Manager Education

**_Do you want your work to make a difference for NSW?_**
- Working to protect the state’s environment and heritage._

- **Manager Education (Environment Officer 12)**
- **Ongoing full-time opportunity**
- **Office location**:Parramatta, Queanbeyan or Albury** **(or other BCT office locations in NSW upon negotiation and availability). Hybrid working supported**
- **Salary relative to experience and ranges from $152,677 to $167,562**plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading**

The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT), has an exciting opportunity for the **Manager Education**.

The BCT’s **Education Program** plays a vital role in promoting public knowledge and appreciation of biodiversity across the state. Through hands-on workshops, webinars, school programs, and strategic partnerships with organisations like Landcare NSW and Tocal College, we empower landholders and the next generation of conservationists with the tools and knowledge to care for nature.

This is your chance to lead one of NSW’s most innovative and sophisticated environmental education programs—designed to inspire, inform and activate biodiversity conservation across private land. It is a unique role that combines strategic leadership, program design, and stakeholder engagement to deliver high-impact education and citizen science initiatives.

**About the role**

As Manager, Education, you’ll be at the helm of the Biodiversity Conservation Trust’s Education Program, that connects landholders, communities, schools and partners in a shared mission to protect and celebrate biodiversity.

What you’ll be driving projects focussed on:

- Empowering landholders: Deliver practical, accessible resources and training that help landholders understand and manage the biodiversity on their properties. From conservation management videos to citizen science workshops, you’ll help build capability and confidence.
- Inspiring the public: Lead flagship initiatives like Conservation Champions, bringing biodiversity into classrooms and communities. You’ll work with educators, Aboriginal groups and local heroes to embed conservation into everyday learning.
- Growing participation: Use creative outreach, storytelling and peer-to-peer learning to engage new landholders and encourage them to join the private land conservation movement.
- Building partnerships: Collaborate with organisations like Landcare NSW, universities, and Aboriginal communities to co-design and deliver high-impact education projects.

You’ll manage a small team and oversee a portfolio of education projects, working closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure programs are accurate, inclusive, and aligned with industry best practice. You’ll be responsible for building relationships across the education sector, including public and private service providers, to ensure BCT initiatives are innovative, effective, and customer-centric. You will systematically monitor and evaluate program success using best practice methods to ensure continuous improvement and alignment with strategic goals.

This is a leadership role with real influence—where your work will shape how biodiversity is understood, valued and protected across NSW.

**About You**

You’re a strategic thinker and experienced leader with a passion for the environment and education. You bring a strong track record in designing and delivering impactful education programs, ideally in the environmental or conservation space. You’re confident managing multiple complex projects and budgets, and you thrive in collaborative environments where cross-team communication and stakeholder engagement are key to success.

You’re someone who:

- Has tertiary qualifications in Education, Environmental Science, Conservation Biology, Natural Resource Management or a related field—or equivalent professional experience.
- Has led teams and delivered large-scale or multi-year education initiatives with measurable outcomes.
- Communicates clearly and effectively, tailoring messages to different stakeholders and building trust.
- Collaborates instinctively and deeply.
- Is skilled in project management, including planning, budgeting, evaluation and reporting.
- Values inclusion and is committed to incorporating traditional Aboriginal ecological knowledge into education programs.
- Holds a valid Working with Children Check and driver’s licence, and is willing to travel across NSW, including occasional out-of-hours and weekends when required.

If you’re motivated by purpose, enjoy leading meaningful work, and want to help shape biodiversity education in NSW, we’d love to hear from you.

**Essential Requirements**:
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- A Working with Children Check is an essential requirement for this role. The role has been identified as requiring a check in keeping with _the Child Protection (Working With Children) Act 2012_.
- A valid Australian driver’s licence and ability and willingnes