At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage carbon projects, ensuring compliance and performance for environmental impact.
- Company: Join a leading provider of ecosystem services with a passionate and supportive team.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, 5 weeks annual leave, wellbeing leave, and volunteer leave.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with opportunities for growth and learning.
- Why this job: Make a real-world impact while working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in project management, strong communication skills, and a passion for the environment.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 $ per year.
As a Project Performance Manager, you will be responsible for the success of a pool of projects of carbon and natural capital projects.
You'll oversee strategic, technical, and operational work to ensure project performance and compliance in line with regulatory, environmental, and commercial standards.
You will be the driving force behind a project's lifecycle.
From shaping its design to managing reporting, engaging with landholders, auditors and the Clean Energy Regulator, and ultimately ensuring its long-term success.
This role is both hands-on and strategic - ideal for those who thrives in a fast-paced environment and are motivated by real-world impact.
The location for the role will preferably be in Sydney. Strong candidates based in Cairnsor Perth will be considered.
Job Description
- Position Responsibilities
- Own the performance and complianceof a regional portfolio of carbon projects - ensuring environmental, agricultural, and commercial outcomes are met.
- Engagementwith landholders, auditors, and the Clean Energy Regulator to represent project progress, resolve issues, and meet audit and reporting requirements.
- Direct strategic, technical and operational work, including shaping project designs, setting performance targets, and overseeing implementation aligned with relevant carbon methods.
- Oversee business-as-usual (BAU) operations, including monitoring, milestone tracking, and delivery of reporting obligations.
- QA/QC key deliverablesto ensure quality, accuracy, and consistency of all project outputs.
- Manage commercial performance, including forecasting, risk management, and identifying opportunities to optimise outcomes.
- Coordinate internal and external stakeholders, including cross-functional teams, contractors, technical experts, and government representatives.
- Travel to regional and remote sitesto conduct field visits, participate in audits, and represent Green Collar at events and workshops.
- Desired Skills and Experience
About You
- Proven ability to manage a portfolio of complex projects, ideally in agriculture, environment, or natural capital.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to effectively engage and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, influencing outcomes and driving alignment (including internal teams and external - landholders, auditors, and regulators).
- Experience in project design and delivery, with the ability to manage competing priorities and ensure alignment across science, compliance, and commercial objectives.
- Working knowledge of ecological and environmental sciences; experience with vegetation mapping or carbon methods highly desirable.
- Familiarity with long-term contracts, risk frameworks, and regulatory reporting.
- Skilled in using project management tools and CRM systems.
- Comfortable making data-driven decisions and leading critical conversations with diverse stakeholders.
- Passionate about making a positive environmental impact and excited to work in a dynamic and fast-evolving space.
- Willingness and ability to travel to rural and remote areas independently.
- Work with Australia's leading provider of ecosystem services
- Be part of a passionate, supportive and impact-driven team
- Competitive remuneration package
- 5 weeks' annual leave + wellbeing leave + volunteer leave
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- Regular team events and learning opportunities
We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences.
If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Unfortunately, we're unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. You'll need the right to work in Australia to be considered.
Project Performance Manager in Sydney employer: GreenCollar
GreenCollar is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and innovative work environment in the heart of Sydney. With a strong commitment to employee wellbeing, the company provides generous benefits such as five weeks of annual leave, volunteer leave, and gender-neutral parental leave, fostering a supportive culture that values diversity and inclusion. Employees have ample opportunities for professional growth and development while contributing to meaningful projects that drive positive environmental outcomes.
