What has been your best moment as a Wilderness Defender?
Seeing peoples faces really light up when you give them the chance to get involved.
Joseph
Career Development Opportunities with the Wilderness Defender Campaign
The Wilderness Society has Wilderness Defender teams based all around Australia. In order to coordinate these teams or to help set up new teams we often have management positions available. These positions include:
Team Leaders - Team Leaders are the heart of our teams their job is to coach other members of the team and provide them with the support to do their job well and have fun while doing it.
Assistant Managers (Coordinators) - Coordinators are responsible for the day to day running of their team. That includes recruitment, training and supporting Team Leaders and Team members as well as all the administration for the team.
Regional Managers - Regional Managers are responsible for managing between two and four teams within their region. We currently have five Regional Managers running our teams throughout Australia. Many of our Regional Managers began their career working as a Wilderness Defender Campaigner for The Wilderness Society.
National Managers - We currently have three National Managers who work together as a team and each manage different aspect of our national Wilderness Defender program.
Wilderness Defender Development - We are always looking for new ideas and initiatives. Let us know your skills/ ideas.
Campaign Internships - We offer a Campaign Internship program to our staff. This is a great initiative for those looking to make a career in campaigning. Many of our staff started their career as a Wilderness Defender and are now working for The Wilderness Society as a Campaigner.
Qualities we look for from a Leader:
• confidence,
• enthuasiasm,
• motivation,
• ambition,
• persuasiveness,
• team work,
• strong work ethic,
• leadership,
• relationship building,
• success consciousness, and
• alignment to The Wilderness Society’s values.
To find out more about the above opportunities call 1300 138 174.
We are now recruiting leaders for our growing teams around Australia.
To find out more call 1300 138 174 or click here to apply
