Rainforest Regenerator

**"*_**Spend your life growing rainforests, enormous rainforests, and you're going to have a lot to see when you grow old. You're not going to have wasted your life and your force**_*."** - Maximo Bottaro, Co-Founder

ReForest Now is a young and active not-for-profit environmental organisation based in northern NSW. We are working to restore critically endangered rainforest. As we grow and take on larger and larger regeneration projects, we need to build strong and skilled teams across our departments - bush regeneration, tree planting, tree maintenance/aftercare, nursery, and administration.

**About the role**

You will join our passionate team in undertaking various field-based tasks to return degraded land back into healthy, diverse rainforest. Each day you will build on your ecological knowledge and play an essential role in large-scale ecosystem restoration.
- Casual position, 3-5 days preferred (Mon-Fri)
- Flexible week-to-week availability
- Byron Shire NSW, various sites within 1 hour drive of Mullumbimby
- $29 - $33 p/h + 10.5% superannuation
- Opportunities for career growth

**Responsibilities**

Nursery - seed collecting, species identification, seed germination, potting up, watering, moving stock to support the supply of native plants for reforestation

**Essential Skills & Qualifications**
- Passion or interest for the environment and restoring ecosystems
- Physical fitness in an outdoor setting, strong work ethic, and self-motivated
- Enjoy working in a team, and have the ability to contribute to a healthy team environment
- Practical knowledge of WHS policies and procedures, risk management practice and principles
- Strong attention to detail, including organisation values and policies

**Desired Skills & Qualifications**
- Qualifications in Conservation and/or Land Management, Bush Regeneration, Horticulture, Landscaping, Ecology, Environmental Science or similar
- Experience in industry; bush regeneration, vegetation management, horticulture, nursery, landscaping, or relevant land management roles
- Current First Aid Training
- ChemCert (chemical handling) and/or willingness to backpack spray
- White Card (construction induction)

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: $29.00 - $33.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Byron Bay NSW: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)