Environmental Project Officer – Fire Ecology & Preparedness

About us

Healthy Land & Water (HLW) works with community, industry, and government to deliver innovative and science-based solutions to challenges affecting our landscapes, waterways, and biodiversity. We help people understand the values and condition of South East Queensland’s environment so we can ensure the sustainable use of our natural environment long into the future.

We believe that maintaining healthy landscapes and waterways is not just important for wildlife and ecosystems. A healthy environment also supports a vibrant economy, strong livelihoods, great lifestyles and the happiness and wellbeing of the community. Through our work, we encourage people to examine and change their behaviours for the benefit of the natural world and for the people and places we love.

The opportunity

We’re looking for a Project Officer to join the Fire Ecology & Preparedness team,who deliver strategic on-ground projects to improve the condition of South East Queensland’s environment. The Environmental Project Officer is responsible for implementing contracted project activities related to fire ecology and planning. This includes organising stakeholder and landholder workshops, contributing to fire planning, and participating in fire ecology research initiatives. The Environmental Project Officer reports directly to the Team Lead and is a full-time role, offered as a 18-months contract.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Scoping and planning for delivery of fire planning projects, that may include on-ground works such as revegetation, fire trails and fire management infrastructure
• Delivering a fire ecology & preparedness capacity-building program that includes workshops, field days, and property visits
• Contributing to fire ecology research and monitoring initiatives
• Developing fire management plans for risk mitigation, ecological and/or land management considerations
• Engaging and overseeing sub-contractors in delivery of on-ground works
• Completing project administration requirements including reporting and milestone tracking
• Contributing to project management requirements including detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports
• Analysing technical and project management problems and recommending solutions
• Providing technical and analytical guidance to project works
• Engaging stakeholders, including landholders and community, to negotiate outcomes for assigned project works

About you

Ideally, you will share our vision to lead the change that will deliver an environment for future generations to thrive. You will be highly motivated and can work autonomously in agreed timeframes. To be successful in this role, you will have all or many of the following requirements:

• Qualifications in Science, Environment, Project Management, or relevant discipline
• Experience delivering projects on ground in line with WHS requirements and applying risk management
• Ability to produce and format technical documents, proposals, and spreadsheets
• Excellent knowledge of natural resource management
• High level communication skills, written and verbal
• Knowledge of stakeholder engagement across First Nations, Government, Research, Utilities, and Community
• Current manual QLD driving licence

What we offer

We’re a diverse team of experts, who enjoy sharing knowledge and learning. We recognise and celebrate our employees and teams for affecting real and innovative change in our communities. We value integrity, collaboration, care, innovation, and courage. Some of our benefits include:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support your mental, nutritional, and financial wellbeing
• Novated leasing
• Annual individual professional development budget
• Annual life & wellbeing reimbursement
• Paid Birthday leave
• Monthly staff social activities and events
• 3 days paid Gifted leave over the holiday period
• Purchased leave
• Cashbacks and discounts via online store
• Flexible working arrangements

Healthy Land & Water is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants will be highly regarded per affirmative measures under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.

Applications close 3 September 2026.