Job Description
Position Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic direction, growth and commercial performance of GreenCollar’s Nature business, identifying and evaluating emerging opportunities across biodiversity, natural capital, ecosystem services and environmental markets.
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of Nature projects, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and in accordance with quality requirements.
- Provide technical oversight for the design, development, certification and monitoring of NaturePlus®, CarbonPlus™, biodiversity offset and other natural capital projects.
- Establish and maintain project governance frameworks, delivery plans, budgets, risk registers and reporting systems.
- Lead, support and develop the Nature Team’s professional growth, fostering a culture of collaboration, technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Work with the R&D team to support the integration of emerging science, policy developments and market requirements into project design.
- Represent GreenCollar in industry forums and technical working groups, and contribute to company-wide strategic planning and investment decisions.
- Contribute to executive reporting and business planning, ensuring accurate and timely reporting on project delivery, environmental outcomes and business performance, and maintaining high standards of record keeping, documentation and quality assurance.
Desired Skills and Experience
About You
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and complex project portfolios.
- Strong project management experience, including planning, budgeting, risk management, stakeholder management and delivery governance.
- Extensive experience in biodiversity, natural capital, environmental markets or ecosystem restoration projects.
- Strong understanding of environmental policy, market mechanisms and regulatory frameworks.
- Tertiary qualification in Environmental Science, Ecology, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Engineering or a related discipline.
- Exceptional written communication skills, including preparation of technical reports, business cases and executive-level documentation.
- Experience managing external stakeholders, clients and strategic partnerships.
- Knowledge of carbon markets, environmental accounting frameworks (e.g. Accounting for Nature®) or GIS tools highly desirable.
Why Join GreenCollar?
- 5 weeks’ annual leave
- Wellbeing leave
- Volunteer leave
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- Access to Flare Benefits, including exclusive discounts and employee perks
- Regular social club activities and events (in person/online)
- Collaborative & social head office in The Rocks, Sydney, with flexibility for candidates based elsewhere in Australia
About GreenCollar
GreenCollar is Australia’s leading ecosystem services project developer and market investor, with over 200 projects spanning 5 million hectares of active conservation as well as a growing international portfolio of work targeting nature-based solutions in carbon abatement, biodiversity conservation, water security and plastics circularity.
We aim to prove that the best way to achieve lasting environmental outcomes is to enable markets to direct long-term finance towards sustainable land management practices and ecosystem services.
We work in partnership with farmers, graziers, traditional owners and other land managers to develop high quality, high integrity nature-based projects that deliver economic, environmental and social benefits.
Next Steps
Does this sound like the role for you?
If you have any questions about the role, reach out to our People and Culture team at [email protected].
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences.
If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
