Grazing Land Management Officer

• A hands-on role delivering projects and providing support for the management of grazing land, including soils, waterways, pasture and biodiversity, in the Desert Channels region.

• The role will coordinate and manage grazing land management projects, field monitoring, events and field days, community and landholder engagement, and educational activities.

Desert Channels Queensland has a team of NRM Officers who partner, visit and manage projects across dozens of different properties in Western Queensland.

No property is the same, and the role engages with landholders across 51,000,000 hectares of Queensland, including vast Mitchell Grass Downs, Mulga Lands and Channel Country.

• Increase community awareness and access to knowledge of sustainable grazing, land management and natural resource management (soil, water, pasture, biodiversity) practices.

• Develop partnerships with landholders and communities to coordinate, manage and support projects that achieve grazing land management outcomes. 

• Support the uptake of and increase the number of land managers who have adopted sustainable land and water, biodiversity conservation and environmental management practices.

• Use innovation, creativity and technology in land management, including appropriate data tracking, reporting, and business practices.

• Provide support to the Desert Channels Region, communities and individuals to increase engagement and participation in Natural Resource Management activities.

Experience in land management, natural resource management and/or a relevant degree is desirable.

• Experience in managing and delivering complex projects (landholders, staff, community groups or consultants/contractors), such as grazing land management projects.

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate, motivate and obtain cooperation and assistance to perform various tasks within a diverse team. 

• Ability to manage workloads and prioritise tasks to ensure that project reporting and milestones are completed to full contractual requirements with a wide range of stakeholders.  

• Capability, or ability to acquire the capability, of utilising computer software such as Microsoft Office, Google Cloud and Government report systems.

• Knowledge and understanding of natural resource management (soil, pasture, water, biodiversity) issues affecting Western Queensland would be an advantage.

• Salary range $65,000 - $85,000, negotiated with the successful applicant.

• 12.75% super

• Remote Area Benefits for travel, mobile phone, rent and electricity.

• Opportunity to live and work in the iconic Outback, and work with landholders across the Queensland section of the Lake Eyre Basin.

• Rental subsidy for 1 year (if recruited external to the region) with relocation costs covered.

• Retention bonus.

Please read the Full Position Description on the dcq.org.au website; and submit:

1. Cover letter with brief response to the Selection Criteria (no more than two pages).

2. Resume including two professional referees (no more than five pages). 

Applications should be addressed to Leanne Kohler Desert Channels Qld PO Box 601, Longreach Q 4730 and emailed to admin@dcq.org.au by 28th July 2025.