Description:
Work options: Work From AnywhereAbout the Role:
Joining our Regional Services team, you will work closely with dairy farmers and regional networks to ensure engagement with the Research, Development and Extension programs that Dairy Australia offers in relation to Carbon Farming.
As a Carbon Farming Extension Advisor, you will drive and lead the uptake and delivery of Carbon Farming Outreach Program (CFOP) activities with dairy farmers to support their uplift of knowledge of carbon farming and carbon markets. The approach will drive maximum practice change to achieve profitability and sustainability improvements on dairy farms.
Key to success in this role will be your ability to provide insights around the opportunities, risks and benefits of Carbon Farming and you will support planning, delivery and evaluation of relevant Extension initiatives, with support from our Development team, to ensure our programmes and resources are meeting the needs of farmers and support change on farm.
We have 3 fixed term contracts available until March 2026 with travel required to support delivery of programs across our various regional locations. We are flexible as to your location within Australia.
Our ideal candidate:
We believe in equality. We treat everyone with fairness, consideration and respect and welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.
Technical expertise in carbon, climate, environment or soils with demonstrated experience in agriculture or related RD&E experience combines with relevant Tertiary qualifications would be highly regarded.
Demonstrated experience in working with farmers and groups of farmers, including the delivery of information and programs will strongly support you in this role, including the ability to adapt delivery to suit different audiences, as will your strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
You will also understand how technology can make an impact in extension and will utilise our CRM (Salesforce) to promote events and capture data that will guide and support the programmes and innovation we deliver.
About Dairy Australia:
Dairy Australia’s role is to provide services that benefit and advance dairy farm businesses and the industry. These services deliver value by enhancing farm business management, supporting farm employment needs, driving herd and feed innovation, managing climate and environment, promoting Australian dairy and commitment to sustainability, supporting policy development, growing international markets and responding to critical issues and events such as floods and bushfires.
Our Vision and Values:
At Dairy Australia, our vision is simple, to be leaders in shaping a profitable and sustainable dairy industry. Our passionate and talented people share this vision and make an impact each day through their commitment to our values of:
- Farmer First - Farmer needs guide our purpose
- One Team - We work together to achieve great things
- Innovative Thinking - We embrace new ideas and learning as we go
- Decisive Action - We make informed decisions and move quickly to implement
About your work life with us:
We aim to provide benefits that promote the overall wellbeing of our employees. In joining our team, you will be rewarded with:
- Flexible working environment - work from one of our offices, your home office, on the road visiting stakeholders, as well as connecting with your colleagues and stakeholders virtually
- Being a key member in our small supportive and high performing team of experts in their field
- A caring and innovative culture -we are open to each other’s ideas, we love to innovative, we have integrity and are driven to find the best solutions for our employees and stakeholders
- Fully maintained vehicle
If your motivations and skills set lines up to what you’ve read, please “Apply Now”