Extension Support Officer

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Full time

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MANAGER: National Manager – Biosecurity and Extension

DEPARTMENT: Biosecurity and Extension

About AUSVEG:

AUSVEG is the prescribed peak industry body for the Australian vegetable, onion and potato industries. To help our growers and our industry succeed, we focus on core activities and are guided by values that underpin everything we do.

We identify and prioritise the issues of our members and advocate on behalf of growers to ensure their needs are heard and understood by decision makers. We deliver projects that produce outstanding results for growers using our skills, resources, and credibility as an organisation.

Over several decades, we've established a proven track record of service provision that's supported the growing success of Australian horticulture.

The Role

The Support Officer will work with the Biosecurity and Extension (B&E) team to provide organizational logistical and administrative support on a range of projects. This diverse role will be critical in enabling the B&E team to deliver strong outcomes for their project and the vegetable, potato and onion industries. The role will involve providing support to all aspects of the work of the B&E function, organizing logistics for extension activities, design and printing of relevant extension material, research on various subjects, data collation and project reporting.

The successful candidate will be organized, have well developed writing and basic design skills. A base level knowledge of agriculture while not mandatory, will be preferred.

Reporting to the AUSVEG National Manager – Biosecurity and Extension, the successful candidate will be responsible for contributing the successful operations of B&E.

Main duties / responsibilities
  • Planning and organising logistics of workshops, field days, extension activities etc.
  • Logistics and planning support for demonstration sites
  • Design and printing of relevant extension material.
  • Organise and manage the library of creative and extension material
  • Completion of reporting requirements of projects.
  • Research on various topics relevant to the B&E work.
  • Data collation and reporting
  • Schedule growers and stakeholder meetings and facilitate communication between relevant stakeholders.
  • Being a point of contact for various work streams.
  • Communicating with staff, managers in the Leadership Team, or others by providing information to co-workers, and others by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
  • Provide administrative support to the team in project group meetings and/or as required.
  • Provide support to other project managers and business leaders when requested.
Required qualifications & experience

Qualifications: Tertiary qualification in commerce, project management or agricultural discipline.

Experience: Recent graduate in an agriculture discipline or 1-2 years experience in a support role, agriculture preferred.

Skills:

  • Exceptional administrative management skills and highly tuned attention to detail, with strong problem-solving skills.
  • A team-orientation, and willingness to support the team.
  • A capacity to manage multiple priorities at any one time in an environment with constant change.
  • Have very strong oral and written communication, with active listening skills.
  • Basic design skills and Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
  • Organised and able to meet deadlines
  • Some travel required for delivery of extension activities.

To discuss this role please contact Zarmeen Hassan - National Manager - Biosecurity and Extension on 03 9882 0277


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