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Project Manager TIMME

Job type: Full-time or part-time
Location: Not stipulated, remote working (Australia)
Supervisor/Manager: General Manager, Mulloon Consulting

Applications close: 31 August 2025

Make a difference that matters

Mulloon Institute is seeking a results-driven Grant Project Manager to lead the TIMME (Training, Implementation, Mentoring, Monitoring and Evaluation) grant project. TIMME is a five-year, systems-thinking framework to build resilient communities, landscapes and natural capital at scale. The project will establish six scalable demonstration sites across Western Australia and New South Wales (four regional catchment communities and two First Nations groups), create communities of practice, and engage First Nations communities at every location. You’ll manage project delivery, stakeholder engagement, and reporting while ensuring safety, quality, and alignment with Mulloon Institute’s strategic priorities.

Your Role, Your Impact

Role snapshot

• Competitive package: negotiable remuneration tailored to your skills and experience.
• Lead coordination of all TIMME grant activities from inception through to completion, including consortium and sub-contractor communications and internal team management.
• Maintain regular, transparent status updates to the General Manager and collaborate with Mulloon Consulting technical staff.
• Work across Mulloon Consulting and Mulloon Institute to deliver high-quality outputs, while supporting other Mulloon projects as needed.
• Balance commercial acumen with the project’s social, environmental and knowledge-sharing objectives to keep Mulloon Consulting profitable and relevant.

 What you’ll do (highlights)

• Manage TIMME with a focus on safety, quality, schedule, and budget; ensure timely milestone reporting.
• Coordinate with internal teams, external stakeholders, consortium partners, and sub-contractors; facilitate meetings and workshops.
• Collaborate with the co-design team to define project scope, deliverables, timelines, budgets and risk management.
• Plan and monitor HR capacity needs for TIMME; align resources with project milestones.
• Liaise with stakeholders to secure contributions, finalise partnerships and agreements, and coordinate communications materials (photos, case studies, reports).
• Support the Mulloon Communications team with project-specific communications and marketing needs.
• Mentor and review the work of junior technical staff and support performance reviews with the General Manager.
• Travel as required (occasional overnight trips and longer site visits).
• Work on other Mulloon projects as directed.

Essential skills and qualifications

• Proven track record delivering high-quality grant projects, including the management of budgets, milestones, and reporting.
• Strong ability to deliver projects on time and within budget; highly organised with excellent time management.
• Broad knowledge of landscape restoration and regenerative agriculture; ability to source sound technical advice for regenerative land management.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement, facilitation and environmental education (including work with regional, rural, and First Nations communities).
• Initiative, flexibility and the ability to work independently.
• General knowledge of GIS mapping software and other digital tools.
• Understanding of hydrology and/or fluvial geomorphology is desirable.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Current driver’s license and own vehicle preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel for site visits, workshops and training.

Desirable (nice-to-have)

• Experience collaborating with First Nations communities and organisations.
• Experience with Holistic Management training and/or Ecological Outcomes Verification.
• Experience managing multi-stakeholder projects or consortia.
• Experience supporting outreach, communications and marketing for large grants.

Performance goals

• Deliver the TIMME project on time, on budget and to a high standard of accuracy.
• Manage milestones and reporting to grant partners and leadership.
• Foster strong collaboration across Mulloon Consulting, Mulloon Institute and Mulloon Creek Natural Farms.
• Demonstrate understanding of the broader Mulloon Consulting business and strategic goals.

 Why join Mulloon?

• Work on a purpose-driven project that advances regenerative agriculture and landscape restoration at scale.
• Flexible, remote-friendly work arrangement with travel to project sites as needed.
• Collaborative, supportive team culture that values knowledge sharing and professional growth.
• Opportunity to influence how communities and Indigenous groups participate in landscape-scale change.

Equal employment opportunity

Mulloon Institute and Mulloon Consulting are equal opportunity employers. We value diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, and those who bring unique perspectives to our projects.

Your next step

Ready to lead the landscape restoration revolution? We want to hear from you!

Apply by sending:

• Cover letter addressing the selection criteria above
• Current resume highlighting relevant experience
• Email to: nolani@mullooninstitute.org

Questions? Contact our Executive Landscape Planner, Nolani McColl at nolani@mullooninstitute.org

Includes 6-month probationary period with annual reviews

Applications close: 31 August 2025

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

Drive financial excellence in environmental innovation

Location: Flexible workplace, Canberra region preferred
Type: Part-time, senior executive level
Closing date: 19 September 2025

Lead finance at the forefront of landscape restoration

Are you a strategic finance leader passionate about environmental impact? Join Mulloon Institute as chief financial officer and play a pivotal role in scaling world-class research and landscape restoration initiatives that are transforming Australia’s agricultural future.

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About Mulloon Institute

We’re not just another research organisation – we’re pioneers in landscape restoration and rehydration. Our groundbreaking work helps landholders restore natural landscape function, rebuild soil health, and create sustainable farming systems that benefit both environment and economy.

