Natural Area Manager

Overview

Lead land management for Defence Estate, ensuring safety, compliance and ecological stewardship.

Key Responsibilities

• technical guidance
• environmental reporting
• compliance
• stakeholder engagement
• data management
• land planning

Tasks

-Technical Expertise and Reporting: Provide expert technical guidance and produce high-quality environmental reports and management plans. -Compliance and Standards: Ensure compliance with safety, health, environment, and quality (SHEQ) standards and Defence policies. -Program and Stakeholder Support: Support NAM program offices through visible leadership and technical guidance. Engage with Defence stakeholders to ensure service alignment and technical assurance. -Team Integration: Support the Base teams and work as a Team-of-Teams integrator and facilitator across the state and region. -Team Culture and Capability: Foster a positive team culture and support workforce capability development. -Performance Monitoring: Monitor performance through audits and compliance programs. -Data and Digital Transformation: Maintain accurate estate data and support digital transformation initiatives. -Strategic Contribution: Contribute to strategic planning and continuous improvement initiatives. -Planning and Delivery: Lead planning and delivery of land management activities, ensuring alignment with contract KPIs.

Requirements

• tertiary qualification
• stakeholder engagement
• whs compliance
• gis
• land management
• nv1 clearance

What You Bring

-Tertiary qualifications in Natural Resource Management, Ecology, Environmental Science or similar -Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills -Strong understanding of WHS legislation and compliance -Proficiency with GIS and estate data systems -Experience in land management within Defence or complex environments -Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities -Must be eligible to hold a NV1 Defence Security Clearance As a result of this requirement the applicant must be an Australian Citizen and be willing to undertake and maintain a satisfactory Australian Federal Police.

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Benefits

-Access to a variety of health and wellbeing initiatives, including discounted health insurance and our employee assistance program. -Access to Ventia’s: amazing discounts at over 450 retailers across Australia, including major retail brands.

About Ventia

-Fused decades of engineering and service expertise into a single powerhouse. -Delivers end-to-end infrastructure services—from design and maintenance to decommissioning. -Typical projects include keeping hospitals, schools, and transport systems running, as well as building telecommunications networks and remediating contaminated land. -Specializes in defence, telecoms, transport, water and utilities, environmental works, and social infrastructure across public and private sectors. -Ensures 24/7 functionality of traffic, power, networks, and critical facilities.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-must be eligible for nv1 defence security clearance -must be an australian citizen -must undergo and maintain a satisfactory australian federal police check