About us
Acting to combat climate change is one of the world’s most pressing challenges. Climate Friendly was founded in 2003 as a profit-for-purpose business. Our growing team is passionate about active land management, and we are focused on finding economically viable solutions to maximise our impact on climate change.
We are one of Australia’s largest and most experienced carbon farming project developers. This includes more than 160 projects with farmers, plantation managers, agribusiness, and Indigenous groups on carbon farming projects.
Climate Friendly has delivered over 20Mt in carbon abatement as at the end of 2020. Our immediate mission is to establish partnerships, by 2025, that will store or reduce 150Mt of CO2-e, while repairing nature and supporting reconciliation. Join our team and you will be helping to build A productive, sustainable land sector that contributes to a zero net emissions & nature positive Australia by 2050
We have a genuinely friendly and supportive culture where everyone has a voice and opportunity to help shape our future and to fulfil our purpose.
The role
As Project Specilaist in our Plantations and EP team, you will work to originate, develop, register, and support the delivery of carbon farming projects, with a primary focus on Plantations and Environmental Plantings methodologies. The role works across the full project lifecycle, owning progression from early landholder engagement through feasibility, agreement, registration, and implementation readiness, while also supporting ongoing performance and risk management in partnership with the Carbon Project Management Team.
A core focus of the role is building trusted partnerships with land managers and stakeholders, strengthening capability through clear education and practical guidance, and ensuring projects are meeting method requirements, regulatory expectations, and Climate Friendly quality standards. The specialist applies sound judgement to complex project decisions, proactively identifying and mitigating risks that may impact abatement, and ensuring documentation and evidence are complete, accurate, and audit ready.
The role requires regular fieldwork, conducting site assessments, validating project assumptions, supporting establishment and condition evaluation, and developing fit for purpose management and permanence planning. Regular travel, independent field capability, and strong collaboration with internal service teams and external partners are essential to delivering portfolio growth and increasing climate impact through tonnes of carbon sequestered.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the sourcing, scoping, and development of new carbon farming projects across plantations and environmental plantings
- Engaging directly with landholders, presenting carbon opportunities, and shaping project concepts that are technically and commercially sound
- Assessing project feasibility, qualifying opportunities, and estimating carbon potential with support from technical teams
- Guiding land managers through the project development process and negotiating long term carbon project agreements
- Coordinating project registration activities and supporting preparation of key documentation and evidence
- Conducting fieldwork including site assessments, planting and establishment checks, and condition monitoring
- Completing basic to intermediate GIS mapping tasks to support project design and analysis
- Building strong, long term relationships with landholders, community stakeholders, and delivery partners
- Identifying project risks early, solving issues with practical solutions, and keeping projects moving to key milestones
- Working closely with internal teams including GIS, Due Diligence, Assurance, Legal, and CPM to ensure smooth project progression
- Contributing to continuous improvement by refining tools, templates, workflows, and field practices
- Supporting portfolio growth by generating leads, progressing opportunities, and achieving agreed development targets
About you
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualification in forestry, agriculture, environmental science, natural resource management, or related field, or equivalent experience
Experience
- Experience delivering forestry, agricultural, environmental, or carbon related projects
- Experience conducting field assessments and translating findings into plans
- Experience coordinating multi stakeholder project delivery and maintaining high quality documentation
- Experience contributing to audits, compliance processes, or regulated program delivery
Skills and Attributes
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship building skills
- Ability to communicate technical information clearly and simply
- Strong judgement, organisation, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently in the field and manage competing priorities
- Capability using GIS and spatial tools at a basic to intermediate level
- Commitment to integrity, compliance, and continuous improvement
Why join our team?
Our goal is to be seen as an organisation that supports wholeness, lifestyle and wellbeing whilst rewarding individual and collective performance. In addition to competitive salary and transparent career progression opportunities, our benefits include:
- Work with purpose, contributing to a productive, sustainable land sector that contributes to a zero net emissions and nature positive Australia by 2050
- A fully hybrid workplace – work to your own rhythm and balance connection and productivity
- A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes diversity
- 2 all staff events a year to connect with your friends and colleagues
- Christmas holiday – 3 days of additional leave each year
- Floating public holidays
- Gender neutral paid parental leave
- 2 days each year for training / development / study leave
- Home office setup and refresh allowance
- Company performance bonus and shared equity
