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We have recently received a capacity building grant and we are expanding our operations. This is a unique opportunity to work for the Invasive Species Council to help tackle one of nature’s biggest threats.
About the role
Invasive species are an environmental mega-threat and the number one driver of native animal extinctions in Australia. The Invasive Species Council (ISC) is Australia’s only national environmental advocacy charity focused solely on invasive species.
Our aim is to catalyse the shifts in government, communities and culture to improve invasive species action to save wildlife, stop extinctions, protect forests and rivers.
We are dynamic, bold and persistent advocates for nature, committed to science and collaborative with First Australians. This is a pivotal time to join us.
Following a period of significant growth in funding, profile and impact, the ISC Board is seeking two experienced directors to help guide our next chapter, participate in overseeing our strategic plan, and bring governance and professional rigour to the leadership of our organisation as we work on amplifying our environmental impact.
We are specifically seeking candidates who bring deep expertise in at least one of the following areas:
Please note: This is an unpaid position – Board member participation is voluntary and no remuneration is available.
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Applications
If you’d like to express interest, send a brief cover letter and resume to president@invasives.org.au.
Ensure the cover letter identifies your relevant skills, experience and qualities.
Applications close 11.59pm Thursday 30 July 2026.
Position: People and Operations Director
Reports to: CEO
Direct reports: 2 x Operations support officers, operational contractors
Basis: Permanent full time
Location: Wollongong (NSW), Canberra (ACT) or Brisbane (QLD). Hybrid office + work from home role
Salary range: $125,000 – $150,000 per annum plus super, depending on skills and experience. Salary packaging, paid study or field work leave, plus extra annual leave are part of the package
Build the engine room of a fast-growing national environmental organisation.
Feral cats, weeds, fire ants, feral deer, bird flu. Invasive species are driving extinctions and costing Australians billions of dollars every year. The Invasive Species Council is the national voice fighting back, and people are listening.
We’re a high-profile, high-impact team, that punches well above our weight. We shape national biosecurity policy, put invasive species on front pages and in parliament, and run programs on the ground, from citizen science to rewilding. In just 5 years we’ve grown from 8 to 25 staff, and from $750,000 to more than $3.5 million per year in income. Our ambition is to become a truly national organisation by 2030, and that means more growth ahead.
That’s where you come in. As we grow we’ve created a new senior role to lead our operations. We’re looking for a motivated, ideas-driven leader who wants to make a real difference, and who knows that great organisations run on great finances, people and systems.
And we’re a great place to work. In our latest staff survey 100% of staff said they enjoy working at the Council, are proud to work here and believe we are making a positive change, and 94% would recommend us as a great place to work.
Why this role is different
The role
You’ll lead our finances and budget, people and culture, governance, legal, risk and operational systems, and run the Board process with support from the CEO’s Executive Assistant. You’ll manage 2 Operations Support Officers and our finance, HR and IT contractors, and work hand in hand with our CEO and Philanthropy & Fundraising Director to fuel our growth.
This is a strategic role where you also do the work. Our operations team is deliberately small and we intend to keep it that way. One day you’ll be shaping a multi-year financial plan with the Board, and the next you’ll be chasing an overdue invoice, updating a policy or processing end of financial year donations. You’ll also coach and empower your team to own their work and grow their skills. If you’d rather leave the admin to someone else, this isn’t the role for you. If you get satisfaction from doing the whole job well, from the strategy down to the detail, we’d love to hear from you.
Some travel is required, including to our twice-yearly all-staff gatherings and occasional events.
You’ll thrive here if you
A background in accounting, law or HR or is welcome but isn’t a requirement. You do need to be confident with numbers, have sound judgement, and know when to call in expert help.
What we offer
Ready to make a difference?
Please send your CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages to recruitment@invasives.org.au telling us why you want this role and how you meet the selection criteria outlined in the position description.
Applications that do not directly address each criterion will not be accepted.
Applicants must possess full working rights in Australia to be eligible for appointment. A current National Police Check (NPC) will be required and a Working With Vulnerable Persons Check (WWVP) may be required.
Invasive Species Council is an equal opportunity employer. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Applications close: 11:59 pm Sunday 15 November 2026.
Applications will be reviewed continuously and interviews will be arranged as shortlisted applications are received. We strongly encourage you to apply early.
More info: To organise a confidential chat about the role please contact Steph (CEO’s EA) on steph.g@invasives.org.au
If you are in the Townsville area, please get in touch with our Townsville Yellow Crazy Ant Community Taskforce here to help tackle one of the world’s worst invasive species.
ISC is seeking an administrative volunteer to join the Operations Team in Katoomba. We’re in need of someone computer-confident and with an eye for detail. Primarily support will assist with donations and database management. However there likely be other ad hoc administrative tasks requested. The role is expected to be casual in nature, so hours may vary week by week depending on need, staff and volunteer availability.
Closing Date: Please apply as soon as possible.
Position: Katoomba Administrative Volunteer
Reports to: Admin Officer
Basis: Variable: approx 4-10 hours per week
Location: Katoomba
Duration: 3 months, with the potential for extension
Remuneration: None. This is an unpaid volunteer role.
If you are in the Townsville area, please get in touch with our Townsville Yellow Crazy Ant Community Taskforce here to help tackle one of the world’s worst invasive species.
Our protected areas are being trashed, trampled, choked and polluted by an onslaught of invaders. Invasive species are already the overwhelming driver of our animal extinction rate, and are expected to cause 75 of the next 100 extinctions.
But you can help to turn this around and create a wildlife revival in Australia.
From numbats to night parrots, a tax-deductible donation today can help defend our wildlife against the threat of invasive weeds, predators, and diseases.
As the only national advocacy environment group dedicated to stopping this mega threat, your gift will make a big difference.
A silent crisis is unfolding across Australia. Every year, billions of native animals are hunted and killed by cats and foxes. Fire ants continue to spread and threaten human health. And the deadly strain of bird flu looms on the horizon. Your donation today will be used to put the invasive species threat in the media, make invasive species a government priority, ensure governments take rapid action to protect nature and our remarkable native wildlife from invasives-led extinction, death and destruction.
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Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