Our growing enterprise:

• Mulloon Institute: Australia’s leading landscape restoration not-for-profit
• Research & education hub: Leading technical innovation in landscape restoration
• Mulloon Creek Natural Farms (MCNF): Demonstrating regenerative farming on our Bungendore properties
• Mulloon Consulting (MC): Delivering specialised surface and groundwater management solutions nationally

Discover our impact at mullooninstitute.org

Your strategic impact

As CFO, you’ll be an integral member of our executive leadership team, working directly with our CEO and board to deliver ambitious strategic goals that are literally reshaping Australia’s landscape. This isn’t a traditional finance role – it’s a leadership position where financial excellence drives environmental transformation.

Your executive responsibilities

• Strategic partnership: Collaborate with CEO and board to achieve national-scale impact and international recognition
• Financial leadership: Oversee comprehensive financial management across our diverse portfolio
• Grant & project management: Manage complex grant funding cycles and work-in-progress tracking across multiple research and consulting projects
• Philanthropy: Support the CEO and the board to maintain and expand our philanthropic reach
• IT and cyber: Oversee support and risk management
• Human Resources: Take a hands-on role in our HR needs
• Team development: Lead and mentor our in-house accountant while building finance team capabilities
• Risk & compliance: Ensure robust insurance coverage and maintain strategic banking relationships
• Corporate governance: Oversee sophisticated financial controls and risk management across multiple entities

What makes this role exceptional

• Hands-on leadership: Direct involvement in all aspects of financial management while building systems for scale
• Multi-entity complexity: Manage finances across the research institute, consulting business, and farming operations
• Strategic influence: Your financial expertise will directly shape how we expand our national landscape restoration mission
• Meaningful impact: Every financial decision supports tangible environmental and agricultural outcomes

Your leadership profile

• Strategic finance leader: 8–10+ years as CFO with proven ability to align financial management with organisational strategy
• Not-for-profit experience: Understanding of the unique financial dynamics and governance requirements of purpose-driven organisations
• Systems builder: Track record of implementing innovative financial control systems and delivering insightful board reporting
• Team leadership: Experience developing and mentoring finance professionals, with ability to guide in-house accounting staff while building scalable finance functions
• Collaborative executive: Experience working with and advising senior teams and boards in complex environments

Essential qualifications

• Academic foundation: Formal tertiary qualifications in accounting, preferably CPA or CA
• Executive experience: Minimum 8–10 years as CFO, preferably including not-for-profit sector experience
• Technical mastery: Deep expertise in:

 - Financial control systems and board reporting

 - Grant management and funding compliance across diverse sources

 - Cash management and corporate finance

 - Work-in-progress tracking for multi-year projects and consulting engagements

 - Budgeting and financial risk management

 - Asset management (property, people, investments)

 - Insurance strategy and comprehensive risk coverage

 - Banking relationship management and facility optimisation

 - Compliance, taxation, and regulatory requirements

 - Contract management and stakeholder reporting

 - Human resource requirements

• Leadership excellence: Demonstrated collaborative leadership with strong strategic thinking and communication skills

 

Why choose Mulloon Institute?

• Purpose-driven mission: Your financial leadership directly supports environmental restoration and sustainable agriculture
• Executive influence: Work at the strategic level with CEO and board on nation-building initiatives
• Diverse portfolio: Manage finances across research, consulting, and farming enterprises
• Growth opportunity: Help scale a proven model with national impact potential
• Flexible arrangements: Part-time executive role with workplace flexibility
• Competitive package: Negotiable remuneration tailored to your experience and expertise

 

Ready to lead financial innovation in environmental change?

We’re seeking a finance leader who shares our vision for landscape restoration and wants to drive meaningful change through exceptional financial stewardship.

Apply by 19 September 2025:

Send to: nolani@mullooninstitute.org

• Cover letter addressing selection criteria
• Current resume highlighting relevant CFO experience

Questions?

Contact executive landscape planner, Nolani McColl at nolani@mullooninstitute.org

APPLY NOW!

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Research Opportunities

For Post Graduate Students

A broad range of projects are available and open to all universities for Honours, Masters and PhD students to undertake post graduate studies in flora, fauna, hydro and soils and production systems as part of the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative.

Enquiries for post-graduate study opportunities can be directed to Science Officer/Spatial + Remote, Chris Inskeep, via chrisinskeep@mullooninstitute.org

 

Volunteer Opportunities

Would you like to meet and work with likeminded people, while contributing to the creation of healthy Australian landscapes?

Volunteer roles are available periodically. They range from admin jobs or treeplanting alongside our team, to helping out at events.

Volunteers can be individuals, up to community organisations such as Lions Club or Rotary. Our team are also open to corporate volunteering opportunities.

If you’re interested and have skills and time to share, we’d love to hear from you. Fill out the form and we’ll be in touch if we have a role that suits you.