Development Regional Adaptation Lead- Climate

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Dairy Australia Full time

Work options:
Hybrid

About Dairy Australia:

Dairy Australia is the national services body for the Australian dairy industry. Our purpose is to support the profitability and sustainability of dairy farming.

We do this by providing services that collectively benefit and advance dairy farm businesses and the industry, including investment in research and innovation, learning and capability development, marketing, policy research, market insights and trade development.


Our Vision and Values:

At Dairy Australia, our vision is simple, to be leaders in shaping a profitable and sustainable dairy industry.

Our passionate and talented people share this vision and make an impact each day through their commitment to our values of:

  • Farmer First
  • Farmer needs guide our purpose


 One Team
  • We work together to achieve great things


 Innovative Thinking
  • We embrace new ideas and learning as we go


 Decisive Action
  • We make informed decisions and move quickly to implement

About the Role:

We are looking to add
2 new roles to our Regional Services team.

The
Development and Regional Adaptation Lead (DRA) for Climate, Environment, Soils and Irrigation leads the integration of new science and established knowledge into practical services and resources that support and promote change and adoption of new practices on-farm.


Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, the Climate, Environment, Soils and Irrigation DRAs will lead and co-ordinate the development of extension resources and other routes to practice change, that are focused on more productive, profitable and resilient farm businesses, and are adapted for a range of farming systems.

The role also requires some delivery of extension to farmer facing and service provider audiences.


To make an impact in this role, you will have a farmer first mindset and a determination to drive successful and practical outcomes for farmers utilising your technical expertise within a whole farm system context.

The DRA will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to identify desired on-farm practice change and will have the ability to integrate new and established knowledge and provide innovative thinking and insights to create engaging pathways for farmers to adopt new practices in their businesses.


Having a significant technical expertise in Climate, Environment, Soils and Irrigation and a knowledge of farm systems will be key to extension development, as will a strong understanding of adult learning principles and the ability to adapt messaging to different target audiences.


A qualification in agriculture, environment science, veterinary science, behavioural science or a related field or significant agricultural experience in one of more of these areas will support the success of the DRA.

Cert 4 TAE will also be highly regarded.

Just as important is your initiative and enthusiasm for:

  • Building Relationships: You thrive on interacting with multiple stakeholders, establish rapport easily and impress people with your ability to tailor your communication to their needs
  • Communicating Information: You convince people, challenge ideas and appropriately articulate information to your audience with strong attention to detail
  • Showing Resilience: You convey selfconfidence, demonstrate composure and resolve conflicts as they arise
  • Evaluating Problems: You examine information thoroughly, document facts and can interpret data
  • Providing Leadership: You make timely informed decisions and empower others
  • Driving Success: You initiate action, seize opportunities and pursue goals

About your work life with us:
We aim to provide benefits that promote the overall wellbeing of our employees.

In joining our team, you will be rewarded with:

  • Flexible working environment
  • Work from your home office, on the road visiting stakeholders, as well as connecting with your colleagues and stakeholders virtually
  • Being a key member in our small supportive and high performing team of experts in their field
  • A caring and innovative culture we are open to each other's ideas, we love to innovative, we have integrity and are driven to find the best solutions for our employees and stakeholders
  • Fully maintained vehicle

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