Gwydir Shire Council, located in Northern NSW, is seeking to engage a suitably qualified officer to work with a number of councils across the Namoi, Orana and New England regions to provide support, and build capacity of staff to transition to the new legislative environment created by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Reforms. The position will facilitate delivery of the Office of Environment & Heritage’s (OEH) capacity building project to support local governments to implement the reforms. The position will actively liaise with councils to understand their specific needs to effectively transition to the new arrangements and, utilising the materials developed by OEH, implement a program to support councils to meet the new legislative obligations. This role requires someone who