Overview

City and Environment Directorate
Salary: $127,597 – $136,873 pa. + super
Permanent, Full-time position
Position No: 05726

The Office of Nature Conservation (ONC) brings together policy, science, and data expertise to accelerate unified thinking and action to respond to the immense conservation challenges facing the ACT. The ONC focuses on an outcomes-based philosophy to guide and inform on-ground conservation efforts undertaken by ACT Parks and Conservation Services, volunteer environmental partners and the community. Through collaboration and engagement with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, some of the ONC’s responsibilities include:

  • delivering research and monitoring programs focused on ACT biodiversity, threats and management interventions;
  • providing expert advice on a range of ACT Government approval, licensing, operational and planning processes;
  • advising on and implementing threatened species and ecological community recovery plans;
  • fisheries management; spatial mapping and data;
  • developing and administering key environmental and conservation strategies, policies, plans and legislation, including the Nature Conservation Act 2014;
  • the Fisheries Act 2000;
  • representing the ACT Government in multiple interjurisdictional and national fora, including the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 reform process.

The Assistant Director, Nature Conservation leads a small team to support the delivery of ONC’s key responsibilities for policy and legislation. This includes legislative review and analysis, developing strategic policies to address current and emerging nature conservation issues, and liaison across government and non-government stakeholders to foster collaboration and promote strategic outcomes. The team also provides secretariat support for the work of the ACT Scientific Committee (a statutory committee established under the Nature Conservation Act 2014).

Note: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to apply

Applications are sought from potential candidates and should include:

  • A two-page supporting statement addressing the Selection Criteria outlined in the Position Description.
  • Current curriculum vitae.
  • Contact details of two referees.

Applications should be submitted online via the ACT Government’s Careers and Employment website.

For further information contact Joe Duggan on Joe.Duggan@act.gov.au or 0447 143 433.

Applications close: Friday, 6 February 2026.

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