The Environmental Offsets – Planning, Monitoring and Research team is looking for a professional and motivated Program Officer to provide strategic planning and governance support in the delivery of offsets in the ACT. This role will see you apply your strong analysis and communication skills and give you the opportunity to influence environmental decisions. You will work with passionate and highly skilled ecologists, land managers, planners, spatial data experts and more across the ACT and Commonwealth Governments, and private sector, to deliver biodiversity outcomes for threatened species and ecological communities.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other Requirements:

Mandatory:

• Registration under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011. For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to - Apply for or renew a WWVP registration - Access Canberra

Desirable:

• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management, Public Policy, Environmental Law, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resource Management or other relevant fields
• Willingness to undertake incident management duties, including participation in fire standby, fire suppression and fire training.

Note: Selection may be based on application and referee reports only. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to Apply: For further information on how to apply, please visit: www.jobs.act.gov.au