Bushfire Risk Reduction Specialist

1 week ago


Bendigo, Victoria, Australia beBeeCommunity Full time $89,386 - $98,310
Community Led Bushfire Management Initiative

This is a leadership role that prioritizes community engagement, collaboration and adaptability. As a Community Based Bushfire Management Facilitator, you will play a key role in delivering place-based solutions to local bushfire challenges.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Apply community development principles to bushfire risk reduction—building relationships between communities, fire agencies and local governments.
  • Empower communities to participate in bushfire management and drive action at the local level.
  • Facilitate collaboration across agencies and communities to build shared understanding, strengthen community adaptive capacity and integrate community-based activities as part of regional planning.
About You

We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate the following skills and experience:

  • Tertiary qualifications in social science/community development, and/or 3+ years equivalent experience in community development and place-based approaches.
  • Demonstrated understanding and application of evidence-based community development, disaster resilience approaches, and community engagement practices and principles.
  • Capacity to design, enable and facilitate strengths-based, community-centred practice that encourages collaborative learning and innovation with communities and relevant stakeholders.
Why Choose This Role

This initiative offers a range of benefits, including:

  • Meaningful Impact: Your contribution truly makes a difference.
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid parental leave, generous leave provisions.
  • Growth Opportunities: Learning and development.


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