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.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Carbon Technical Lead – Portfolio Operations to join our Operations team. Reporting to the Head of Portfolio Operations, this role blends technical leadership with hands-on support to troubleshoot challenges. You will work closely with the Portfolio and Research & Development teams, to embed best-practices and processes, enable datadriven decision making, and uphold technical integrity across GreenCollar’s environmental projects.
You will shape, uphold, and evolve technical practices, ensuring GreenCollar’s project delivery remains high-impact, scalable, and aligned with internal standards and external expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership across GreenCollar’s domestic carbon portfolio, with a strong focus on high impact problem-solving, risk management and continuous improvement.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to Portfolio teams, supporting the resolution of complex project performance and delivery challenges.
- Lead or support first-principles analysis of technical risks, issues and delivery constraints, translating insights into practical, actionable solutions.
- Identify and resolve project-level issues related to geospatial analysis, data integrity, modelling and performance indicators, escalating where required with clear recommendations.
Practice Leadership & Standards Development
- Lead the definition, implementation and continuous improvement of technical practices, monitoring products, workflows and reporting standards.
- Develop and maintain technical standards, quality assurance, guidelines and business intelligence/reporting standards.
- Ensure technical practices are scalable and sustainable, enabling growth in project volume, geographical diversity, and regulatory compliance.
Cross-functional Collaboration
- Work closely with technical and commercial peers to ensure portfolio performance and integration of new methodologies.
- Partner with the Science and R&D teams to align monitoring approaches with emerging science, methods, and tools, ensuring portfolio feedback informs innovation.
- Work with Demand and Finance teams on carbon credit forecasting ensuring technical inputs support commercial outcomes
- Lead the integration of new methodologies into core operational processes (e.g. Plantation Forestry, Environmental Plantings).
- Where relevant, collaborate with New Initiatives teams to embed emerging methodologies (e.g. Biodiversity, Reef) into core operational processes.
- Work with external collaborators as a technical lead to support with the delivery of new and existing workstreams.
About You
You are a systems thinker and practical problem solver who enjoys working across complex technical and operational environments. You are comfortable leading through influence and ringing clarity to ambiguity.
You’ll bring:
- Strong experience in technical problem-solving, using root-cause analysis and first principles thinking.
- Strong knowledge of monitoring, reporting and verification practices, environmental markets methods, and project lifecycle monitoring
- Skilled in designing monitoring systems, performance frameworks, and reporting processes.
- Strong diagnostic skills across geospatial, agricultural data, and environmental modelling
- Capability to design and implement targeted solutions that improve efficiency, quality, and scalability.
- Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and evolving technical standards, QA processes, and best practices.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance for diverse audiences.
- Proven ability to lead through influence, coaching, and subject matter expertise, especially in cross-functional or matrixed environments.
- Capacity to link technical decisions to broader operational and commercial objectives (e.g. project crediting, reporting deadlines, audit readiness)
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving priorities in a fast-growing, impact driven business.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and a collaborative, values-led approach.
- Experience in environmental markets (in particular the ACCU Scheme), carbon project implementation, MRV, natural capital or adjacent sectors will be highly regarded.
Why join GreenCollar?
- A dynamic, growing and innovative leader in the Ecosystem Services market space
- Supportive and dedicated team environment
- Competitive remuneration package
- 5 weeks’ annual leave
- Wellbeing leave
- Volunteer leave
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- Regular social club activities and events (in person/online)
Next steps
If you can see a future with us then apply by clicking on the link and submitting your resume and covering letter.
If you have any questions regarding the role please reach out to our friendly Human Resources team via [email protected]
If you’re keen to apply and need reasonable adjustments or would like to note which pronouns you use at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
You must have the right to work in Australia to be considered.
