Regional Extension Officer

**About The Role**

By joining our Dairy NSW team in the role of Regional Extension Officer you will be responsible for providing effective leadership and support to the Dairy industry in the Hunter Region and Central West. You will deliver innovative, well planned and collaborative extension and education activities in dairy regions. Here are some examples of where you will make an impact:
**Project management**:

- Ensure projects are planned, meet milestones and deliver on expectations
- Planning, coordination, reporting and delivery of relevant projects;
- Ensure establishment of appropriate governance and oversight of decisions for projects where required

**Account Management**:

- Take an account management approach to relationships with farmers, service providers, extension partners, regional authorities, and training providers. This is to create value for levy payers by identifying and matching needs to DA resources, programs and research priorities,
- Maintain excellent records in Salesforce, ensuring account meeting records and events captured properly.
- Engage and collaborate with providers and partners to achieve positive outcomes for dairy farmers, leveraging partnership opportunities and avoiding duplication;
**Regional Delivery**:

- Plan and coordinate the delivery of programs, projects and events as required, as well as contribute to the development of an agreed regional plan for program delivery;
- Develop a detailed knowledge of extension activities for regional delivery currently available through Dairy Australia, other RDPs and other relevant organisations and agencies;
- Implement and manage processes and systems to support the planning, coordination of extension and education activities.

**Product and Service Development**:

- Present a regional perspective (including the “voice of the farmer”) to contribute to the development and implementation of Dairy Australia’s initiatives and projects;
- Develop and maintain a good understanding of existing and emerging issues within the region through information networks at a regional, state and national level.
- Support the development of extension plans and activities to meet regional needs;

To be successful in this role you will display:

- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills, adaptable to the audience.
- The ability to initiate and establish partnerships and networks, maintaining effective relationships and influencing key partners and stakeholders, and identify needs.
- Demonstrated experience in working with individuals and groups (preferably farmers), including the delivery of information and programs.
- Outcome driven focus, with the ability to coordinate multiple activities.
- Ability to plan, and deliver projects including reporting as required.
- High level capacity for self-management and initiative.

**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**:
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 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 - working from your home office, as well as connecting with your colleagues and stakeholders virtually or being on the road visiting stakeholders
- Being a key member in our 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 be innovative, we have integrity and are driven to find the best solutions for our employees and stakeholders
- Salary packaging
- Fully maintained vehicle