farming project developers. This includes more than 150 projects with farmers, plantation managers, agribusiness, and Indigenous groups on carbon farming projects.

Climate Friendly has delivered over 20Mt in carbon abatement as at the end of 2020. Our immediate mission is to establish partnerships, by 2025, that will store or reduce 150Mt of CO2-e, while repairing nature and supporting reconciliation. Join our team and you will be helping to build A productive, sustainable land sector that contributes to a zero net emissions & nature positive Australia by 2050.

We have a genuinely friendly and supportive culture where everyone has a voice and opportunity to help shape our future and to fulfil our purpose.

The role

As a Project Manager, you will be part of a small team focused on finding and developing new project opportunities to participate in ‘Koala Friendly Carbon’. Koala Friendly Carbon projects have a strong focus on land restoration activities, such as planting and bush regeneration. The role will work closely with our program partner, WWF, and focus on core koala habitat in NSW with a view to expand both biodiversity type and geographic region over time.

Key accountabilities include:

• Contacting new clients to introduce Climate Friendly services and capability
• Conducting field work including advisory work on tree planting, bush regeneration, weed management to maximise project outcomes
• Qualifying client and project potential through questioning and fact finding
• Quantifying the carbon potential of projects with our due diligence team
• Presenting carbon farming opportunities to decision makers such as land managers / landowners
• Negotiating / signing carbon project agreements with clients
• Collating data for project registration, project audit and continued project management
• Coordinating project registrations with support from other internal service teams in Climate Friendly
• Maintaining records in our customer relationship management system
• Creating and updating project workflows in Asana / project management software
• Completing basic/intermediate QGIS mapping tasks as necessary
• Establishing / maintaining positive working relationships with stakeholders including clients, industry regulators, government departments, Aboriginal Corporations, and other partner organisations.

About you

• Qualifications/lived experience in fields related to Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Forestry, Ecology or Agriculture.
• Experience in a rural or land restoration role, for example tree planting, bush regeneration and weed management.
• Experience in customer engagement and excellent interpersonal skills across a range of land managers.
• Enthusiasm for identifying new business, good phone manner, and willingness to call land managers to discuss carbon and nature repair opportunities.
• Comfort with Microsoft suite, CRM systems and ideally basic skills in mapping systems like QGIS and/or willingness and capacity to quickly upskill in this space.
• Ability to adapt to follow processes and adapt to change.
• Capacity to travel for fieldwork on a regular basis (1 week a month as a guide) and experience working/travelling in isolated areas using a 4WD.
• Mid North Coast NSW location within commute of airport for site visit travel and regular head office visits is ideal. Other East Coast locations are also being considered.
• Climate Friendly encourages people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from different cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities

Why join our team?

Our goal is to be seen as an organisation that supports wholeness, lifestyle and wellbeing whilst rewarding individual and collective performance. In addition to competitive salary and transparent career progression opportunities, our benefits include:

• Work with purpose, contributing to a productive, sustainable land sector that contributes to a zero net emissions and nature positive Australia by 2050
• A fully hybrid workplace - work to your own rhythm and balance connection and productivity
• A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes diversity
• 2 all staff events a year to connect with your friends and colleagues
• Christmas holiday - 3 days of additional leave each year
• Floating public holidays
• Gender neutral paid parental leave
• 2 days each year for training / development / study leave
• Home office setup and refresh allowance
• Company performance bonus and shared equity