About us

The xpand Foundation is a social enterprise committed to an inclusive society through the promotion of health and well-being and empowering communities. We create and support locally controlled enterprises that encourage social inclusion of disadvantaged people and deliver broad-based economic growth creating employment and income earning opportunities for low-income women and men leading to a lasting reduction in poverty.

The xpand Foundation in partnership with the Fundasaun Ho Musan Ida has been developing the WithOneSeed community-led agroforestry program in Timor-Leste since 2010. It provides support for local communities to build their capacity and ownership in addressing local environmental and economic challenges, whilst also contributing to the global challenge of climate change. The program provides subsistence farmers annual incentive payments from the sale of carbon credits into the international carbon market. This sustainable business model improves the resilience of rural communities to build local economies and make environments sustainable. It boosts economic participation in local communities, creates employment opportunities, and raises living standards to end poverty and hunger and improve infrastructure. WithOneSeed is the first social enterprise acting on climate change through community-led forestry in Timor-Leste.

About the role

If you are passionate about preserving the planet, believe in social justice, and are interested in occasionally working in a tropical climate, then this role is for you.

What we are looking for

• a dedicated team member who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in forestry and geospatial support
• innovative and technologically savvy, hands-on
• motivator, deliver results for community, collaborators and donors
• resilient in different work environments
• passionate, exemplary to team members
• organised and has finance and management skills
• able to travel frequently to Timor-Leste

Key Selection Criteria

Qualifications and Skills

• Candidates should possess at a minimum a bachelor’s degree in forestry, physical geography, environmental science or another similar natural science field. Master’s degree in related field is preferred
• Forest inventory and biometric analysis experience is a plus. Knowledge and use of standard GIS and related tools
• Biomass / carbon modelling and accounting experience, with advanced spreadsheet management preferred
• Intermediate to advanced skills in GIS analysis, experience with ArcGIS Pro/QGIS is required, including geoprocessing, raster analysis and cartography techniques
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills, especially Microsoft Office (MS Excel and MS Word experience is required), and Adobe products (Acrobat, Photoshop) a plus. Excel experience with VBA knowledge is a plus
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills
• A current Police Check and working with children check or willingness to obtain them

The successful candidate will provide forestry, forest ecology and geospatial support to all projects undertaken by the xpand Foundation including carbon accounting, forest inventory tasks, field protocol development, data analysis in Excel, cartography and land cover monitoring, and will assist with project documentation and work with international standards bodies and auditors to review and verify projects and other relevant tasks.

The role will be based in Oakleigh, Melbourne, but will work with our various partners, with a particular focus on the Rai Matak Foundation.

If you have experience with carbon farming, we'd love you to apply.

Check out our website for more details: https://withoneseed.org.au/.

A position description is attached.