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Employment Opportunities

Interested in working for North Barker?

North Barker are active recruiters and welcome expressions of interest (EOI) from professionals looking to establish or continue their career with a local environmental leader.

For those with a passion for the role consulting plays in environmental management, and a commitment to our team, we can provide pathways to develop a long-term career in a variety of challenging and rewarding roles.

If you are interested in what we offer and you think you are the right fit for our team, please send a tailored cover letter and CV to admin@northbarker.com.au with the subject line – Employment opportunities.

Roles/sectors in which we welcome EOI include (but are not limited to):

  • Executive and personal assistants
  • Admin (including payroll) and HR specialists
  • Business managers and administrators
  • HSE professionals
  • Terrestrial and marine ecologists at all levels from graduate to principal
  • Enviro scientists/planners
  • Geospatial scientists including spatial ecologists
  • Quantitative ecologists and data scientists
  • Weed scientists and land managers
  • Bushfire practictioners or engineers
  • Project managers

What we offer…

  • Opportunity to support the business on a wide variety of interesting projects across a suite of terrestrial and marine environments.
  • The opportunity to become a key and valued part of a strong and successful company with long-term growth and promotion pathways available (you will work alongside our business owners and directors that started as employees).
  • Hard working, friendly and supportive team culture.
  • Flexible work arrangements.
  • Employee Assistance Program (external) and Buddy System (internal).
  • Option to join monthly team breakfast and Pilates, and multiple annual social events.
  • Business-assisted support of volunteer conservation work linked to role and duties.
  • Opportunities to attend conferences, seminars and workshops relevant to role and duties.
  • Internal and external training courses, workshops and forums relevant to role and duties.
  • A comfortable office space in a central location.
  • A competitive and highly flexible remuneration package.

What our team says they value about working with North Barker Ecosystem Services (NBES)…

Work/life balance/flexibility
  • The workplace is flexible and allows a good work/life balance, including flexibility in work arrangements (such as WFH, part-time options) and understanding that people have lives outside work (flexibility for taking time off for holidays and working remote from other places).
Work standards and structure
  • Strive for a high level of professionalism in our work. This is displayed in the knowledge and skillsets of NBES staff.
  • Efficiency/quality of work – maintaining a high standard of work for NBES reputation.

  • Hard working culture, with high personal effort and industriousness; staff take pride in staying productive and contributing every day.

  • Encourages flexibility, shares responsibility across roles, and allows people to step in wherever needed to get work done.

General and professional culture
  • There is a culture of personal responsibility and dedication to work.
  • Very supportive and collaborative environment – good corporate culture.
  • There is a positive workplace culture, with all staff working together to achieve desired outcomes.
  • Supportive team environment where people get along.
  • The biggest drawing force is working with people that treat each other with respect and understanding, where everyone has a voice and is trusted.
  • Everyone here shares the same core values and are nice and simply want to do better, which makes it a great environment to be part of.
  • Over the years I’ve worked in a range of industries and out of all the companies I’ve been with, only two stand out that have treated their employees well, NBES being one of them.

  • Encourages autonomy, trusts staff to make decisions, values initiative.

  • Management culture: Maintains composure, approaches conflicts diplomatically, keeps a level-headed environment, and avoids outbursts.

Professional development
  • The workplace is very supportive of professional growth and provides opportunities to develop skills.
  • NBES is great at providing training to employees to increase their knowledge/skills.
Work purpose
  • Upholding environmental integrity – making an effort to seek the best outcome for the environment, and work with clients to achieve that where possible, above and beyond the requirements stipulated by regulators.
Work benefits
  • Competitive salaries and staff benefits.
External perceptions pre-employment
  • I knew I was going to be learning from professionals in the industry and gain knowledge from many staff members who share similar interests.
  • Great culture reputation (people I spoke to all had great things to say).

What we are looking for…

Essential criteria

  • Tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience in relevant discipline.
  • Strong time and project management skills, including experience working within a budget, and appreciation of the importance of these elements to business operations.
  • Well-developed communication and management skills and a demonstrated capacity to effectively communicate with other staff, regulators, and clients.
  • A strong self-driven work ethic, a positive attitude towards a dynamic and complex workload, and the ability to work productively while balancing multiple priorities and directions.
  • Proficiency with MS Office suite and Sharepoint systems.
  • Authorisation to work in Australia.

Desirable criteria

  • Honours or higher post graduate qualifications.
  • Client connections and the capacity to increase our company’s workload in particular sectors.
  • Consulting experience in the private sector.