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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.

We’re looking for an experienced and strategic-minded conservation director that can confidently lead and expand the conservation work of the Invasive Species Council during a period of rapid growth. Join a dynamic team with a successful track record in achieving change to address one of Australia’s most challenging and harmful threats – invasive species.

Closing Date: ASAP

Position: Conservation Director
Reports to: CEO
Basis: Full time
Location: Remote home or shared office, ideally close to Canberra/Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane/Katoomba.
Duration: Three-year contract, extension possible.
Salary range: $114,000-145,000 plus super, depending on skills and experience

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Invasive species are the leading cause of animal extinction and a major driver of environmental damage. We are looking for a talented fundraising specialist with 9 years plus experience to join a team that will make the difference for native wildlife in Australia. This leading role will drive the growth of a dynamic national environmental organisation tackling one of the greatest threats to biodiversity – invasive species.

Closing Date: Aug 21 2023

Position: Head of Fundraising
Reports to: Director of Marketing and Development
Basis: Full-time 38 hours (5 days) per week (part time will be considered for experienced candidates).
Location: Remote home or shared office. Applicants close to Canberra/Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane/Katoomba are encouraged to apply. All locations considered.
Duration:Permanent role.
Salary range: $105,000 – $118,000 plus super, depending on skills and experience. Salary packaging is additional.
Direct Reports: Senior Fundraising Officer, Direct Fundraising Officer

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Invasive species are the leading cause of animal extinction and a major driver of environmental damage. We are looking for a talented fundraising specialist with 5 years plus experience in an NGO to join a team that will make a big difference for the future of native wildlife in Australia. This role will help to increase capacity of a dynamic national environmental organisation tackling one of the greatest threats to biodiversity – invasive species.

Closing Date: Aug 21 2023

Position: Senior Fundraising Officer
Reports to: Head of Fundraising
Basis: Full-time 38 hours (5 days) per week.
Location: Remote home or shared office. Applicants close to Canberra/Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane/Katoomba are encouraged to apply. All locations considered.
Duration: Permanent role.
Salary range: $85,000-92,000 plus 10.5% super, depending on skills and experience. Salary packaging is additional.

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Invasive species are the leading cause of animal extinction and a major driver of environmental damage. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented marketing professional with 2 or 3 years plus experience in a marketing role to help support the growth of a dynamic national environmental organisation tackling one of the greatest threats to biodiversity – invasive species.

Closing Date: Aug 21 2023

Position: Marketing Officer / Digital Campaigner
Reports to: Marketing and Engagement Manager
Basis: Full-time 38 hours (5 days) per week.
Location: Remote home or shared office. Applicants close to Canberra/Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane/Katoomba are encouraged to apply. All locations considered.
Duration: Two-year contract, extension possible.
Salary range: $70,000-$80,000 plus 10.5% super, depending on skills and experience. Salary packaging is additional.

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Volunteer Positions

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.

There are no volunteer roles open at this time. However, if you are in the Townsville area, please get in touch with our Townsville Yellow Crazy Ant Community Taskforce here to join the community effort tackling one of the world’s worst invasive species.

Are you an amazing collaborator who loves storytelling and change making, with experience in digital content creation? If you have the drive, skills and commitment, we have an amazing opportunity for you to work with our experienced communications team.

Closing Date: ASAP

Position: Social Media and Communications Assistant Volunteer
Reports to: Digital Campaigner
Basis: 3.5 hours x 2 days per week 
Location: Anywhere
Duration: 6 months (with the opportunity to extend)
Salary range: None. This is an unpaid volunteer role

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.

Kind regards,
[Your name]
[Your email address]
[Your postcode]


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.

Kind regards,
[Your name]
[Your email address]
[Your postcode]