Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 1st Jul 2024
- Brisbane & Gold Coast > Brisbane
The Great Barrier Reef is a global icon and an irreplaceable ecosystem. It holds significant cultural, environmental, and economic value to Australia and is home to thousands of species of marine life. Our Reef is facing increasing pressure from multiple threats, the most pressing being climate change. Without intervention, including a rapid upscaling of restoration and conservation actions, we are projected to lose 90% of coral reefs by 2050.
For over 20 years the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) has served as the lead charity for the Reef, forging partnerships and investment across business, philanthropy, science, conservation, community, First Nations and government to design and deliver solutions that deliver a better future for coral reefs. Right now, the GBRF manages a portfolio (valued at $800m) of over 400 projects involving more than 500 delivery partners.
In addition to the Great Barrier Reef, GBRF’s geographic focus includes the Pacific. We are building on six years of work in the Pacific through the Resilient Reefs Initiative (a global project that includes sites in Australia, Belize and the Pacific) with a second phase to this Initiative that is focussed solely on the Pacific region.
The Program Manager role sits within the Projects and Partnerships team. This role will support administration, reporting, monitoring & evaluation, communications and engagement for the second phase of GBRF’s Resilient Reefs Initiative (RRI) that will focus on the Pacific Islands Region.
The RRI is a global partnership that brings together local communities, reef managers and resilience experts to develop new solutions to adapt to the effects of climate change and local threats. In its second phase, the Initiative will accelerate adaptation of reef ecosystems and coastal communities across three-quarters of Pacific Island Countries and Territories by strengthening capacity of more than 1000 project owners and partners, connecting the region to dozens of global tools, building a pipeline of resilience projects that improve key habitats and communities, and connecting capital to the people and places that need it most.
Under the guidance of the Resilient Reefs Director, the Program Manager will support the design and delivery of both RRI 2 streams of work:
RRI-2 will eventually fund a suite of projects and local implementation partners, this role will support the administration of those funding relationships between GBRF and local partners.
The role is based in Australia (Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville) with scope to work remotely from another location within Australia.
A position description is attached.